título de residência
Published 8 November 2026, 22:47
The plastic residence permit card issued by AIMA. It shows the basis on which it was granted — for example, reagrupamento familiar or the number of an article of the law. The automatic COVID-era extensions ended on 15 October 2025, and renewals are now applied for through the Portal de Renovações on the AIMA website.
Where you come across it. A foreigner's main document in Portugal: the bank, renting, NISS, CMD, travel, renewal.
It is not a cartão de cidadão and does not mean citizenship. An expired card is accepted if you show it together with the document issued by AIMA confirming that the renewal has been paid for: that document has its own validity of 180 days from issue (Decreto-Lei n.º 85-B/2025, Article 2). This rule applies only within Portugal.
Official website: aima.gov.pt/pt/a-aima/perguntas-frequentes-faqs/titulos-de-residencia