visto de longa duração
Published 8 November 2026, 22:47
visto de longa duração — long-stay (national) visa, type D
A visa that a Portuguese consulate issues not for a trip but for a move: with it, a person enters the country and then applies for a residence permit here. Hence the letter D in the names — D2 for business and freelancing, D7 for living on passive income, D8 for remote work; there are also study and work visas. Its opposite is the Schengen C visa for short stays of up to 90 days in any 180-day period, which does not allow you to stay and live in the country.
Where you come across it. At the consulate or visa centre when submitting documents for the move; at passport control on first entry; at AIMA, when applying for a título de residência on the basis of such a visa.
The difference matters at the border: the EES system does not apply to holders of long-stay visas, residence permit holders or family members of EU citizens with a residence card (Regulation (EU) 2017/2226, Article 2(3)). That means their biometrics are not taken under this system, whereas those of short-stay visitors are. The visa itself gives you entry and time to sort out the paperwork, but it does not replace a residence permit: the application to AIMA must be made while the visa is still valid.
Official website: travel-europe.europa.eu/ees/to-whom-does-ees-not-apply