Online visa renewals and expiry of documents

What does this mean for someone whose visa expired on 19th December 2022, but has an appointment with sef on Feb 9? Does this apply?

Hello JohnnyPT,

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what does it mean by? can you please explain me in detail?

Thank you so much

Ramkumar kadariya

@dee_irorere,

If you already have an appointment, lucky you. You must go to SEF on the scheduled day, obviously.

Note that this online renewal is for those who already have a residence visa, and that visa has already expired and could not get an appointment due to difficulties in contacting SEF. In this case, you will have to register on the SEF website and make the request to renew your visa.

@kadhimal,

Why do you need more details ?... Read it carefully...

Any word on if this also applies to tourist visas? Our daughter, a university student, arrived in Portugal with us in July, and stayed with us as a tourist until the beginning of September.

Then, she left to Germany to attend University there as an exchange student. There, she was issued a “Zusatzblatt” (residence permit) that gave her permission to reside in Germany until the end of February. She will be flying to Lisbon on February 22. Does Decree-Law No. 90/2022 mean she can legally stay with us in Lisbon? Her student housing back in the US won't let her move in until May 1, 2023. She can stay with family in the US until that date, but we would rather she stayed with us here in Lisbon, if that is allowed under Decree-Law No. 90/2022.

Any thoughts or insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

So i've just learnt - don't know if this is worth anyone knowing if you have a SEF appointment & can't find your documents, you should still go to the SEF meeting with your passport on the date & your then given 10-days to get everything together. BUT if you have to reschedule the appointment for whatever reason, you will be put to the back of the line & might end up waiting 1-year to get a new appointment. So my tip is make sure you attend!!

@grizfan

So what happened? Normally the airline is supposed to control only identity on an intra Schengen flight.

Decreto lei 90/2022

Os documentos e vistos relativos à permanência em território nacional, cuja validade

expire a partir da data de entrada em vigor do presente decreto-lei ou nos 15 dias imediatamente

anteriores, são aceites, nos mesmos termos, até 31 de dezembro de 2023.

A tourist visa is not permanência so the decreto lei does not apply to it.

The German visa does not concern território nacional so the decreto lei does not apply to it.

Assuming she has no favored nationality or right to residence for particular reason like being married, she is an illegal alien.

The practical consequence is null. I don't think the police would do anything in the case of routine control. If she does something wrong, she can be expelled all the same with or without a visa.

Please argue if you like.