"Reunification Visa" for a non-married couple

Member since 13 October 2021

pierre_e_123Member15 October 2021 06:53:14

Hello everyone,

First thank you for all the very useful information I already found here. I believe my specific question has not been answered yet. Apologize in advance that's not the case..

Me and my partner are planning to move to Lisbon at the beginning of next year.

I am a French Citizen, and as such will request my resident card when I get there in January

My partner is a UK citizen. We have been living together for 3 years, but we are not married, still I understand from SEF website that we can ask for what people would casually call a "reunification visa" - or in SEF terms a "RESIDENCE CARD FOR A THIRD-COUNTRY NATIONAL WHO IS A FAMILY MEMBER OF CITIZEN OF UE/EEA/SWITZERLAND"

Indeed - on SEF website (specifically here : https://www.sef.pt/en/pages/conteudo-de … ID=22#div3) i read

"In case of persons living in partnership: 7. Birth certificates of both partners and documental evidence that they have been living in co-habitation for at least 2 years"

My question is : Does anyone know what kind of "documental" evidence is good enough ? Did anyone successfully apply for reunification in that context ?

I have tried to reach out to both SEF and various Portugal consulates unsucessfully, and am I getting very different answers from the lawyers I have been speaking to so far...

Any help would be really appreciated !

Thanks in advance !

Pierre Everling

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JohnnyPT Portugal Expert

Member since 23 May 2020

JohnnyPTPortugal Expert15 October 2021 23:14:26

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Hi Pierre, Welcome

APPLYING FOR RESIDENCE IN PORTUGAL FOR LIVING IN PORTUGAL AND FAMILY REUNIFICATION

https://imigrante.sef.pt/en/solicitar/residir/art98-2

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Civil partnership – Family reunification may be authorized with:

- A non-marital legally recognized partner of the resident, irrespectively of whether the partner is inside or outside national territory;

- Underage or incapable children, including children adopted by the legal partner, provided these children are under their guardianship.

(...)

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MARRIAGE OR LIVING IN A CIVIL PARTNERSHIP

How can a non-marital partnership be proved?

For the non-marital partnership to have any effect, it must be proved. For example, when you want to submit the personal income tax statement as a couple or get a social insurance payment if the other person dies, you need to prove that there is a non-marital partnership.

How to prove a non-marital partnership

The non-marital partnerships can be proved through a statement issued by the parish council. To request this statement, the couple must submit:

- a statement by both persons, under oath, indicating that they have been living in a non-marital partnership for more than two years;

- full copy certificates of each person's birth registrations.

https://eportugal.gov.pt/en/cidadaos/ca … o-de-facto

Egov.pt: it is an official PT Government website.

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Registering your non-EU family members in another EU country

https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/r … dex_en.htm

Portugal:
https://eportugal.gov.pt/en/cidadaos-eu … m-portugal

Kind Regards