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On the 18th February 2022, the government of Portugal passed another extension to the validity of visas and also the admissibility of documents. This means that any visas that would expire after that date, or in the 15 days preceeding it, will now be extended until 30th June 2022. Similarly, documents or papers which have limited validity are also extended in the same way.

Visas and other certificates expiring after 24th Feb 2021 will be considered valid until 31st December 2021.

Covid-19 is spreading again in much of Europe, and Portugal is no exception

Covid-19 has had a huge impact across the world, and has severely limited the movement of people across borders, as well as within countries.

The UK has officially left the European Union, and the transition period will end at the end of 2020.

Despite the promises that the UK was going to leave today, 31st October 2019 "do or die", it.... hasn't.

The new PM Boris Johnson has pledged to take the UK out of the EU on 31st October 2019 with or without a deal. The likelihood of a 'no deal' Brexit has therefore increased.

Indications are that Portugal will be announcing how it will deal with UK citizens in the event of "no deal" Brexit very shortly.

Portugal is revising its processes for visas and residence permits in a number of ways, the intention being to speed up the process and reduce bureaucracy.

In July, Portugal's updated nationality laws took effect. These make a few changes to the rules regarding qualifying for citizenship, the documentation required and the process.