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Old 19-10-2024, 18:07   #1
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Azores and a Portuguese National Visa

US citizens heading to the Azores next June. It is not necessary, but it would add a lot of flexibility to our plans if we could get a National Visa from Portugal which would let us by pass the Schengen Zone 90 day limit while staying in Portugal.

I have been through the Portuguese Embassy website, and left more confused than I started.

Is there a path to the National Visa for a cruiser? Or is it reserved for other, more commercial, cases?
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Re: Azores and a Portuguese National Visa

My wife and I are also interested in this.
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Re: Azores and a Portuguese National Visa

Anybody?
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Re: Azores and a Portuguese National Visa

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Long-stay visas, in compliance with existing domestic law, can be either temporary or for residency authorization purposes, depending on the duration of the stay and granting the visa holder an authorization to stay in the country according to different purposes: study, internship, work, medical treatment, among others. There is also a new type of visa that allows foreign citizens to travel to Portugal in order to look for work.

Temporary stay visas allow entry and stay in Portugal for less than a year. Temporary stay visas are valid during the entire stay and allow for multiple entries.

Residency visas allow two entries and is valid for a period of 4 months. During that time, the holder of a residency visa is required to request a residency permit with the Immigration and Border Services (SEF).

The job seeker visa entitles its holder to enter and remain only in Portugal for the purpose of looking for job; authorizes its holder to carry out a subordinated work activity, until the visa expires or until the residence permit is granted.

https://vistos.mne.gov.pt/en/nationa...n/type-of-visa
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Long-stay visas, in compliance with existing domestic law, can be either temporary or for residency authorization purposes, depending on the duration of the stay and granting the visa holder an authorization to stay in the country according to different purposes: study, internship, work, medical treatment, among others. There is also a new type of visa that allows foreign citizens to travel to Portugal in order to look for work.

Temporary stay visas allow entry and stay in Portugal for less than a year. Temporary stay visas are valid during the entire stay and allow for multiple entries.

Residency visas allow two entries and is valid for a period of 4 months. During that time, the holder of a residency visa is required to request a residency permit with the Immigration and Border Services (SEF).

The job seeker visa entitles its holder to enter and remain only in Portugal for the purpose of looking for job; authorizes its holder to carry out a subordinated work activity, until the visa expires or until the residence permit is granted.

https://vistos.mne.gov.pt/en/nationa...n/type-of-visa
Thanks for that, but what you have posted is pretty much a cut and paste quote from the embassy website. If it wasn’t clear from them, having quote marks around it really doesn’t help much.

Let’s try the question again: Is there a legitimate path for a cruiser to get a temporary stay visa (which the EU calls a “National Visa”)? If so under what conditions?

I am only asking here because lots of cruisers stop here and a lot want to stay longer than the normal 90 day limit. It might not be possible, I get that. But if I don’t ask…
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Re: Azores and a Portuguese National Visa

There is no National Visa for tourism [inclusive of cruisers or land visitors] be that a temporary national visa or a long stay national visa [a.k.a. residency visa].

Visitors are welcome to the typical short stays.

Basic Choices:

Schengen
Temporary Stay National Visa
Long Stay National Visa. D7 & D2

Nothing unique about Portugal's immigration.

The longer stay visa are processed by prior appointment in one's home country via the Portuguese consulate / embassy and often take upwards of a half a year or more to process, if allowed. They are not obtained within Portugal or the Azores.

https://www.portugal.com/travel/guid...ortugal-visas/

We had to assist an American employee to obtain a work stay visa last year for one of our projects. Simple and similar bureaucracy, but took five months even with expediting efforts.

Bon voyages.
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Re: Azores and a Portuguese National Visa

The following was forward to me in 2018 concerning 90 day visa extension for US citizens. The person (Duncan Sweet from Mid Atlantic Yacht Services) called Horta Immigration and these were the general guidelines:

"The Portuguese Immigration office in Horta will provide a Schengen visa extension given the following documents for submission;
1) Passport well in advance of the Schengen visa expiry
2) Certificate of Registry for the yacht
3) means of sustenance = savings and/or investment account summary/extract
4) health insurance coverage valid for EU and/or repatriation
5) short concise petition for Shengen visa extension outlining plans for cruising, visiting other islands etc

If someone wants to overwinter they should consider applying for a residency visa which has similar requirements as outlined above

My understanding is the cost of a Shengen extension is @ €100.00."


I inquired at several Immigration offices in Azorean islands and in Porto Santo (near Madeira), they all confirmed. These offices added requirement that you must apply at your current Portuguese Immigration office and wait at that location to get a copy in writing. They (the immigration office would not forward to another location. Again this was in 2018 but hope it helps--Saltysailor
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