- Contract for providing services within the ambit of a liberal profession or request for the corroboration of the IRS declaration in the tributary administration, in order to confirm the maintenance of the activity;  

Residence permit for research or highly qualified activity (Article 90 of the Law)

- Work contract or declaration of the employer entity confirming the continuity of the labour relation; or

- Contract for providing services within the ambit of a liberal profession or declaration of the beneficiary confirming the continuity of the contract; or evidence of holding a scientific research allowance;

Residence permit granted to high level students (Article 91 of the Law)

- Document confirming the registration in the teaching institution and evidence of school activity (whenever there is no progress or transition to the next school year, the procedure will be subject of inquiry);

- Evidence of payment of the fees charged by the teaching institution, whenever applicable;

- Health insurance or any evidence that the applicant benefits from the national health service;

- Whenever authorized to work, a work contract or declaration of the employer entity confirming the maintenance of the labour relation or of any other legally authorized entity;

- Scholarship beneficiaries from IPAD – the Portuguese Institute for Development Assistance - merely need to present evidentiary document of scholarship.

Residence permit granted to secondary level students (Article 92 of the Law)

- Document confirming the registration in the teaching institution and evidence of school activity (whenever there is no progress or transition to the next school year, the procedure will be subject of inquiry);

- Evidence of payment of the fees charged by the teaching institution, whenever applicable;

- Health insurance or any evidence that the applicant benefits from the national health service;

- Whenever authorized to work, a work contract or declaration of the employer entity confirming the maintenance of the labour relation or of any other legally authorized entity;

- Scholarship beneficiaries from IPAD – the Portuguese Institute for Development Assistance - only need to present evidentiary document of scholarship.

Residence permit for unremunerated trainees (Article 93 of the Law)

- Evidence of the situation’s exceptionality issued by the entity or company responsible for the internship;

Residence permit for voluntaries (Article 94 of the Law)

- Residence permit for voluntaries is not renewable.

Right to family reunion (Article 98 of the Law)

- Evidence of familiar union maintenance;

- Evidence that the applicant has accommodation;

- Evidence that the applicant has subsistence means; and

- Request for Portuguese criminal record search;

Autonomous Residence permit, after family reunion (Article 107 paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of the Law)

- In addition to the specific documents provided in Article 98 a document which evidences the invoked situation;

Residence permit issued to victims of trafficking in human beings (article 109 of the Law)

- The Residence Permit is renewable for one year periods while the conditions still meet or if there is still need of protection of the person identified as victim of trafficking in human beings;