If you are a citizen resident in Portugal registered in SEF – Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras – and want to:

- renew your Resident Permit;
or
- renew your Residence Card (citizens of the European Union and their families);
or
- get a Prorogation of Permanence (citizens holders of transit visa; short stay visa or temporary stay visa)*;

*citizens admitted in the Country without a visa should use the telephone service to pre-book their prorogation of permanence, trough the Contact Centre (available from 8:30 a.m. till 5:30 p.m. by +351 808 202 653 (rede fixa) ou +351 808 962 690 (rede móvel)

If you wish to present a demonstration of interest in compliance with paragraph 2 of article 88 or article 89 of Act 23/2007 of July 4, you formerly must confirm you fulfil the following requirements:

-	to have entered in Portugal legally;
-	to be registered in the social security system with your situation regularized;
and
-	to possess a labour connection confirmed by work contract or other document issued by an immigrant association which is party to the Consulting Council for Immigration Affairs or by the Work Inspectorate General;
or
-	Have formed a company within the terms of the law, have declared the start of activity to the Fiscal and to the Social Security Authorities as an individual entrepreneur, or have signed a contract for providing services within the ambit of a liberal profession;

If you accomplish these requirements you may book an appointment to present your demonstration of interest:

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