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Cartão de Cidadão and Chave Móvel Digital for Expats in 2026: How Foreign Residents Get Portugal's Digital ID, Set Up the CMD, and Sign Anything Online

Cartão de Cidadão and Chave Móvel Digital for Expats in 2026: How Foreign Residents Get Portugal's Digital ID, Set Up the CMD, and Sign Anything Online

How foreign residents in Portugal get the Cartão de Cidadão and Chave Móvel Digital in 2026 — the IRN appointment, CMD activation at any Espaço Cidadão, and the qualified electronic signature that gives you the same legal weight as a wet signature on any document.

UGT Unanimously Chumba the Trabalho XXI Overhaul — Palma Ramalho Pegs 7 May as Concertação's Last Day, Then the Diploma Heads Straight to Parlamento

UGT Unanimously Chumba the Trabalho XXI Overhaul — Palma Ramalho Pegs 7 May as Concertação's Last Day, Then the Diploma Heads Straight to Parlamento

UGT's Secretariado Nacional voted unanimously on 23 April to reject the Government's final labour reform draft. Minister Palma Ramalho gave UGT 15 days. The 7 May CPCS meeting is now the deadline before the package goes to Parliament without a concertation agreement.