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Immigration

Immigration policy, visa changes, and the expat experience in Portugal.

Brazil's Electoral Court Sets a 6 May Cutoff for Brazilians Living in Portugal — Lisbon's 45,000-Voter College Has Ten Days to Justify Abstentions, Transfer Registrations, and Save Their Passport Renewals

Brazil's Electoral Court Sets a 6 May Cutoff for Brazilians Living in Portugal — Lisbon's 45,000-Voter College Has Ten Days to Justify Abstentions, Transfer Registrations, and Save Their Passport Renewals

Brazil's TSE has set 6 May 2026 as the cut-off for Brazilians abroad to regularise their electoral file before October's presidential election. Lisbon hosts Europe's largest Brazilian electoral college (45,273 voters in 2022). No quitação eleitoral, no passport renewal.

Lula Leaves Lisbon With No Signed Treaties — But With Montenegro Quoting 235,000 Brazilian Regularizations and a Mercosur Pitch as Portugal's Strategic Wedge

Lula Leaves Lisbon With No Signed Treaties — But With Montenegro Quoting 235,000 Brazilian Regularizations and a Mercosur Pitch as Portugal's Strategic Wedge

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva concluded a one-day official visit to Lisbon on Tuesday 21 April with a single public verdict — “ muito boa, maravilhosa ” (very good, wonderful) — and with no signed bilateral treaty to show...

AIMA Quietly Reopens CPLP Family Reunification Portal 72 Hours Before Lula Lands in Lisbon

AIMA Quietly Reopens CPLP Family Reunification Portal 72 Hours Before Lula Lands in Lisbon

Portugal's immigration agency reopened its online family reunification portal to CPLP residence permit holders on Saturday 18 April — three days before Brazilian President Lula arrives in Lisbon with immigration at the top of his agenda. Applications are limited to minor children for now.