The Instituto da Segurança Social has added certified occupational disease, occupational-disease pension income and survivor-pension income to the declarations issued straight from the app, with no desktop portal and no counter visit.
The Labour Ministry puts the anti-fraud saving at 76.5 million euros over the first eight months of 2026, across about 6,000 verification proceedings. It came from cross-border data exchange, matching against health, justice and tax records, and automated proof of life.
Who can pay Portuguese social security voluntarily, the monthly cost from €144.49, what it covers, how to apply, and how membership ends.
The Complemento Solidário para Idosos, Portugal's top-up for the poorest pensioners, has reached a record 245,500 beneficiaries — up about 105,000 in two years. The jump followed a rule change that stopped counting adult children's income, as the reference value climbed to €670 a month.
Portugal's full-pension age rises to 66 years and 11 months in 2027, indexed automatically to life expectancy. Now an INE revision that found more residents than thought will force a recalculation of the mortality tables, and could move the retirement age again.
From 1 May, Portugal's Segurança Social no longer accepts proof of life by post or email, and has added Canada to the mandatory list. Pensioners abroad have until 15 September to comply digitally or in person, or payments are suspended from November. The rule goes universal in 2027.
The expert group led by economist Jorge Bravo must hand the government its report on the sustainability of Portugal's Segurança Social by 30 June. Labour Minister Rosário Palma Ramalho expects it within days but will publish it only 'when opportune.'
