Guides
Joining Voluntary Social Insurance in Portugal
Who can pay Portuguese social security voluntarily, the monthly cost from €144.49, what it covers, how to apply, and how membership ends.
Segurança Social
Guides
What Is the IAS, Portugal's Social Support Index?
What the IAS is, this year's value, how it is updated each January, and how to turn an IAS multiple in a benefit rule into euros.
Guides
Becoming a Recognised Informal Carer in Portugal
Who can be recognised as an informal carer in Portugal, the monthly support for main carers, rest and work rights, and how to apply to Segurança Social.
Guides
Caring for an Ageing Parent in Portugal
Home help, day centres, care homes, and continuing care for older people in Portugal, the benefits that help pay, and the legal steps to plan early.
Guides
Getting a European Health Insurance Card in Portugal
How to get the free European Health Insurance Card in Portugal, what it covers abroad, the provisional certificate, and the limits for non-EU citizens.
Portugal News
GNR Padlocks Nine Unlicensed Elderly Residences in Lousada After a 2016-Origin Maus-Tratos Probe — 11 Residents Aged 78-95 Rehoused via Segurança Social and Seven Suspects Face the Penafiel TIC on Wednesday
The Guarda Nacional Republicana (National Republican Guard — GNR) closed nine residences that had been operating illegally as lares de idosos (elderly-care homes) in Lousada, in the Porto district, on Tuesday and detained seven people, the force...
News
Chega Pins the Reforma-65 Demand on a Written Compromisso From Montenegro Across the Concertação Social Calendar — Calendarised Pension-Age Reduction or 40-Year Carreira Contributiva as the Non-Negotiable Threshold
Chega leader André Ventura will demand a written compromisso from PM Luís Montenegro fixing a calendar for lowering the Idade Normal de Acesso à Pensão de Velhice (Normal Retirement Age) to 65 or, alternatively, after a 40-year carreira contributiva (contribution career).