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More than 113,000 CPLP citizens obtained residence permits in Portugal in two months

More than 113,000 Portuguese-speaking immigrants, the majority Brazilians, followed by Angolans, obtained residence permits in Portugal in about two months of operation of the SEF portal for citizens of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP).

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In a balance made to the Lusa agency, the Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF) said that the portal made available for granting residence permits to CPLP citizens granted more than 113,000 of these titles in about two months, with Brazilians representing almost 83 percent of new immigrants regularized in Portugal, followed by Angolans (with 5.5 percent).

The platform for obtaining residence permits in Portugal for CPLP citizens came into operation on March 13 and is aimed at Portuguese-speaking immigrants with pending processes at the SEF until December 31, 2022 and for those who have a CPLP visa issued by consulates Portuguese after 31 October 2022.

The SEF reports that, since March 13, it has received more than 131,000 requests for the attribution of residence permit certificates by CPLP citizens.

Of the 131 thousand requests made on the 'CPLP portal', accessible on the websites www.SEF.pt and www.ePortugal.gov.pt, the SEF issued more than 119 documents with payment reference, of which almost 116 thousand were settled and resulted in the concession of more than 113,000 residence permits, according to that security service.

According to the SEF, Brazilian nationals represent, so far, 86.8 percent of CPLP residence permit applications, followed by citizens of Angola, with 5.5 percent, and São Tomé and Príncipe, with 4.3 Percent.

The SEF underlines that within the scope of this process, security consultations are carried out in the databases, "more than seven thousand situations having already been detected, which determined new and more detailed security consultations in progress".

The SEF also stresses that this new model, exclusively digital, is aimed at CPLP citizens with expressions of interest delivered by December 31, 2022 and those who hold new CPLP consular visas issued after October 31, 2022, giving access to education, health, social security, professional activity, professional training and justice.

According to the SEF, these residence permit concessions are automatic and "exclusively 'online', without the need for any other type of interaction with the service or physical travel to a service point".

However, in the case of minors involved in the legalization process, it is necessary to go "afterwards to a SEF service point".

The residence permit for CPLP immigrants costs 15 euros and the availability of this document in an electronic format generally takes 72 hours.

This residence permit in Portugal for CPLP citizens is granted under the mobility agreement between the Member States of the organization.

The residence permit under the CPLP mobility agreement is initially valid for one year, renewable for two successive periods of two years.

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