Visa requirements for Portuguese citizens



Visa requirements for Portuguese citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Portugal.

As of 2024, Portuguese citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 191 countries and territories, ranking the Portuguese passport 4th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.

Territories and disputed areas
Visa requirements for Portuguese citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:

Citizen Card or Passport
🇵🇹 Portuguese Citizen Card (Cartão de cidadão) is valid for these countries : Due to Freedom of Movement in European Union / Schengen Area: • 🇦🇹 Austria

• 🇧🇪 Belgium

• 🇧🇬 Bulgaria

• 🇭🇷 Croatia

• 🇨🇾 Cyprus

• 🇨🇿 Czech Republic

• 🇩🇰 Denmark

• 🇪🇪 Estonia

• 🇫🇮 Finland

• 🇫🇷 France and Overseas Territories

• 🇩🇪 Germany

• 🇬🇷 Greece

• 🇭🇺 Hungary

• 🇮🇸 Iceland

• 🇮🇪 Ireland

• 🇮🇹 Italy

• 🇱🇻 Latvia

• 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein

• 🇱🇹 Lithuania

• 🇱🇺 Luxembourg

• 🇲🇹 Malta

• 🇳🇱 Netherlands

• 🇳🇴 Norway

• 🇵🇱 Poland

• 🇷🇴 Romania

• 🇸🇰 Slovakia

• 🇸🇮 Slovenia

• 🇪🇸 Spain

• 🇸🇪 Sweden

• 🇨🇭 Switzerland

For Tourism with Citizen Card or Passport is also valid for traveling in these countries:• 🇦🇱 Albania

• 🇦🇩 Andorra

• 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina

• 🇪🇬 Egypt1

• Georgia

• 🇯🇴 Jordan2

• Kosovo

• 🇲🇨 Monaco

• 🇲🇩 Moldova

• 🇲🇪 Montenegro

• North Macedonia

• Northern Cyprus

• 🇷🇸 Serbia

• 🇸🇲 San Marino

• 🇹🇳 Tunisia2

• 🇹🇷 Turkey

• 🇻🇦 Vatican City

Citizen Card or Passport is valid for 90 days of visit in (Albania), (Andorra), (Bosnia and Herzegovina), (Kosovo), (Monaco), (Moldova), (North Macedonia), (Northern Cyprus), (Serbia), (San Marino), (Turkey) and (Vatican City).

(Georgia) Citizen Card or Passport is valid for 1 year of visit.

(Montenegro) Citizen Card is valid for 30 days of visit, or with Passport for 90 days of visit.

1 - (Egypt) Citizen Card or Passport is valid for 30 days of visit, {evisa} or {visa on arrival}.

2 - (Tunisia) Citizen Card is valid on an Organized Tours visit only, or with Passport – {Visa not Required} is valid for 90 days of visit.

(Jordan) Citizen Card is valid on an Organized Tours visit or with Passport – {visa on arrival} is valid for 30 days of visit.

Remote work visas
Portuguese citizens can apply for a resident permit on the basis of a remote worker from the following countries:

Working holiday agreement
Portuguese citizens aged 18–30 (or 18–35 in some cases) can apply for a resident permit on the basis of a working holiday from the following countries:

Non-ordinary passports
Holders of various categories of official Portuguese passports have additional visa-free access to the following countries – Algeria (diplomatic, service or special passports), Angola (diplomatic, service or special passports) , Azerbaijan (diplomatic, service or special passports) , China (diplomatic passports) , Republic of the Congo (diplomatic passports) , Indonesia (diplomatic, official or service passports) , Kazakhstan (diplomatic passports) , Kuwait (diplomatic, service or special passports) , Mozambique  (diplomatic, official or service passports) , Qatar (diplomatic or special passports) , Russia (diplomatic passports) and São Tomé and Príncipe (diplomatic or service passports) , Turkey (diplomatic or service passports). Holders of diplomatic or service passports of any country have visa-free access to Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Mali and Zimbabwe.

Passport validity length
Many countries require passports to be valid for at least 6 months upon arrival and one or two blank pages.

Countries requiring passports to be validity at least 6 months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Cambodia, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq (except when arriving at Basra – 3 months and Erbil or Sulaimaniyah – on arrival),  Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen.

Turkey usually requires passports to be valid for at least 5 months (150 days) upon entry, but for Portuguese citizens Turkish authorities allow to enter even with passport expired within last 5 years. Countries requiring passport validity of at least 4 months on arrival include Azerbaijan, Micronesia, Zambia.

Countries requiring passport validity of at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegowina, Honduras, Moldova, Nauru, North Macedonia, Panama, Qatar, Senegal and French territories in the Pacific (i.e. French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna)

Countries requiring passport validity of at least 1 month on arrival include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, Maldives, New Zealand, South Africa.

Other countries require either a passport valid on arrival or passport valid throughout the period of intended stay.

Fingerprinting
Several countries including Argentina, Cambodia, Colombia, Japan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and the United States demand all passengers to be fingerprinted on arrival.

Right to consular protection in non-EU countries


When in a non-EU country where there is no Portuguese embassy, Portuguese citizens as EU citizens have the right to get consular protection from the embassy of any other EU country present in that country.

See also List of diplomatic missions of Portugal.