TEMPORARY STAY VISA FOR INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY IN NATIONAL TERRITORY

Applications for the extension of stay are submitted in any SEF’s directorate or regional delegation, on a standard form, signed by the applicant or his/her legal representative, or on-line, holding the necessary documentation as follows:

• Two recent, identical photographs, in colour with blank background, and easily identifiable (only for appointments at Aveiro or Braga SEF bureau)
• Passport or any other valid travel document
• Whenever the applicant is a minor or legally disabled person, the application should be submitted and signed by his/her legal representative
• Evidence of sufficient means of subsistence, as per the provisions of Order number 1563/2007, of 11/12
• Evidence that the applicant has adequate accommodation
• Permission for checking criminal records, where the stay is intended to exceed 90 days (except for under 16 years old)
• Return travel ticket, or, in duly proven and well-documented situations, booking travel arrangements with clear return date, where the stay is intended to exceed 90 days

 SPECIFIC DOCUMENTS

• Articles of Association or service rendering contract for acting as an independent worker
• Health insurance or evidence of being covered by the National Health Service
• Document with the necessary information for checking the registration within tax authority
• Document with the necessary information for checking the regular payment of social security during the tax exemption period
• Declaration issued by the competent authority for checking the requirements of the profession which, in Portugal, is subject to special qualifications, when applicable