TEMPORARY STAY VISA FOR MEDICAL CARE

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:

• Application delivered personally, (on a standard form) signed by the applicant (where the applicant is either a minor or legally disabled person the form shall be signed by his / her legal representative)
• 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)
• Document issued by an official or officially recognized health care institution, declaring that the applicant continues receiving medical care and has a vacancy for in-patient or out-patient treatment, or is registered either in a waiting list, or in the integrated management system for surgery (including the foreseeable period of stay).