TEMPORARY STAY VISA TO ACCOMPANY A FAMILY MEMBER FOR PURPOSES OF MEDICAL CARE

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED

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)

Documentary evidence of the family link invoked – family relationship

Supporting documentation of the family member continuing into medical treatment: evidence issued by an official health care institution declaring that the family member holding the temporary stay visa 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).