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Residence permit for teaching, highly qualified or cultural activity

Route status

Active as of 2025-10-22[5]

Open to new applications under the rules recorded below.

Residency route facts

Identity

Identity
Official name (local)Autorização de residência para atividade de docência, altamente qualificada ou cultural as of 2025-10-22[5]
Official name (English)Residence permit for teaching, highly qualified or cultural activity as of 2025-10-22[5]
Legal basisLei n.º 23/2007 (REPSAE), art. 90.º, read with art. 61.º (residence visa for teaching, highly qualified or cultural activity), art. 61.º-A (residence visa for highly qualified activity performed as a subordinate worker) and art. 77.º as of 2025-10-22[5]
Instrument typeresidence permit as of 2025-10-22[5]

Who can apply

Who can apply
Nationals not served by this routeEU, EEA as of 2025-10-22[5]
Criminal-record conditionYes as of 2025-10-22[5]

Permit terms

Permit terms
Initial duration2 years as of 2025-10-22[5]
How the initial term is setfixed
RenewableYes as of 2025-10-22[5]
Renewal duration3 years as of 2025-10-22[5]
Work rightsfull as of 2025-10-22[5]

Permanent residence and citizenship

Permanent residence and citizenship
Counts toward permanent residenceYes as of 2025-10-22[1][5]
REPSAE art. 80.º/1/a) requires five years' holding of a temporary residence permit and states no exclusion for this route.

Requirements

Requirements
Job offer requiredYes as of 2025-10-22[5]
Salary threshold
    • Measured against: statistical average
    • Amount: Recorded at the source, but not reducible to a single value as of 2026-02-16[2][5]
Qualification requirementdegree, regulated profession, equivalent experience as of 2025-10-22[5]
Employer sponsorshipYes as of 2025-10-22[5]
Paid in-countryYes as of 2025-10-22[5]
Job-search routeNo as of 2025-10-22[5]

Process

Process
Where to apply fromeither as of 2025-10-22[5]
Statutory processing time30 days as of 2025-10-22[5]
Fees
    • Kind: application
    • Amount: Not established from a qualifying source
    • Charged per: application

Physical presence

Physical presence
maximum consecutive absence6 months · to keep the permit as of 2025-10-22[5]
maximum total absence8 months · to keep the permit as of 2025-10-22[5]

Family inclusion

Family inclusion
Family members may be includedYes as of 2025-10-22[5]
Eligible relationsspouse, unmarried partner, minor child, adult dependent child, parent, sibling as of 2025-10-22[5]
Family may apply at the same timeYes as of 2025-10-22[5]
Family members' work rightsfull as of 2025-10-22[5]
Additional means per family member
    • Relation: spouse
    • Amount: 0.50 × guaranteed minimum monthly remuneration (national minimum wage) per month as of 2026-08-07[3][4]
    • Relation: unmarried partner
    • Amount: 0.50 × guaranteed minimum monthly remuneration (national minimum wage) per month as of 2026-08-07[3][4]
    • Relation: parent
    • Amount: 0.50 × guaranteed minimum monthly remuneration (national minimum wage) per month as of 2026-08-07[3][4]
    • Relation: minor child
    • Amount: 0.30 × guaranteed minimum monthly remuneration (national minimum wage) per month as of 2026-08-07[3][4]
    • Relation: adult dependent child
    • Amount: 0.30 × guaranteed minimum monthly remuneration (national minimum wage) per month as of 2026-08-07[3][4]
    • Relation: sibling
    • Amount: 0.30 × guaranteed minimum monthly remuneration (national minimum wage) per month as of 2026-08-07[3][4]

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Verification

Verification
Sources cited5
of which official (tier 1)5
Oldest as-of date2025-10-22
Newest as-of date2026-08-07
Reviewed on2026-08-11
Schema version1.1

Sources

  1. [1] Autorização de Residência Permanente – Art. 80.º
    AIMA, I.P. – Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-06
  2. [2] Valores do IAS (indexante dos apoios sociais)
    Direção-Geral da Administração e do Emprego Público (DGAEP) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-02-16 · Accessed 2026-08-07
  3. [3] Meios de subsistência – Documentação instrutória – Vistos Nacionais
    Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros (Portal dos Vistos) · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-07
  4. [4] Portaria n.º 1563/2007, de 11 de dezembro – meios de subsistência
    Diário da República, 1.ª série, n.º 238 · gazette · Tier 1 · Published 2007-12-11 · Accessed 2026-08-06
  5. [5] Lei n.º 23/2007, de 4 de julho (REPSAE – regime de entrada, permanência, saída e afastamento de estrangeiros), texto consolidado, 19.ª versão
    Procuradoria-Geral Distrital de Lisboa – base de dados de legislação consolidada · statute · Tier 1 · Published 2025-10-22 · Accessed 2026-08-06

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