Residence permit for secondary-school and vocational students
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Autorização de residência para estudantes (ensino secundário) as of 2025-10-22[3] |
|---|---|
| Official name (English) | Residence permit for secondary-school and vocational students as of 2025-10-22[3] |
| Legal basis | Lei n.º 23/2007 (REPSAE), art. 92.º, read with art. 62.º/6 and /11 and art. 77.º as of 2025-10-22[3] |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2025-10-22[3] |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA as of 2025-10-22[3] |
|---|---|
| Criminal-record condition | Yes as of 2025-10-22[3] |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | 1 year as of 2025-10-22[3] |
|---|---|
| How the initial term is set | fixed |
| Renewable | Yes as of 2025-10-22[3] |
| Renewal duration | 1 year as of 2025-10-22[3] |
| Work rights | full as of 2025-10-22[3] |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Not established from a qualifying source |
|---|
Requirements
| Enrolment status required | enrolled as of 2025-10-22[3] |
|---|---|
| Means requirement | 1 × guaranteed minimum monthly remuneration (national minimum wage) per month as of 2026-08-07[1][2] |
| Work-hours cap | Not applicable As for the higher-education route: art. 97.º/1 states no hours cap and the former limits in art. 97.º/2 and /3 are revoked. |
| Post-study route exists | Not established from a qualifying source Not researched for this route; see the higher-education route's note. |
Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 3 |
|---|---|
| of which official (tier 1) | 3 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2025-10-22 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-08-07 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-11 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Meios de subsistência – Documentação instrutória – Vistos Nacionais
Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros (Portal dos Vistos) · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-07 - [2] 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 - [3] 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