How does the idea of Portugal Passport Visa-free countries sound to you? Pretty crazy, right? This will be revealed in today’s post.

Portugal is a country in southern Europe located on the Iberian Peninsula, bordering Spain. Portuguese citizenship comes with a lot of benefits least of all not being the ability to travel and work within the EU region. According to the ranking of Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index of 2016, the Portuguese passport ranks 6th globally tied with countries such as Canada, Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, Switzerland and also South Korea.

Portugal Passport Visa Free Countries 2019

If you are a Portuguese passport holder then you are eligible to visit the following countries without first applying for and getting a visa before making your trip.

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Entry Under European Treaties

  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Bulgaria
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Latvia
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Malta
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • United Kingdom
Portugal Passport Visa Free Countries

Visa-Free Entry (Or Visa-On-Arrival) Valid For 6 Months

  • Canada

Visa-Free Entry (Or Visa-On-Arrival) Valid For 183 Days

  • Peru

Visa-Free Entry (Or Visa-On-Arrival) Valid For 180 Days

  • Mexico
  • Panama

Visa-Free Entry (Or Visa-On-Arrival) Valid For 4 Months

Fiji. It’s no wonder it made our list of Portugal Passport Visa Free Countries.

Visa-Free Entry (Or Visa-On-Arrival) Valid For 3 Months

  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Argentina
  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Dominica
  • El Salvador
  • Guyana
  • Honduras
  • Hong Kong
  • Japan
  • Kenya
  • Kuwait
  • Malaysia
  • Morocco
  • Namibia
  • New Zealand
  • Senegal
  • Turkey
  • Uruguay
    • Kenya offers Visa-on-arrival for a fee of USD50.
    • Kuwait offers Visa-on-arrival for a fee of KWD5.
    • Turkey offers Visa-on-arrival for a fee of USD20.

Visa-Free Entry (Or Visa-On-Arrival) Valid For 90 Days

  • Albania
  • Bangladesh
  • Bolivia
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Botswana
  • Brazil
  • Brunei
  • Chile
  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
  • Guatemala
  • Malawi
  • Moldova
  • Nicaragua
  • Paraguay
  • Serbia
  • South Africa
  • Taiwan
  • Ukraine
  • Venezuela
  • Zambia
    • Nicaragua offers Visa-on-arrival for a fee of USD10.
    • Zambia offers Visa-on-arrival for a fee of USD50.

Visa-Free Entry (Or Visa-On-Arrival) Valid For 60 Days

  • South Korea

Visa-Free Entry (Or Visa-On-Arrival) Valid For 1 Month

  • Belize
  • Lebanon

Visa-Free Entry (Or Visa-On-Arrival) Valid For 30 Days

  • Egypt1
  • Indonesia
  • Thailand
  • United Arab Emirates
    • Egypt will grant Visa-on-arrival for a fee of USD15.
    • Indonesia will grant Visa-on-arrival for a fee of USD25.

Visa-Free Entry (Or Visa-On-Arrival) Valid For 21 Days

  • Philippines

Visa-Free Entry (Or Visa-On-Arrival) Valid For 14 Days

  • Bahrain
  • Visa-on-arrival fee of BHD5 will be required.

All Other Destinations

To visit other countries or to stay in the countries above for longer periods than are stated, you will be required to obtain a visa.

The country also offers visa-free or visa-on-arrival travel to citizens of as many as 172 countries. Portuguese citizenship is not the easiest of all EU citizenship to obtain to be factual, if you are just desirous of gaining EU citizenship of any EU country, there are lots of easier options to consider than Portugal.

  • Through Naturalization (Living In Portugal)

The easiest path to acquiring an EU passport is to have an Irish or Italian grandparent. If that does not apply to you then countries like Malta and Greece offer Golden Visas for a comparatively small investment of between €250,000 and €300,000. Portugal also has a similar scheme in place but the investment amount required is much higher. If you’re still not lucky enough to have Irish or Italian heritage and you do not have €300,000 in the bank, the next easiest options are spending three years residing in Poland or to marrying a Spanish person for one year.

Ideally, the marriage should work out, and you’ll want to stay with your partner for longer than that, but that is the minimum requirement for citizenship by marriage in Spain. Gaining Portuguese citizenship as mentioned above isn’t the easiest EU citizenship to obtain but if you intend to live in Portugal on a long-term, it could worth pursuing one of these options.

Usually, the most common way of gaining citizenship of any country is to live there for a stipulated period of time. For Portugal, you are required to live in the country for a minimum of 6 years before applying for citizenship through naturalization. You are eligible for permanent residence after 5 years and although that is not the same as citizenship, it is actually a good enough option for most people.

When applying for Portuguese citizenship, there are a number of requirements that have to meet and this includes the minimum age limit of 18, clean criminal record implying that you must not have been convicted for a serious crime punishable by a confinement of up to 3 years under Portuguese law and you must possess an A2 level of the Portuguese language. If you are a non-EU citizen, the biggest challenge you will face will be staying in Portugal for the required period of 5-6 years.

The country issues long-term visas for quite a number of different categories of people including students, volunteers, those who have secured a job offer in Portugal and those who are self-sufficient in the sense that they have sufficient funds to support themselves. You will have to look at the different visa options available and see which one of them you qualify and can apply for.

  • Through The Golden Visa Scheme (Investing In Portugal)

Portugal like several other European countries also offers a fully-valid residency permit to those who make an investment in the country. The investment can take so many forms (such as creating a local business that provides local jobs, investing in research, or even investing in culture) but it can also be as simple as buying a property in Portugal.

Properties bought should have a value in the excess of €500,000 unless the property is older than 30 years or is located in an area of urban renovation.

If the property falls in the latter category, the value only needs to be around €350,000 or more. If you are quite willing to purchase a property in a low-density population area of the country, the required value of the property could further be reduced by 20% to either €400,000 or €280,000. Not everyone has such funds at their disposal but for those who do, it is one of the easiest ways to get residency and eventual citizenship in Portugal.

The Golden Visa scheme in Portugal allows an investor to stay in Portugal and also to travel within the Schengen Area for 5 years. After 5 years, the investor can then apply for and obtain permanent Portuguese residency. After 6 years, he or she can then file for full Portuguese citizenship.

  • Through Marriage

Foreign citizens who are married to a Portuguese national for three years or more are eligible for Portuguese citizenship. You are not required to be living in Portugal for those three years, which is typically a requirement for citizenship through marriage in most other EU countries.

Marrying for citizenship is not an issue that is treated lightly at all as the processing of the application will pass through several government offices in order to detect and separate genuine applicants from those who are only after citizenship.

  • Through Origin/Descent (Through Portuguese Parents Or Grandparents)

Under this category, there are a few ways through which you can qualify for Portuguese citizenship by origin/descent.

  • If you have a parent who is Portuguese, you may be eligible for Portuguese citizenship.
  • If you were born outside of Portugal and have a grandparent with Portuguese root, you may also be qualified to obtain Portuguese citizenship.
  • If you were born in the territory of Portugal to parents who weren’t Portuguese at the time of your birth, you may be eligible for Portuguese citizenship if they had been living legally in Portugal for the five years preceding your birth.
  • Through Sephardic Jew ancestry
  • If your ancestors were Sephardic Jews who lived in Portugal between the 15th and 16th century (and were kicked out by King Manuel) then you may be able to apply for Portuguese citizenship.

The Sephardic Jew ancestry is quite a unique situation and unless you’re very familiar with your ancestry, it is very unlikely that 1) you have Sephardic Jews in your family tree and 2) you’ll be able to trace your lineage that far back. The approval rate (around 8% in the first year of this law’s existence) for citizenship through this channel has been quite low but, if you think this might be applicable to you, then it is worth following it up.

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  • Through Adoption

If you are adopted by Portuguese parents, you are eligible to claim Portuguese citizenship. However, you have to be under the age of 18 for this to happen as there is no provision in Portuguese law for Portuguese parents adopting anyone above the age of 18.

  • Through Agreements Between Portugal And Former Colonies

Portugal has special relationships with its former territories such as Angola, Cape Verde, Portuguese India, Guinea Bissau, East Timor, Macao, Mozambique, São Tomé, and Príncipe. Part of this special relationship includes an agreement that allows members of former Portuguese colonies to apply for Portuguese citizenship. In most of these cases, there is or was as the case may be, a time limit during which citizens of these countries could apply to retain their Portuguese citizenship, so this may not be an option for you anymore.

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