[Updated on 11/08/2024]
In compliance with the obligations set out in the Migration Action Plan, we hereby inform you that AIMA has begun the process of family reunification of foreign citizens with children and young people up to 18 years of age.
Minors must be demonstrably in national territory on the date on which the application is, or has been, submitted on the platform for Family Reunification of Minors.
You can access the platform here: AIMA Services Portal .
It will not be necessary to make any telephone contact to schedule the appointment, which will be made automatically by AIMA services.
Scheduling for the collection of biometric data will be carried out in the order of registration on the aforementioned platform.
To speed up the analysis and decision process, applicants are asked to update the information and documents required to process the case .
Please note that the draft regarding the liability term regarding subsistence conditions has been changed and can be consulted here: Model 4 – Liability Term .
Applicants must enter the new draft into the platform. The signature must be duly recognized by a Notary, Lawyer or Solicitor.
Please remember that, when scheduling, you must bring the originals of the following documents:
Required Documents
- Residence Permit (AR) of the Third Country National who is residing in national territory;
- Valid passport or other valid travel document of the family member;
- Proof of legal entry into Portugal of the family member;
- Duly authenticated evidence of the family ties invoked (see specific documents);
- Declaration, under oath, of the address of residence, stating the terms under which you are residing in the indicated property (e.g. owner, tenant, subtenant, usufructuary, borrower, among others) see the declaration ; and
- In situations where you live in the location because you are the owner or usufructuary, you must present a land registry certificate or provide the respective access code to prove the right of ownership or the right of usufruct, or
- In situations where you live in the premises as a tenant or lessee, etc., a declaration from the landlord of the property or the accommodation entity, mentioning the legal situation underlying the right to use the property;
- Proof of means of subsistence. For more information, see the Cross-Cutting Themes ;
- Term of Responsibility (Model 4) – with signature duly recognized by a Notary, Lawyer or Solicitor, if not signed before and in the presence of an AIMA representative;
- Criminal record of the country of nationality of the family member to be reunited or criminal record of the country where the family member resided for more than one year, before residing in Portugal – does not apply to minors under 16 years of age. For more information, see the Cross-Cutting Themes ;
- Request by the family member to have their Portuguese criminal record checked by AIMA whenever they have remained in Portugal for more than one year in the last 5 years (upon signing the initial request) – does not apply to minors under 16 years of age.
Specific Documents
- Proof of family ties:
- Duly authenticated marriage certificate; or
- Medical report attesting to incapacity, duly authenticated, or judicial declaration of interdiction/inability, duly authenticated; or
- Decision that decreed the adoption, duly authenticated; or
- Duly authenticated birth certificate, and in the case of dependent adult sons and/or daughters, document proving financial dependence and enrollment in an educational establishment in Portugal;
- Written authorization from the non-resident parent authenticated by a Portuguese consular authority or a copy of the decision granting legal trust of the minor son and/or daughter or guardianship of the incapacitated person to the resident or his/her spouse, see the declaration ; or
- Proof of economic dependence and family relationship, namely transfers made to the country of origin; or
- Decision granting guardianship, accompanied by a certificate of the decision of the national authority that recognized it; or
- Presentation of documents proving the existence of the de facto union for more than 2 years, see the declaration .
Failure to submit documents will delay the decision-making process and may even lead to its rejection.