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Special residence — adult born in Portugal and continuously resident — Article 122(1)(d)

PortugalLong-term residence

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What qualifying residence period is required and when does the period begin?

Adults born in Portugal who have not left the country, or who have remained in Portugal since before the age of 10.

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Limits of the record
  • No minimum number of years is stated beyond birth in Portugal or residence since before age 10.

Which types of residence count fully, partially or not at all where the official rules specify this?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm which types of residence count towards the qualifying period.

What absence/continuity rules affect accumulation of the qualifying residence period?

The law requires that the adult born in Portugal has not been absent from the country, or has remained in Portugal since under age 10.

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Limits of the record
  • Sources do not define what absences are tolerated.

What other major conditions apply, how is the status obtained, and what renewal, document-validity, retention or loss rules matter?

Documents: valid passport; sworn address declaration; proof of means of subsistence; birth certificate; tax and social-security registration; proof of stay in Portugal; mandatory Modelo 1 form. Holders of residence permits granted without a visa under the preceding paragraphs enjoy the rights in Article 83 (education and vocational training, employed and self-employed work, health care, access to law and courts). The temporary residence permit is, subject to special legal provisions, valid for two years from issue and renewable for successive three-year periods.

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Limits of the record
  • Sources do not state how the status becomes independent or leads to long-term/permanent residence.
  • Article 75 validity is the general rule 'without prejudice to special legal provisions'.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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