VISA and ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Citizens of the European Union, Switzerland, Andorra, Liechtenstein and Malta require an identity card in order to gain entry into Portugal. Visitors from countries requiring a visa, the maximum length of stay in Portugal is 90 days. American and Canadian nationals may stay without a visa for up to 60 days with a valid passport. When this limit is exceeded, a fine is levied in accordance with the number of days in excess of the limit. The passport must be valid for three months longer than the period of stay except in the case of countries from the European Union and the European Economic Area.
Citizens from the following countries require both a visa and a valid passport: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola (holders of diplomatic and service passports are exempt from visa requirements), Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia (visas are only required by holders of service passports), Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize,
Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei, Bulgaria (visas are not required by holders of diplomatic passports), Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde Islands (holders of diplomatic and service passports are exempt from visa requirements), Central African Republic, China, Colombia,
Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo (ex-Zaire), Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Fyrom (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco (holders of diplomatic, service and special passports are exempt from visa requirements), Mozambique (holders of diplomatic and service passports are exempt from visa requirements), Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Mariana Islands, North Korea, Oman, Palau, Pakistan, Palestinian National Authority, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Romania (visas are not required by holders of diplomatic passports), Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, São Tomé and Príncipe (holders of diplomatic and service passports are exempt from visa requirements), Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa (holders of diplomatic and service passports are exempt from visa requirements), Sri Lanka, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Sudan, Surinam, Swaziland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia (holders of diplomatic and service passports are exempt from visa requirements), Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela (visas are only required by holders of Service Passports), Vietnam, Western Samoa, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
For more detailed information, you should consult the Embassies services website at http://www.min-nestrangeiros.pt/mne/missoes or your Portuguese consulates abroad. If you are already on Portuguese soil, please contact the Portuguese Immigration Services (Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras).