12/09/2022

Portugal leading the way at CPLP

Law 18/2022, of August 25th, 2022, regulates the application in Portugal of the 2021 mobility agreement between the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP). Under the new law, CPLP nationals who wish to apply for a Portuguese visa are hereinafter exempt from presenting travel insurance and proof of “means of subsistence”.

In addition, CPLP nationals are guaranteed expedited approval of their visa applications and do not need to show up in person during the process. They are also entitled to apply for a “CPLP residence visa” which allows its holder to obtain a “residence authorization”.

Further regulations of this law were approved by the Portuguese cabinet (Council of Ministers) last September 1st. According to a Council of Ministers press release, these changes are aimed at “promoting mobility and freedom of movement with the CPLP space”.

This initiative may have been prompted by Portugal’s “self-interest” insofar that its economy needs to attract foreign labour. However, it is undoubtedly a step in the direction of facilitating movement of people within the CPLP, which civil society and businesses had been calling for a while.

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