Africa-Press – Cape verde. The amendments to the law on foreigners in Portugal come into force today. Among other points, the diploma will facilitate the issuance of visas for Cape Verdeans and all citizens of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP).
The regulation of changes in the legal regime for the entry, stay, departure and removal of foreigners from Portuguese territory, among other aspects, determines that the granting of residence and temporary stay visas to nationals of a State in which the Agreement is in force on Mobility in the CPLP does not depend on a previous opinion from the Foreigners and Borders Services (SEF).
“Without prejudice to the granting of visas being communicated to the SEF, for the purposes of exercising its powers in terms of internal security”, justifies the Portuguese Government in the publication in the Diário da República.
With these amendments, requests for granting and renewing a residence permit submitted by nationals of CPLP member states are exempted from presenting valid travel insurance, proof of means of subsistence, copy of the return ticket. and in person presentation to apply for a visa.
Visa application is granted injunction
In addition, according to the diploma that enters into force today, the visa application will be granted a preliminary injunction, and the CPLP residence visa entitles you to apply for the CPLP residence permit.
The Government justified that, with this diploma, it also intends to establish “procedures that allow attracting regulated and integrated immigration for the development of the country, changing the way in which the public administration relates to immigrants and guaranteeing conditions for the integration of immigrants”.
simplify procedures
To this end, the Government will proceed with the creation of a title of limited duration that allows the legal entry of immigrants in Portugal with the objective of looking for work, simplifying procedures and opening the possibility of temporary stay or residence visas ” also have the purpose of providing remote work, as well as accompanying family members qualified with the respective titles”.
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe and Timor-Leste are the countries that make up the CPLP.
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