The approximately 84 thousand foreign citizens with residence permits in Portugal that expire until September 30 can from today automatically renew them on the portal of the Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF).
In a statement, SEF states that residence permits that expire in the following quarter can be renewed automatically without the need to go in person to a service desk, with the citizen simply accessing the “personal area” of the SEF portal in the “automatic renewal”.
According to SEF, this modality has existed since July 2020 and around 300 thousand automatic renewals have already been carried out.
SEF states that the functionality is available for the period until September 30, 2023, with an estimated universe of 84 thousand foreign citizens, already resident, as possible beneficiaries.
“SEF has been adopting measures, following approved legislation, with a view to recovering backlogs and efficiency in the documentary management of foreign citizens”, also indicates that security service.
