Temporary-Stay Visa — accompanying family member of temporary-stay visa holder

For this purpose, family members are: The spouse; Under aged children or incapable persons under care of the couple or of one spouse; Minors adopted by the applicant when unmarried, by the applicant or spouse, as per decision of the competent authority of the country of origin, on condition that the country’s laws attribute to the adopted children identical rights and duties akin to natural parenthood and that the decision be recognised in Portugal; Adult sons, dependent on the couple or on one spouse, single and that study in a teaching establishment in Portugal; Under aged sons, under the care of the couple, or of one spouse, that are single and study, if the holder of the right to family reunion is the bearer of a residence permit issued under the article 90.º-A; The ascendants in direct line and in first degree of the resident or of his spouse, if they are under their care; Under aged brothers, if they are dependent of the resident, as declared by a decision of the competent authority of the country of origin and that the decision be recognised in Portugal; The partner, in Portugal or in other country, with whom the foreign resident citizen has a civil union, duly proved under the law; Unmarried sons, under aged or incapable, including adopted sons of the partner in the civil union, if they are legally under the protection of the partner.

h) Acompanhamento de familiar portador de um visto de estada temporária, exceto se este tiver como finalidade o exercício de trabalho sazonal, sem prejuízo de o regime de reagrupamento familiar previsto na presente lei;

Proof of availability of stable and regular means, enough to cover the needs of the residency visa applicant and the accompanying relatives during the required period of stay or for the period of 12 months, whatever is lesser, under the provisions laid out on the nº 2 of article 2 of Ordinance nº 1563/2007, of 11 December.

1 - O visto de estada temporária destina-se a permitir a entrada e a estada em território nacional por período inferior a um ano para:

2 - Sem prejuízo do estabelecido em disposição especial, o visto de estada temporária é concedido pelo tempo da duração da estada e é válido para múltiplas entradas em território nacional. 3 - O prazo máximo para a decisão sobre o pedido de visto de estada temporária é de 30 dias contados a partir da instrução do pedido.