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MARCELO REBELO DE SOUSA
The President of the Republic promulgated, on Tuesday, the decree-law that creates a new regime of visas for citizens of the community of Portuguese-speaking countries (CPLP), facilitating the entry into our country, but points out “doubts about expectations ”That can create.
The new legal regime for entry, permanence, departure and removal of foreigners from the national territory, approved in Parliament on December 20, 2024, establishes a new concession of visas for CPLP citizens.
The citizens of the Member States of the vain, thus have facilities to enter Portugal.
“When the applicant is covered by the CPLP agreement and is the holder of a short visa, or has a legal entry into the national territory, he may request a TEMPORARY RESIDENCE AUTHORIZATION“According to the text approved in Parliament and now promulgated by Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
No Case of the Timoresethey can enter Portugal as tourists, and then require.
In relation to remaining CPLP citizensthey must present visas at the entrance of the country and then resort to residence authorizations.
The new legal regime promulgated by Marcelo also makes the passage to the Portuguese legal system of the entry of the entry/exit system (SES), an automated computer system of registration of inputs and exits of citizens from outside the Schengen space.
These rules set the deadlines for the process of EXITING CITIZENS that are in Portugal, irregularwho come to have between 10 and 20 days to voluntarily abandon the country.
Marcelo’s “The Doubts”
As part of this new law, the government intended to create the new National Unit of Foreigners and Borders in PSP, and change the regime of return of foreigners, but the Parliament Chumbed the proposal.
The new regime was approved with the Votes in favor of PSD and CDS/PPthe abstention of the left block, free, liberal initiative, PS and arrives, and the votes against the PAN and the PCP.
Marcelo promulgated the law stressing that he had “in view of the non -opposition of a clear majority in the Assembly of the Republic”, “despite Questions about expectations that precede the new legal regime ”.
