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The Portuguese passport

If you are a foreign resident in Portugal and you acquire Portuguese citizenship, you will be eligible for a passport which entitles you to travel around the world as an EU citizen, as well as enter/exit Portugal as many times as you wish.

You don’t have to get a passport if you are a Portuguese citizen. Rather, you can get a Portuguese Citizen Card as a general identity document upon becoming a citizen. But this passport is beneficial for international travel.

The Portuguese Ministry of Justice (Instituto dos Registos e do Notoriado) issues passports. In 2006, the Portuguese government began issuing electronic passports (Passaporte Eletronico Portugues – PEP) with enhanced security features and biometric information. All new standard passports are now a PEP.

There are five types of Portuguese passport:

Standard electronic passport (PEP) issued to citizens
Diplomatic Passport (PD) issued to officials carrying out diplomatic business
Passport for Foreign Citizens (PCE) for stateless individuals with no other passports who have the right to reside in Portugal. Valid for 2 years.
Special Passport (PES) given to government officials who perform certain Public Administration functions
Temporary Passport (PT) issued in certain emergency circumstances for a period of up to one year
The standard Portuguese passport, similar to many passports, is a booklet with a dark red cover. The passport contains 28 visa pages and a biographical information page contains the holder’s name, height, date of birth, sex, birthplace, date of issue and expiration, photograph (digital in the PEP), digital signature, as well as a microchip containing the information electron

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