1. It is for the holder of the right to family reunification to apply to the Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA) for the entry and residence of their family members whenever those family members are outside national territory.
1 - Cabe ao titular do direito ao reagrupamento familiar solicitar à AIMA, I. P., a entrada e residência dos membros da sua família, sempre que estes se encontrem fora do território nacional.
2. The holder of the right to family reunification may also apply for residence for the family members referred to in Article 98(3) who are in national territory, have entered it and remain there as such on the date of the application for reunification.
2 - O titular do direito ao reagrupamento familiar pode ainda requerer a residência dos familiares referidos no n.º 3 do artigo 98.º que se encontrem em território nacional e nele tenham entrado e assim permaneçam à data do pedido de reagrupamento.
a) Documents attesting to the existence of the relevant family ties or of the de facto union;
a) Documentos que atestem a existência de laços familiares relevantes ou da união de facto;
b) Documents attesting to compliance with the conditions for exercising the right to family reunification;
b) Documentos que atestem o cumprimento das condições de exercício do direito ao reagrupamento familiar;
c) Certified copies of the travel documents of the family members or of the de facto partner.
c) Cópias autenticadas dos documentos de viagem dos familiares ou do parceiro de facto.
4. Where a refugee is unable to provide official documents proving the family relationship, other evidence of the existence of that relationship must be taken into account.
4 - Quando um refugiado não puder apresentar documentos oficiais que comprovem a relação familiar, deve ser tomado em consideração outro tipo de provas da existência dessa relação.
Verify who files the application, the in-country application limited to the family members in Article 98(3) in paragraph 2 (the Portuguese ‘e assim permaneçam’ is rendered literally), the supporting documents in paragraph 3(a) to (c), and the refugee evidence rule in paragraph 4.
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Unofficial English translation prepared by BCA Portugal for reference. Only the Portuguese text published in the Diário da República has legal force. Editorial notes are ours and are not part of the statute.