Chapter XII · Supplementary, transitional and final provisions

Article 213 Expenses

Artigo 213.º · Despesas

Lei n.º 23/2007, de 4 de julho (Lei de Estrangeiros) · consolidated text, as amended by Law No. 62/2026, checked 26 October 2026

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1. The expenses necessary for removal from the country which cannot be borne by the foreign national, or which the foreign national is not required to bear under special arrangements provided for in international conventions, and which are not borne by the entities referred to in Article 41, are borne by the State.

1 - As despesas necessárias ao afastamento do País que não possam ser suportadas pelo cidadão estrangeiro ou que este não deva custear, por força de regimes especiais previstos em convenções internacionais, nem sejam suportadas pelas entidades referidas no artigo 41.º, são suportadas pelo Estado.

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2. The State may also bear the expenses necessary for the voluntary departure from the country of:

2 - O Estado pode suportar igualmente as despesas necessárias ao abandono voluntário do País:

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a) Members of the household of a foreign national who is the subject of a forced removal or judicial expulsion decision, where they are dependent on that foreign national and provided that they cannot bear the related costs;

a) Dos membros do agregado familiar do cidadão estrangeiro objeto da decisão de afastamento coercivo ou de expulsão judicial quando dele dependam e desde que estes não possam suportar os respetivos encargos;

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b) Foreign nationals lacking means of subsistence, provided that it is not possible to obtain the necessary support from the diplomatic missions of their countries.

b) Dos cidadãos estrangeiros em situação de carência de meios de subsistência, desde que não seja possível obter o necessário apoio das representações diplomáticas dos seus países.

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3. To meet the costs arising from the application of this Law, the necessary appropriation is entered in the own budgets of the National Republican Guard (GNR), the PSP and the Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA).

3 - Para satisfação dos encargos resultantes da aplicação desta lei é inscrita a necessária dotação nos orçamentos privativos da GNR, da PSP e da AIMA, I. P.

What we checked in this article

Check the conditions under which the State bears removal costs (paragraph 1, including the reference to Article 41), the two categories of voluntary departure it may fund (paragraph 2), and the bodies whose budgets carry the appropriation (paragraph 3).

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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.

Applying the law

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