Chapter VI · Residence in national territory · Section II · Residence permit · Subsection I · Residence permit for professional activity

Article 90 Residence permit for teaching, highly qualified or cultural activity

Artigo 90.º · Autorização de residência para atividade de docência, altamente qualificada ou cultural

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. A residence permit shall be granted to third-country nationals for the purpose of carrying out a teaching activity at a higher education institution or at an educational or vocational training establishment, a highly qualified activity or a cultural activity who, in addition to the conditions laid down in Article 77, also meet the following conditions:

1 - É concedida autorização de residência a nacionais de Estados terceiros para efeitos de exercício de uma atividade docente em instituição de ensino superior ou estabelecimento de ensino ou de formação profissional, de atividade altamente qualificada ou de atividade cultural que, para além das condições estabelecidas no artigo 77.º, preencham ainda as seguintes condições:

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a) They hold an employment contract or a contract for the provision of services compatible with the teaching or highly qualified activity;

a) Disponham de contrato de trabalho ou de prestação de serviços compatível com a atividade docente ou altamente qualificada;

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b) A letter of invitation issued by an educational or vocational training institution;

b) Carta convite emitida por instituição de ensino ou de formação profissional;

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c) They submit a statement of responsibility from a company certified as defined in an order (portaria) of the members of the Government responsible for migration, the economy and administrative modernisation; or

c) Apresentem termo de responsabilidade de empresa certificada nos termos definidos em portaria dos membros do Governo responsáveis pelas áreas das migrações, da economia e da modernização administrativa; ou

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d) They are collaborating in a cultural activity carried out in national territory under a project recognised by the member of the Government responsible for culture as being of interest to the country.

d) Estejam a colaborar em atividade cultural exercida em território nacional no âmbito de um projeto reconhecido pelo membro do Governo responsável pela área da cultura como de interesse para o País.

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2. The applicant is exempt from the residence visa requirement whenever they have entered and stayed legally in national territory.

2 - O requerente é dispensado de visto de residência sempre que tenha entrado e permanecido legalmente em território nacional.

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3. (Repealed.)

3 - (Revogado.)

What we checked in this article

Verify that the conditions in paragraph 1(a) to (d) are rendered as in the source (only point (c) ends with ‘ou’; point (b) has no verb in the Portuguese), the ministers named in point (c), and the residence visa exemption in paragraph 2.

Moving to Portugal, or bringing a team or family? Article 90 may decide what you can apply for.

We map the visa and residence route that fits your activity, prepare the company side (contracts, payroll, registrations) and coordinate with immigration lawyers for the application itself. A written answer and a fixed quote within one working day.

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

Visas and residence in Portugal, planned together with the company

The permit depends on what you will do here: employment, your own company, remote work for a foreign employer or investment. Tell us the plan, and we will set out which route the Act gives you and what the company needs to have in place.

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