Title IV · Long-term resident status

Article 76 Cancellation of long-term resident status

Artigo 76.º · Cancelamento do estatuto de residente de longa duração

Decreto Regulamentar n.º 84/2007, de 5 de novembro · regulation of Law No. 23/2007 · consolidated text, as amended by Regulatory Decree No. 1/2024, checked 26 October 2026

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1. The decision to cancel long-term resident status shall be taken in specific proceedings, to be conducted by the Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA), whenever any of the situations referred to in the points of Article 131(1) of Law No. 23/2007 of 4 July, as amended, arises.

1 - A decisão de cancelamento do estatuto de residente de longa duração é proferida em processo próprio, a instruir pela AIMA, I. P., sempre que ocorra uma das situações mencionadas numa das alíneas do n.º 1 do artigo 131.º da Lei n.º 23/2007, de 4 de julho, na sua redação atual.

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2. The preceding paragraph applies to the cancellation of the long-term resident status of former EU Blue Card holders, with the adaptations set out in the final part of Article 121-I(5) of Law No. 23/2007 of 4 July, as republished in the annex to Law No. 29/2012 of 9 August.

2 - O disposto no número anterior aplica-se ao cancelamento do estatuto de residente de longa duração de ex-titulares de cartão azul UE, com as adaptações constantes da parte final do n.º 5 do artigo 121.º-I da Lei n.º 23/2007, de 4 de julho, republicada em anexo à Lei n.º 29/2012, de 9 de agosto.

What we checked in this article

Check that AIMA conducts the proceedings, the reference to the points of Article 131(1), and the reference to the final part of Article 121-I(5) of Law No. 23/2007 for former EU Blue Card holders.

Preparing a visa or residence application? Article 76 lists what the authorities will check.

We prepare the company side of the file (employment contracts, payroll, tax and social security registrations, proof of activity) and coordinate with immigration lawyers on the application. 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

Visa and residence files, with the company side in order

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