Title I · Entry into and exit from national territory

Article 8-B Protection of minors and vulnerable adults

Artigo 8.º-B · Proteção de menores e adultos vulneráveis

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 national authorities responsible for border surveillance, inspection and control take appropriate steps to identify minors and vulnerable adults and to refer them to the competent services, in particular the National Referral System for (Presumed) Child Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings.

1 - As autoridades nacionais competentes pela vigilância, fiscalização e controlo das fronteiras realizam as diligências adequadas à identificação e referenciação de menores e adultos vulneráveis para os serviços competentes, designadamente o Sistema de Referenciação Nacional para Crianças (presumíveis) Vítimas de Tráfico de Seres Humanos.

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2. For the purposes of the preceding paragraph, vulnerable persons are unaccompanied minors, persons with disabilities, older persons, pregnant women, families with minors and persons who have manifestly or presumably been victims of trafficking, torture, rape or other serious forms of psychological, physical or sexual violence.

2 - Para efeitos do número anterior, considera-se pessoas vulneráveis os menores não acompanhados, pessoas com deficiência, idosos, grávidas, famílias com menores e pessoas que manifesta ou presumivelmente tenham sido vítimas de tráfico, de tortura, violação ou outras formas graves de violência psicológica, física ou sexual.

What we checked in this article

Check the full list of vulnerable persons in paragraph 2.

Preparing a visa or residence application? Article 8-B 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

Most refusals come from a missing document or an inconsistency between the contract, the payroll and the tax records. Tell us the route you are applying for, and we will check the company documents the Regulation requires.

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