Portugal · 5 rules · 4 calculators
How many days can you spend in Portugal?
It depends on why you’re there. Visiting from outside the EU, you can spend 90 days in any 180 in the Schengen area, Portugal included. For tax, more than 183 days in any 12-month period beginning or ending in the tax year make you resident — last year’s days can count. A temporary residence permit allows 6 months in a row away, or 8 in total over its validity.
Visas and stays
How long can you stay in Portugal as a visitor?
Portugal is one of the 29 Schengen countries: visitors from outside the EU count their days anywhere in the area together, towards one limit of 90 days in any 180. EES records every entry and exit.
Tax residency
Tax residency in Portugal: more than 183 days in any 12 months
How many days can you spend in Portugal before you’re tax resident? 183 at most in any 12 months, in one stay or several — and a home you intend to keep and occupy as your habitual residence makes you resident even with fewer.
Residence permits
Living in Portugal: time away on a TRC or permanent residence
Permanent residence allows 24 months in a row away, or 30 in any 3 years. Past either limit the permit can be cancelled, unless you justified the absence to AIMA. EU long-term residence is lost after 12 months in a row outside the EU.
Day calculators for Portugal
Portugal: questions and answers.
Is Portugal in Schengen?
Yes: Portugal has been in the Schengen area since 1995, when checks at its borders with the other Schengen countries were abolished. It joined the EU in 1986.
How many days can I spend in Portugal without becoming tax resident?
183 at most in any 12-month period beginning or ending in the tax year; more than 183 make you resident, in one stay or several. A home you intend to keep as your habitual residence can make you resident with fewer.
How long can I stay in Portugal as a US citizen?
As a visitor, the same as anyone from outside the EU: 90 days in any 180 across the 29 Schengen countries together, Portugal included. Since EES, your entries and exits are recorded at the border instead of stamped in your passport.
Can I live outside Portugal with permanent residence?
Up to 24 months in a row, or 30 in any 3 years. Past that, the permit can be cancelled unless you justified the absence to AIMA.
How many days can you spend in Portugal? FlySee counts them for you.
Track days in every country and know the date you can stay until.
- Counts your Schengen days automatically, in the background
- Counts your days in Portugal in any 12 months, last year’s days included
- Shows the date you can stay until under the 183-day test
- Logs every day you’re outside Portugal, automatically, and rebuilds past trips from your photos
- Exports your days by country as PDF, Excel or CSV for your accountant
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Sources
Portugal and the Schengen area
EES (Entry/Exit System)
- European Commission, Migration and Home Affairs — Entry/Exit System (EES)
- GOV.UK — EU Entry/Exit System: guidance for British travellers
- Swedish Police Authority — The Entry Exit System (children, data storage, days left)
- European Union — Entry/Exit System: check how long you can stay
- European Union — Entry/Exit System: the Travel to Europe mobile app
- Frontex — Travel to Europe app
FlySee counts days; it doesn’t give tax advice. Whether you’re resident is for you and your adviser.
FlySee counts days; it doesn’t give immigration advice. Whether you qualify is for you and your adviser.
FlySee counts days; it doesn’t give legal advice. Whether you can stay is the border guard’s call.