Visa requirements for Portuguese citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Portugal.

As of 2024, Portuguese citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 191 countries and territories, ranking the Portuguese passport 4th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.^[1]

Visa requirements for Portuguese citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:

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Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Europe
Abkhazia	Visa required[270]
Mount Athos	Special permit required	Special permit required (4 days: 25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.[271][272]
Brest and Grodno	Visa not required	Visa-free for 10 days[273]
Northern Cyprus	Visa not required	3 months[274] Citizen Card valid.
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus	Access Permit required[275]	Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
Faroe Islands	Visa not required[276]	Citizen Card valid.
Gibraltar	Visa not required[277]	Citizen Card valid.[278]
Guernsey	Visa not required[279]
Alderney	Visa not required.[280]
Sark	Visa not required.[281]
Isle of Man	Visa not required[282]
Jan Mayen	Permit required[283]	Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours[284] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[285]
Jersey	Visa not required[286]
Kosovo	Visa not required[287]	90 days Citizen Card valid.
Russia	Special authorization required	Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.[288]
South Ossetia	Visa not required	Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[289][290]
Svalbard	Visa not required[291]	Unlimited period under Svalbard Treaty Citizen Card valid.
Transnistria	Visa not required	Registration required after 24h.[292][293]
Africa
British Indian Ocean Territory	Special permit required	Special permit required.[294]
Eritrea outside Asmara	Travel permit required	To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).[295]
Mayotte	Freedom of movement[296]	Citizen Card valid.
Réunion	Freedom of movement[296]	Citizen Card valid.
Canary Islands	Freedom of movement[297]	Citizen Card valid.
Ceuta	Freedom of movement[297]	Citizen Card valid.
Melilla	Freedom of movement[297]	Citizen Card valid.
Madeira	Freedom of movement[298]	Unlimited Stay in Portugal Territory, the Portuguese Citizens Permanently have the right to live and work freely in Madeira. Savage Islands are also Portugal Territory Zone.
Ascension Island	eVisa[299][300]	3 months within any year period
Saint Helena	Visitor's Pass required	Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling.[301]
Tristan da Cunha	Permission required	Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.[302]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic		Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara controlled territory.
Somaliland	Visa on arrival	30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival.[303][304]
Sudan	Travel permit required	All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.
Darfur	Travel permit required	Separate travel permit is required.[305]
Asia
Hainan	Visa not required[306]	Visa not required for 30 days with an invitation letter from an accredited local tour agency, or present a confirmed hotel reservation and return/onward ticket before immigration.[307]
Hong Kong	Visa not required[308]	90 days
India PAP/RAP	PAP/RAP required	Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for all of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram and parts of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.[309][310][311][312][313]
Iraqi Kurdistan	eVisa[314]
Kazakhstan	Special permission required	Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.[315]
Kish Island	Visa not required	Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.[316]
Macau	Visa not required[317]	90 days
Sabah and Sarawak	Visa not required	These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.[318]
Maldives	Permission required	With the exception of the capital Malé, tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives.[319]
North Korea outside Pyongyang	Special permit required	People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving)
Palestine	Visa not required[320]	Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[321]
Taiwan	Visa not required[322]	90 days
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province	OIVR permit required	OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.[323][324][325]
Tibet Autonomous Region	TTP required	Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).[326][327]
Turkmenistan	Special permit required	A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.[328]
Korean Demilitarized Zone	Restricted zone.
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar	Restricted zone.
Phú Quốc	Visa not required	30 days[266]
Yemen	Special permission required	Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.[329]
Caribbean and North Atlantic
Azores	Freedom of movement[330]	Unlimited Stay in Portugal Territory, the Portuguese Citizens Permanently have the right to live and work freely in Azores.
Anguilla	Visa not required[331]	3 months
Aruba	Visa not required[332]	30 days, extendable to 180 days[333]
Bermuda	Visa not required[334]	Up to 6 months, decided on arrival
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba	Visa not required	3 months[335][336]
British Virgin Islands	Visa not required[337]	30 days, extensions possible
Cayman Islands	Visa not required[338]	6 months
Curacao	Visa not required[339]	3 months[339]
French Guiana	Freedom of movement[340]	Citizen Card valid.
French West Indies	Freedom of movement	French West Indies refers to Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy.[341] Citizen Card valid.
Greenland	Visa not required[276]	Citizen Card valid.
Montserrat	Visa not required[342]	6 months[343] Citizen Card valid (max.14 days).
Puerto Rico	Visa Waiver Program[344]	90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years, ESTA required
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Freedom of movement[296]	Citizen Card valid.
San Andrés and Leticia	Tourist Card on arrival	Visitors arriving at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport and Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport must buy tourist cards on arrival.[345]
Sint Maarten	Visa not required	3 months[346][347]
Turks and Caicos Islands	Visa not required[348]	90 days
U.S. Virgin Islands	Visa Waiver Program[349]	90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years, ESTA required
Oceania
American Samoa	Electronic authorization[350]	30 days
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Special authorisation required	Special authorisation required.[351]
Clipperton Island	Special permit required	Special permit required.[352]
Cook Islands	Visa not required	31 days[353]
Lau Province	Special permission required	Special permission required.[354]
French Polynesia	Freedom of movement[355]	Citizen Card valid.
Guam	Visa Waiver Program[356]	90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years, ESTA required
New Caledonia	Freedom of movement[296]	Citizen Card valid.
Niue	Visa not required	30 days[357]
Northern Mariana Islands	Visa not required[358]	Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.
Pitcairn Islands	Visa not required	14 days visa free and landing fee US$35 or tax of US$5 if not going ashore.[359][360][361]
Tokelau	Entry permit required[362]
United States Minor Outlying Islands	Special permits required	Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.[363][364][365][366][367][368][369]
Wallis and Futuna	Freedom of movement[296]	Citizen Card valid.
South America
Galápagos	Pre-registration required	Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.[370]
South Atlantic and Antarctica
Falkland Islands	Visa not required[371]	A visitor permit is normally issued as a stamp in the passport on arrival, The maximum validity period is 1 month.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Permit required	Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[372][373]
Antarctica		Special permits required for  British Antarctic Territory,  French Southern and Antarctic Lands,  Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.[374][375][376][377][378][379][380][381][382][383][384][385]

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Portuguese Citizen Card (Cartão de cidadão) is valid for these countries : Due to Freedom of Movement in European Union / Schengen Area:

For Tourism with Citizen Card or Passport is also valid for traveling in these countries:

Citizen Card or Passport is valid for 90 days of visit in (Albania), (Andorra), (Bosnia and Herzegovina), (Kosovo), (Monaco), (Moldova), (North Macedonia), (Northern Cyprus), (Serbia), (San Marino), (Turkey) and (Vatican City).

(Georgia) Citizen Card or Passport is valid for 1 year of visit.

(Montenegro) Citizen Card is valid for 30 days of visit, or with Passport for 90 days of visit.

1 - (Egypt) Citizen Card or Passport is valid for 30 days of visit, {evisa} or {visa on arrival}.

2 - (Tunisia) Citizen Card is valid on an Organized Tours visit only, or with Passport – {Visa not Required} is valid for 90 days of visit.

(Jordan) Citizen Card is valid on an Organized Tours visit or with Passport – {visa on arrival} is valid for 30 days of visit.

Portuguese citizens can apply for a resident permit on the basis of a remote worker from the following countries:

Portuguese citizens aged 18–30 (or 18–35 in some cases) can apply for a resident permit on the basis of a working holiday from the following countries:

Holders of various categories of official Portuguese passports have additional visa-free access to the following countries – Algeria (diplomatic, service or special passports), Angola (diplomatic, service or special passports), Azerbaijan (diplomatic, service or special passports), China (diplomatic passports), Republic of the Congo (diplomatic passports), Indonesia (diplomatic, official or service passports), Kazakhstan (diplomatic passports), Kuwait (diplomatic, service or special passports), Mozambique (diplomatic, official or service passports), Qatar (diplomatic or special passports), Russia (diplomatic passports) and São Tomé and Príncipe (diplomatic or service passports), Turkey (diplomatic or service passports) . Holders of diplomatic or service passports of any country have visa-free access to Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Mali and Zimbabwe.

Many countries require passports to be valid for at least 6 months upon arrival and one or two blank pages.^[396]

Countries requiring passports to be validity at least 6 months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Cambodia, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq (except when arriving at Basra – 3 months and Erbil or Sulaimaniyah – on arrival), Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen.

Turkey usually requires passports to be valid for at least 5 months (150 days) upon entry, but for Portuguese citizens Turkish authorities allow to enter even with passport expired within last 5 years.

Countries requiring passport validity of at least 4 months on arrival include Azerbaijan, Micronesia, Zambia.

Countries requiring passport validity of at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegowina, Honduras, Moldova, Nauru, North Macedonia, Panama, Qatar, Senegal and French territories in the Pacific (i.e. French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna)

Countries requiring passport validity of at least 1 month on arrival include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, Maldives, New Zealand, South Africa.^[397]

Other countries require either a passport valid on arrival or passport valid throughout the period of intended stay.

Several countries including Argentina, Cambodia, Colombia, Japan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and the United States demand all passengers to be fingerprinted on arrival.^{[398][399][400][401][402][403][404]}

When in a non-EU country where there is no Portuguese embassy, Portuguese citizens as EU citizens have the right to get consular protection from the embassy of any other EU country present in that country.

See also List of diplomatic missions of Portugal.

• Visa requirements for European Union citizens
• Visa policy of the Schengen Area
• Foreign relations of Portugal