Nova lei

Act 23/2007
4 July 2007

This Act approves the legal framework of entry, permanence, exit and removal of foreigners into and out of national territory.

The Assembly of the Republic decrees, in accordance to subparagraph c) of article 161º of the Constitution, the following:

CHAPTER I
General Provisions
Article 1º
Purpose of the Act

The present law establishes the conditions and procedures on the entry, permanence, exit and removal of foreign citizens from Portuguese territory, as well as the status of long term resident.

Article 2.º
Transposition of Directives

1- This law transposes into the internal juridical framework the following EU directives: a) Council Directive n. º 2003/86/CE, of 22 September 2003, concerning family reunion; b) Council Directive n. º 2003/110/CE, of 25 de November 2003, concerning the assistance in case of removal of foreigners by air.

c) Council Directive n. º 2003/109/CE, of 25 de November 2003, concerning the status of long-term resident to third-country residents.
d) Council Directive n. º 2004/81/CE, of 29 de April 2004, on the residence permit issued to third country-nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings or who have been the subject of an action to facilitate illegal immigration, who cooperate with the competent authorities;
e) Council Directive n. º 2004/82/CE, of 29 de April 2004 on the obligation of carriers to communicate passenger data;
f) Council Directive n. º 2004/114/CE, of 13 de December 2004, on the conditions of admission of third-country nationals for the purposes of studies, pupil Exchange , unremunerated training or voluntary service;
g) Council Directive n. º 2005/71/CE, of 12 October 2005, on a specific procedure for admitting third-country nationals for the purposes of scientific research. 2- Simultaneously it is consolidated in the national legal framework the transposition of the following EU acts:
a) Council Framework Decision of 28 November