Family reunification

Last update : January 2024

Is it possible to bring your family to Portugal ?


Once you become a legal resident through asylum or other regularisation process), you may apply for your family to join you in Portugal. People with immediate family members in a regular situation in Portugal are eligible for a family reunification visa.

Get in touch with organisation from the “contact” section to get supported.

Generally, the following family members are entitled to family reunification:

  • The spouse;
  • Underage or incapable children under guardianship of the couple or of one spouse;
  • Adopted minors;
  • Children who are of age and still studying in a Portuguese teaching institution, of whom the couple or one of the spouses is in charge;
  • Parents in the direct line to the resident or the respective spouse, provided they are dependent on either of them;
  • Underage siblings under custody of the resident.