Ukkram

From next year all foreign residents in PT will be issued with new cards similar to PT citizens. So no more carrying around an A4 size document.

Loafing Along

Great news, have a scrappy much-folded piece of paper that will barely survive another 12 months

ouriquejan

I have a tri-fold card, with name, parents name, date of birth etc, photo, signature and fingerprint. Had one for our first residência and a different one for our 10 year one.

Sunseeker1st

I agree with ouriquejan, we have the trifold card (about the size of a credit card, both for British and American. The A4 piece of paper is for temporary residence the trifokd for permanent. I heard many years ago the temporary was a card but there were so many temporaries being issued they reverted to the A4. Be aware the temporary is only valid as long as your passport is valid, ie, my temporary was only for 4 years but I was allowed a permanent as I proved I had been here the entire time (ie, 5 years). That is why some people say they have only had their temporary for say 2 years.

AliceCaroline

I'd heard that, so in April when I went for my first temporary residency piece of paper I was expecting to only get 4 years (my passport runs out in 2022) but they gave me a bit of A4 with an expiry date of 5 years from then.

007Steve

Have been keeping half a closed eye on this (t'other one is permanently asleep).
As far as I can make out without one of these, Brits as third nation persons will be limited to 180 days stay per year, as Schengen - is that right?

Red Eric

I think this is more to do with what information is stored on any(?) resident card than with what specifically will happen to Brits after Brexit with regard to immigration / administrative requirements (which will depend entirely on arrangements yet to be arrived at). It might well be that EU and non EU residents alike will qualify for one of these cards, which I presume will be rolled out to new applicants as of next year and presumably eventually replace any document currently held by a foreign resident only upon its expiry.

That's my initial assumption on the matter from the rather sketchy details released so far, anyway.

007Steve

Yep, ... That's my take on it RE Let's hope