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ARTICLE 98, PARAGRAPH 2 – FAMILY REUNIFICATION (RELATIVE IN NATIONAL TERRITORY)
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED
Application for residence card is scheduled (via an electronic platform) and submitted by the holder of the right to family reunification. May be submitted at any SEF’s directorate or regional delegation, which, after proceedings and decision, will forward it to the directorate or regional delegation of the applicant’s area of residence. Necessary documentation as follows:

Two recent, identical photographs, in colour with blank background, and easily identifiable (only for appointments at Odivelas, Aveiro or Braga SEF bureau)
Documentary proof certifying the entitlement to Family Reunification by a foreign citizen holder of a Residence Permit, an EU Blue Card, or the long-term resident status
Authenticated supporting documents proving the family links invoked
Passport or other valid travel document
Evidence that the applicant has adequate accommodation (not applicable to refugees)
Documentary evidence of adequate subsistence means for the applicant and for the family, as per the provisions of Order number 1563/2007, of 11/12 (not applicable to refugees)
Permission of the family member for SEF to check portuguese criminal record whenever he/she has stayed in the National Territory for more than one year in the last 5 years (except for under 16 years old)
Extract from the judicial record in the country of origin or of provenance of the family member (where the family member has been residing for a period exceeding one year)
Proof of legal entrance in national territory
Authenticated copies of the identification documents of the applicants family members are not needed if the originals plus the copies are presented locally at the Service Bureau.

SPECIFIC DOCUMENTS
Certificate of incapacity of children of age, in case of dependent children of age
Certified copy of adoption decision, as well as a certified copy of the acknowledgement of the decision by the national authority, where applicable, in case of having been adopted
Full Birth Certificate, documentary evidence of economic dependence and document supporting the enrolment in a Portuguese teaching establishment, in case of children who are of age, single and dependent
Documentary evidence of economic dependence by first-degree relative in the direct ascending line, under the age of 65
Certified copy of the custody decision, as well as a certified copy of the acknowledgement of the decision by the national authority, where applicable, for cases involving minor siblings
Written authorization by a non-resident parent, certified by a Portuguese consular authority, or copy of court decision giving legal guardianship of a minor child, or the custody of an incapacitated person to the resident or to the respective spouse, where applicable
Circumstantial evidence of Unmarried Partnership, as provided for in Article 2-A of Act number 7/2001, of 11 May, as amended by Act number 23/2010, of 30 August, together, where possible, by other circumstantial evidence of the unmarried partnership relevant to the purposes of Article 104, paragraph 2 of the Aliens Act Article 104, paragraph 2 of the Aliens Act

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