UK help and services in Portugal

Services if you're visiting, studying, working or living in Portugal. Includes information about trading with and doing business in the UK and Portugal, and your rights after the UK鈥檚 exit from the EU.

Emergency help for British nationals in Portugal

Get help if you're the victim of crime, you've been arrested, or are affected by a crisis abroad.

Passports and emergency travel documents in Portugal

Includes how to cancel a lost passport, renew a passport and apply for an emergency travel document.

Travelling to Portugal

Includes travel advice and how to get married abroad.

Coming to the UK from Portugal

Get a visa to study, work or visit the UK.

Living in Portugal

Guidance on your rights after the UK鈥檚 exit from the EU, accessing healthcare, getting a document legalised, English-speaking lawyers, how to vote abroad.

Tax, benefits, pensions and working abroad in Portugal

Includes how to pay tax, claim State Pension and get tax credits abroad.

Birth, death and marriage abroad in Portugal

Includes how to get married, list of funeral directors and how to register a birth abroad.
  • Find out how to get the documents you鈥檒l need to get married or form a civil partnership overseas and how much they鈥檒l cost.

  • Information for UK nationals on how to order copies of Portuguese birth, death or marriage online certificates.

  • Parents must register the birth in the country where the child was born - find out if you can also register the birth in the UK.

  • Information for British nationals who are considering entering into surrogacy arrangements in foreign countries.

  • Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.

  • The process when a British national dies in Liechtenstein, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person鈥檚 body to the UK.

  • The process when a British national dies in Portugal, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person鈥檚 body to the UK.

  • The process when a British national dies in Switzerland, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person鈥檚 body to the UK.

News and events in Portugal

Find out about the UK government's diplomatic, security and development work in Portugal.

Trade and invest: Portugal

Includes investing and setting up a business in the UK and doing business in Portugal.
  • DBT provides trade and investment services and practical support. We help UK companies succeed in Portugal, and Portuguese companies set up and invest in the UK.

  • Information on key security and political risks which UK businesses may face when operating in Portugal.

  • Choosing a legal structure when you're starting a business: the differences between being a sole trader and a limited company, including legal risk, registration and taxes.

British embassy or high commission in Portugal

Includes contact details, opening hours and consular fees and local services.