The immigration practice of Alves Pereira & Teixeira de Sousa (APTS) has considerable experience dealing with visa applications and permits for foreign individuals, employees and directors of multinational corporations.
The immigration practice of APTS covers, inter alia, the following areas:
- Naturalization procedures
- Temporary stay or residence (and work) visa applications
- Temporary or permanent residence (and work) permits applications
- Extension / renewal of visas and permits
- Preparing documentation, filings with the SEF (Foreign Nationals and Borders Service)
- Claims and appeals against Government decisions of removal from Portuguese territory
- Judicial review of administrative decisions rejecting or cancelling visas or permits, or deciding its non-renewal
- Unremunerated traineeship or voluntary work in Portugal
- Other issues concerning the entry, stay, exit and removal of foreign citizens from Portuguese territory
- Representing and counselling foreign employees or directors assigned to Portugal in miscellaneous legal matters (e.g. lease agreements, tax issues, etc.)