Warnmeldungen und Informationen

• Children who have not completed 12 yrs
  
• Passengers presenting a valid EU Digital Covid certificate (see: Acceptance conditions for EU Covid certificates
  
• Passengers presenting a valid recovery/vaccination certificate issued by a third country (see: acceptance conditions for third country certificates)

The mandatory tests can only be accepted in Portuguese, French, Spanish, English and Italian. An element that must be stated is the time and date at which the test was carried out.

Acceptable formats are paper and electronic (but not mobile text messages – SMS).

NHS tests and Trace Test performed in the United Kingdom are not valid for travel.

Only antigen tests acceptable by the European Union Health Committee are accepted for travel as well as the inimum data that must be present on the test result document as set by the same entity (see here).

Passengers are responsible to verify if their test meets the requirements.

Passengers travelling from the Madeira and Azores Islands are exempted from presenting the negative covid test to enter mainland Portugal (unless transferring to other country, in which case the destination rules apply).

Quarantine requirements:
Passengers that have been in South Africa, India, Nepal for the last 14 days, must quarantine for 14 days at their residence or facility determined by the authorities and present a pre-register online form available here(unless in transfer or if their stay in Portugal does not exceed 48h).

Quarantine is not mandatory for passengers presenting a valid EU Digital Covid recovery/vaccination certificate or a recovery/vaccination certificate issued by third countries (see: acceptance conditions for third country certificates).

Acceptance conditions for UE Digital Covid Certificates:

• Vaccination certificate, declaring a complete and valid vaccination, with a COVID-19 vaccine authorized by Regulation(CE) n.º 726/2004. Vaccination is considered valid after 14 days from:
  • The single dose of a single dose vaccine, OR;
    
  • The second dose of a two-dose vaccine (even each dose is of a different vaccine), OR;
    
  • A single dose of a two-dose vaccine, if the certificate indicates that the single dose concludes the vaccination plan, for people that have already been infected with COVID-19
• Recovery certificate, declaring that the person has recovered from COVID-19 infection, in result of a positive NAAT test with at least 11 days and no more than 180 days
• Negative Test certificate (NAAT test performed within 72 hours prior to the time of departure on the 1st embarkation point OR antigen test performed within 48 hours prior to the time of departure on the 1st embarkation point)

Acceptance conditions for third countries certificates:

• The acceptance of these certificates is based on reciprocity, meaning, Portugal only accepts certificates from countries that accept the EU digital covid certificate
• The certificates must comply with the following rules:
  
  • Vaccination certificate, declaring a complete and valid vaccination, with a COVID-19 vaccine authorized by Regulation (CE) n.º 726/2004. Vaccination is considered valid after 14 days from:
    • The single dose of a single dose vaccine, OR;
      
    • The second dose of a two-dose vaccine (even each dose is of a different vaccine), OR;
      
    • A single dose of a two-dose vaccine, if the certificate indicates that the single dose concludes the vaccination plan, for people that have already been infected with COVID-19
    The certificate must have at least the following info:
    1. Name(s) and last name (s) of the holder
       
    2. Date of birth
       
    3. Name of the disease (COVID-19 / SARS-Cov-2 or a variant)
       
    4. Vaccine against COVID-19 or prophylaxis
       
    5. Name of the vaccine against COVID-19
       
    6. Holder of the authorization for introduction on the market, or vaccine manufacturer name
       
    7. Serial number of the shots and total number of shots in that series
       
    8. Data of vaccination, referring the date of the last administrated dose
       
    9. Country where the vaccine was administrated
       
    10. Entity that issued the certificate
        
        
  • Recovery certificate, declaring that the person has recovered from COVID-19 infection, in result of a positive NAAT test with at least 11 days and no more than 180 days
    The certificate must have at least the following info:
    1. Name(s) and last name (s) of the holder
       
    2. Date of birth
       
    3. Name of the disease (COVID-19 / SARS-Cov-2 or a variant) from which the holder recovered
       
    4. Date of the first positive result
       
    5. Country that issued the certificate
       
    6. Entity that issued the certificate
       
    7. Date from which the certificate is valid

• The certificates can be presented digitally or in paper
  
• Presenting valid UE COVID digital certificate (only recovery or vaccination) or a third country valid vaccination/recovery certificate exempts passengers from quarantine upon arrival and essential reasons for travel
  
• Minors travelling with a responsible adult that holds a recovery or vaccination certificate are exempted from quarantine upon arrival.