Alertes et informations

• Children who have not completed 12 yrs
  
• Passengers presenting a valid EU Digital Covid certificate, or a certificate considered equivalent by the European commission (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).

Acceptance conditions for UE Digital Covid Certificates:

The European Commission has validated non-EU certificates in accordance with Regulamento (UE) 2021/953, Jun 14th, 2021. The certificates from these countries (see the full list here) are considered under the same rules as the UE Digital Covid Certificates, as follow:

• 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)

NHS COVID pass is accepted and acceptance conditions are the following:

• The pass/certificate 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