The foreign citizens from  European Union (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, The Czech Republic, Romania, and Sweden), Brazil and Cape Verde, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Iceland, Norway, New Zealand, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela, may vote to the municipality elections according the declaration nº 30/2017 of 3 May, from Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Internal Affairs.
To be allowed to vote the foreign citizen may request the registration in the local District Delegation.

In elections to the European Parliament, citizens of the Union who may choose to elect their own deputies or Portuguese Members of Parliament may vote.

In the elections to the Assembly of the Republic and Legislative Assemblies of the Autonomous Regions, Brazilian citizens holding the Equal Status Statute (Friendship, Cooperation and Consultation Treaty between the Portuguese Republic and the Federative Republic of Brazil, signed in Porto Seguro on 22 April 2000).

The Electoral Registration is voluntary according to article 4:

National citizens of EU countries legally resident in Portugal: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, , Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Romania and Sweden;

National citizens of Portuguese-speaking countries (Cape Verde and Brazil) legally resident in Portugal for more than 2 years;

National citizens of other foreign countries - Norway, Iceland, Uruguay, Venezuela, Chile and Argentina, Colombia, New Zealand and Peru (Declaration 30/2017 of May 3, from Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Internal Affairs) legally resident in Portugal for more than 3 years.

The foreign voters mentioned above may register with the census commissions (at the Parish Councils), being registered in the circumscription of the census corresponding to the address indicated in the valid title of residence or in the Certificate of Registration or Certificate of Permanent Residence of Citizens of the European Union (article 27, paragraph 3).

Only temporary residence permit holders shall prove their residence time (According art.º 12.º n.º 2  a) and art.º 37.º n.º 2 a) ).

The registration of these voters is done via SIGREweb, indicating the identification document that allows access to the data contained in this same identification system (civil identification or SEF), and the voter identification data contained therein (name, date of birth, naturalness, nationality ...).

This system also allows completing the information concerning the residence and contacts (provided that obtained with the consent of the holder).

The information on the "Elector of the President of the Republic", the option of voting in the elections to the European Parliament and information on electoral registration in the State of origin in which he was last inscribed (Art.º 37), should also be filled in, as appropriate.

In the act of inscription, the CR prints the voter card (through the SIGRE Software), the citizen can confirm all information and sign the form (Art.º 38).
This record is printed in duplicate, and the copy of the record is filed, after it has also been signed by the voter, as evidence not only of the registration but also of the options and declarations contained therein.

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Citizens of the European Union, not nationals of the Portuguese State, registered in Portugal, may vote in the European elections.

No. According to the electoral law for the Assembly of the Republic, only Portuguese citizens can vote in the legislative elections.

According to the Portuguese electoral law, may vote all citizens over the age of 18:

Citizens from States of the European Union with the same rights as Portuguese citizens (legally entitled in their country of origin);

Citizens of Portuguese-speaking countries legally resident for more than two years;

Citizens legally resident in Portugal for more than three years, originals from countries who allow the same reciprocity to Portuguese citizens.