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We want to improve the services provided to Foreign Citizens.
Are you a foreign citizen and live in Cascais or Estoril? We want to improve the services of the Parish Council for foreign citizens, for that we need to know who they are, their nationalities and their contacts.
Fill in the Form Below.
Fill in the Form Below.
Electoral Registration
Frequently Asked Questions - Foreign Citizens
I am a foreign citizen and live in Portugal. Can I vote?
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).
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).
I am a foreign citizen living in Portugal. Is the voter registration compulsory?
Where can I register?
How do you prove your residence time in Portugal? How do you register these voters?
In what situations can foreign citizens vote and be elected in Portugal?
I'm a foreigner. Can I vote in the European elections?
I'm a foreigner. Can I vote in the legislative elections?
I'm a foreigner. Can I vote in Municipal elections?
For more information about the voter registration for national citizens or resident foreign citizens, click on the photos below.