PORTUGAL.

Passengers aged 2 years and older are not permitted to enter Portugal if not holding either a negative Covid-19 PCR test certificate done within 72 hours prior to boarding or a Rapid Antigen Test done within 24 hours prior to the departure of the passengers final flight to Portugal. Nationals and residents of Portugal arriving without a negative test certificate, along with their airlines, will be subject to fines and testing upon arrival at their own expense. This does not apply to the following passengers; however, they will be required to take the test on arrival at their own expense:

• Nationals and residents of Portugal (spouse, registered partner, dependents under 21) either travelling for essential reasons or arriving from a European Union or Schengen Area member state, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Korea (South), Japan, Macau, New Zealand, Rwanda, Singapore or Thailand,
• Passengers travelling from Bulgaria, Finland, Greece, Iceland, or Norway,
• Passengers in transit, provided they don't leave the airport,
• Accredited diplomats,
• Crew members (the test on arrival also does not apply).

Passengers aged 2 years and older are required to hold a negative Covid-19 test certificate tested within 72 hours prior to departure to Portugal if they will leave the airport during their transit. Passengers arriving in the Autonomous Region of Madeira are advised to hold a negative Covid-19 PCR test certificate taken within 72 hours prior to departure. Passengers travelling to the Azores must hold a negative Covid-19 RT-PCR test certificate from an accredited laboratory obtained within 72 hours prior to departure. The test certificate must include identification of the passenger, name of the accredited laboratory where the test was carried out, with mention of the respective certification, reference to the use of the RT-PCR methodology, reference to the sample in the technical meanings recognized by the Regional Health Authority in accordance with the World Health Organization, date of testing and test result is negative. This does not apply to:

• Health professionals in service for the transfer or evacuation of patients and who have up-to-date periodic professional screening in accordance with the technical standard of the Azores Regional Health Authority;
• Passengers who are unable to carry out a Covid-19 diagnostic test through nasopharynx collection of biological material, provided that the passenger has submitted a medical declaration duly confirming the anatomical and/or clinical incompatibility to the Azores Regional Health Authority 5 days prior to arrival. Passengers must undergo a serological test on arrival;
• Passengers who present a declaration of high surveillance clinic and isolation measures issued by the Public Health Service regarding Covid-19, which is valid for 90 days;
• Airline crew members that do not travel from the 'air' side to the 'land' side of the airport terminal and crew members traveling in service outside the Azores and returning without having left the plane;
• Passengers departing abroad whose transit exceeds the 72 hours of the validity of the test done at the origin. Passengers are obliged to undergo a RT-PCR test on arrival and quarantine until a negative result is received; or
• Passengers leaving and returning to the Azores within 48 hours. Passengers are obliged to undergo a RT-PCR test on arrival and quarantine until a negative result is received.

Passengers not holding a PCR test certificate will be subject to a test on arrival, and must quarantine until a result is received. Passengers who are staying 7 or more days in the Azores will have to undergo a second Covid-19 test on day 6 after the date of the first test result.

Passengers are not permitted to enter Portugal. This does not apply to the following passengers:

• Nationals and residents of Portugal,
• Passengers arriving from Australia, China, Hong Kong, Israel, Korea (South), Macau, New Zealand, Rwanda, Singapore and Thailand,
• Nationals and residents of the European Union, the Schengen Area member states or the United Kingdom, and their families (spouse, registered partner, dependents under 21),
• Nationals and residents of Australia, China, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Korea (South), Macau, New Zealand, Rwanda, Singapore and Thailand, provided they have not travelled outside of these countries or have only stayed in the international transit areas of airports not located in these countries,
• Passengers travelling for work or study,
• Passengers travelling for family, health or humanitarian reasons.

Passengers are not permitted to travel from Brazil, South Africa or the United Kingdom to Portugal. Only essential travel is permitted for passengers travelling from Brazil, India or South Africa. Essential travel is travelling for professional, study, family reunion, health or humanitarian reasons. This does not apply to the following passengers:

• nationals of Portugal and their family members;
• residents of Portugal;
• nationals of a European Union or Schengen Area member state and their family members, provided they are travelling on humanitarian flights for repatriation;
• residents of a European Union or Schengen Area member state, provided they are travelling on humanitarian flights for repatriation.

Passengers travelling to Portugal are required to complete a Passenger Locator Card (PLC) after check-in. This may be completed in hard copy or submitted online here (in Portuguese), or here (in English).

Passengers arriving in the Autonomous Region of Madeira must submit a completed Regional Health Authority’s (IASAÚDE) Form here between 48 and 12 hours prior to departure.

Passengers travelling from Brazil, India or South Africa are required to submit their personal information online here before travel or upon arrival in Portugal, and present the generated email certificate upon arrival.

Passengers travelling from Brazil, India or South Africa shall comply with the 14-day prophylactic isolation requirement at their residence or in a place designated by health authorities. This also applies to passengers whose journey originates from South Africa, India or Brazil, regardless of their place of transit, and passengers who hold a passport with a departure registry from South Africa, India or Brazil in the past 14 days prior to their arrival in Portugal. The following passengers are exempt from the prophylactic isolation:

• passengers travelling on essential travel, provided they hold a return ticket confirming that their stay in Portugal will not exceed 48 hours;
• passengers who were only in transit through the above countries (except from South Africa, India or Brazil), and did not leave the international transit area of the airport;
• passengers travelling exclusively for the practice of sport activities integrated in international professional competitions, listed in Portuguese law-Despacho 4957A/2021 14 May Anexo III;
• passengers who are part of foreign delegations and who are travelling exclusively to participate in meetings under the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union;
• crew members.

Passengers arriving in the Autonomous Region of Madeira will be subject to a Covid-19 test on arrival if they are not holding a test certificate and must quarantine for 12 hours until the results of the test are received. Passengers who refuse a test on arrival must quarantine for 14 days on arrival. This does not apply to the following passengers:

• Residents of Madeira or Porto,
• Passengers holding proof they have recovered from Covid-19 in the past 90 days,
• Passengers holding proof they have been vaccinated against Covid-19,
• Passengers aged 11 and under.

Passengers travelling to the Autonomous Region of the Azores who are not holding a PCR test certificate will be subject to a test upon arrival, and are required to quarantine until the test result is received. Passengers travelling to the Autonomous Region of the Azores who are staying 7 or more days in the Azores, will have to undergo a second Covid-19 test on day 6 after the date of the first test result was performed.