List of authorities intervening in each stage of the procedure

Portugal

Country Report: List of authorities intervening in each stage of the procedure Last updated: 10/07/24

Author

Portuguese Refugee Council Visit Website
Stage of the procedure Competent authority (EN) Competent authority (PT)
  Until 28/10/2023 From 29/10/2023 Until 28/10/2023 From 29/10/2023
Registration of applications Immigration and Borders Service (SEF) Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA) Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF) Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo (AIMA)
Dublin Immigration and Borders Service (SEF) Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA) Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF) Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo (AIMA)
Refugee status determination Immigration and Borders Service

(SEF)

Minister of Home Affairs

Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA)

 

Minister for Parliamentary Affairs[1]

Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF)

 

Ministro/a da Administração Interna

Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo (AIMA)

 

Ministro/a dos Assuntos Parlamentares

First appeal Administrative and Fiscal Courts Tribunais Administrativos e Fiscais
Onward appeal Central Administrative Courts

Supreme Administrative Court

Tribunais Centrais Administrativos

Supremo Tribunal Administrativo

Subsequent application Immigration and Borders Service

 

Minister of Home Affairs

Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA)

 

Minister for Parliamentary Affairs

Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF)

 

Ministro/a da Administração Interna

Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo (AIMA)

 

Ministro/a dos Assuntos Parlamentares

 

 

 

[1] According to the Asylum Act, the Ministerial competencies referred to in the table are attributed to the Minister responsible for the field of migration. Between 29 October 2023 and the end of 2023, the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs was in charge of migration.

Table of contents

  • Statistics
  • Overview of the legal framework
  • Overview of the main changes since the previous report update
  • Asylum Procedure
  • Reception Conditions
  • Detention of Asylum Seekers
  • Content of International Protection
  • ANNEX I – Transposition of the CEAS in national legislation