Is Portugal’s Golden Visa Your Key to Visa-Free Travel in Europe?

Thinking about easier travel across Europe? The Portugal Golden Visa offers a practical solution.

As a holder, you can enter and move freely within the Schengen Area without applying for separate visas. You also gain the right to live and work in Portugal, with the option to apply for citizenship after five years. If you do, you’ll be able to travel to over 190 countries without extra visa requirements.

This blog outlines where you can go with the visa, whether visa-free, visa-on-arrival, or with electronic travel authorizations, and what it means for your mobility plans.

Visa-Free Countries with a Portugal Golden Visa

As a Golden Visa holder, you gain the freedom to travel seamlessly throughout the Schengen Area.

• Austria
• Belgium
• Bulgaria
• Czechia
• Croatia
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Italy
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Liechtenstein
• Luxembourg
• Malta
• The Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland

After obtaining Portugal’s citizenship, you’re eligible for a passport with visa-free, visa-on-arrival, and eVisa access to over 180 countries.

With the Portuguese passport, you can travel to the following countries:

1. Visa-Free Countries:

Portuguese citizens can enter the following countries without a visa for varying durations:

Europe:

1. Albania
2. Andorra
3. Austria
4. Belarus
5. Belgium
6. Bosnia and Herzegovina
7. Bulgaria
8. Croatia
9. Cyprus
10. Czech Republic
11. Denmark
12. Estonia
13. Finland
14. France
15. Germany
16. Greece
17. Hungary
18. Iceland
19. Ireland
20. Italy
21. Kosovo
22. Latvia
23. Liechtenstein
24. Lithuania
25. Luxembourg
26. Malta
27. Moldova
28. Monaco
29. Montenegro
30. Netherlands
31. North Macedonia
32. Norway
33. Poland
34. Romania
35. San Marino
36. Serbia
37. Slovakia
38. Slovenia
39. Spain
40. Sweden
41. Switzerland
42. Türkiye
43. Ukraine
44. Vatican City

Asia:

1. Armenia
2. Georgia
3. Japan
4. Kazakhstan
5. Kyrgyzstan
6. Malaysia
7. Philippines
8. Singapore
9. South Korea
10. Tajikistan
11. Thailand
12. Timor-Leste
13. Uzbekistan

Africa:

1. Botswana
2. Cape Verde
3. Eswatini
4. Gambia
5. Lesotho
6. Malawi
7. Mauritius
8. Morocco
9. Mozambique
10. São Tomé and Príncipe
11. Senegal
12. Seychelles
13. South Africa
14. Togo
15. Tunisia
16. Zambia
17. Zimbabwe

Americas:

1. Argentina
2. Bahamas
3. Barbados
4. Belize
5. Brazil
6. Chile
7. Colombia
8. Costa Rica
9. Dominica
10. Dominican Republic
11. Ecuador
12. El Salvador
13. Grenada
14. Guatemala
15. Guyana
16. Haiti
17. Honduras
18. Jamaica
19. Mexico
20. Nicaragua
21. Panama
22. Paraguay
23. Peru
24. Saint Lucia
25. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
26. Suriname
27. Trinidad and Tobago
28. Uruguay
29. Venezuela

Oceania:

1. Fiji
2. Kiribati
3. Micronesia
4. Palau
5. Samoa
6. Solomon Islands
7. Tonga
8. Tuvalu
9. Vanuatu

2. Visa-On-Arrival Countries:

Portuguese citizens can obtain a visa upon arrival in the following countries:

Asia:

1. Bahrain
2. Bangladesh
3. Cambodia
4. Indonesia
5. Iraq
6. Jordan
7. Kuwait
8. Laos
9. Lebanon
10. Maldives
11. Nepal
12. Saudi Arabia
13. Sri Lanka

Africa:

1. Burkina Faso
2. Burundi
3. Comoros
4. Egypt
5. Ethiopia
6. Guinea-Bissau
7. Madagascar
8. Namibia
9. Rwanda
10. Sierra Leone
11. Somalia
12. Tanzania

3. eVisa Countries (32)

1. Australia
2. Azerbaijan
3. Benin
4. Bhutan
5. Cameroon
6. Canada
7. Chad
8. Côte d'Ivoire
9. Cuba
10. Democratic Republic of the Congo
11. Djibouti
12. Equatorial Guinea
13. Gabon
14. Guinea
15. India
16. Iran
17. Kenya
18. Libya
19. Mauritania
20. Myanmar
21. New Zealand
22. Nigeria
23. Pakistan
24. Papua New Guinea
25. Russia
26. Saint Kitts and Nevis
27. South Sudan
28. Syria
29. Uganda
30. United Kingdom
31. United States
32. Vietnam

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