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
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Italy
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Malta
• Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland

After obtaining Portugal’s citizenship, which has a passport ranking of being the 3rd most powerful passport according to the Passport Index 2021, citizenship holders get visa-free and visa-on-arrival to over 190 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. Ukraine
43. United Kingdom
44. Vatican City

Asia:

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

Africa:

1. Botswana
2. Cape Verde
3. Eswatini
4. Gambia
5. Lesotho
6. Mauritius
7. Morocco
8. Namibia
9. São Tomé and Príncipe
10. Senegal
11. Seychelles
12. South Africa
13. Tunisia

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 Kitts and Nevis
25. Saint Lucia
26. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
27. Suriname
28. Trinidad and Tobago
29. Uruguay
30. Venezuela

Oceania:

1. Fiji
2. Kiribati
3. Micronesia
4. New Zealand
5. Palau
6. Samoa
7. Solomon Islands
8. Tonga
9. Tuvalu
10. 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
14. Tajikistan
15. Timor-Leste

Africa:

1. Burkina Faso
2. Burundi
3. Comoros
4. Egypt
5. Ethiopia
6. Guinea-Bissau
7. Madagascar
8. Malawi
9. Mauritania
10. Mozambique
11. Rwanda
12. Sierra Leone
13. Somalia
14. Tanzania
15. Togo
16. Uganda
17. Zambia
18. Zimbabwe

Oceania:

1. Papua New Guinea

3. Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) Countries (11):

Portuguese citizens are required to obtain an eTA before traveling to the following countries:

Americas:

1. Canada
2. United States

Oceania:

1. Australia

Asia:

1. Sri Lanka

Africa:

1. Kenya

Europe:

1. Turkey

Oceania:

1. New Zealand

Americas:

1. Antigua and Barbuda
2. Saint Kitts and Nevis
3. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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