Portuguese · AIMA
Renew your residence permit: what to say in Portuguese
Your residence permit is about to expire, and you need to find out how to renew it.
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How it's done. You can often start a renewal online; deadlines and document lists change, so check the current information on the AIMA website.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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1
YOU START
Queria renovar a minha autorização de residência.
KREE-uh rih-noo-VAHR uh MEE-nyuh ow-too-ree-zuh-SOW d rih-zih-DAYN-syuh.
I'd like to renew my residence permit.
Or say:O meu cartão está a caducar.
Oo meh-oo kuhr-TOW shtah uh kuh-doo-KAHR.
THEY SAY
Quando é que caduca?KWAHN-doo eh k kuh-DOO-kuh?
When does it expire?
2
YOU REPLY
No próximo mês.
Noo PROH-see-moo mesh.
Next month.
THEY SAY
A renovação faz-se online.Uh rih-noo-vuh-SOW fahzh-s ohn-LIGHN.
Renewal is done online.
3
YOU REPLY
Em que site é que faço o pedido?
Ayn k sight eh k FAH-soo oo pih-DEE-doo?
On which website do I apply?
THEY SAY
No portal da AIMA. Leve o NIF e o NISS.Noo poor-TAHL duh IGH-muh. Lev oo neef ee oo nees.
On the AIMA portal. Have your NIF and NISS with you.
They might also say:
Eu escrevo aqui o endereço.
Eh-oo SHKREH-voo uh-KEE oo ayn-dih-REH-soo.
I'll write the web address down for you.
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YOU FINISH
Obrigado, até logo!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH LOH-goo!
Thank you, see you later!
Or say:Obrigado!
oh-bree-GAH-doo!
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Portuguese for life in Portugal”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Queria
KREE-uh
verb
would like (polite)
renovar
rih-noo-VAHR
verb
to renew
autorização
ow-too-ree-zuh-SOW
noun
permission, authorisation
residência
rih-zih-DAYN-syuh
noun
residence
Quando
KWAHN-doo
adverb
when
é
eh
verb
is
26 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Pode falar mais devagar, por favor?
Pod fuh-LAHR mighzh dvuh-GAHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
Pode escrever, por favor?
Pod shkrih-VEHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you write it down, please?
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