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The employer asks about documents and your work permit: what to say in Portuguese
The employer asks about your documents and work permit.
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How it's done. To start a job you usually need a document that gives you the right to work, a NIF, a NISS and an IBAN.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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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Tem autorização para trabalhar em Portugal?Tayn ow-too-ree-zuh-SOW pruh truh-buh-LYAHR ayn poor-too-GAHL?
Do you have permission to work in Portugal?
YOU REPLY
Sim, tenho proteção temporária, posso trabalhar.
Seen, TEH-nyoo proo-tih-SOW tem-poo-RAH-ryuh, POH-soo truh-buh-LYAHR.
Yes, I have temporary protection, I can work.
THEY SAY
Já tem NIF e número de Segurança Social?Zhah tayn neef ee NOOM-roo d sih-goo-RAHN-suh soo-see-AHL?
Do you already have a NIF and a Social Security number?
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YOU REPLY
Tenho NIF e NISS, e conta bancária.
TEH-nyoo neef ee nees, ee KOHN-tuh bahn-KAH-ryuh.
I have a NIF and a NISS, and a bank account.
THEY SAY
Ótimo. Traga cópias no primeiro dia.OH-tee-moo. TRAH-guh KOH-pyuhzh noo pree-MAY-roo DEE-uh.
Great. Bring copies on the first day.
They might also say:
Então podemos fazer contrato.
Ayn-TOW poo-DEH-moosh fuh-ZEHR kohn-TRAH-too.
Then we can draw up a contract.
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YOU FINISH
Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you very much!
Or say:Obrigado, até logo!
oh-bree-GAH-doo, uh-TEH LOH-goo!
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
Tem
Tayn
verb
have
autorização
ow-too-ree-zuh-SOW
noun
permission, authorisation
trabalhar
truh-buh-LYAHR
verb
to work
Sim
Seen
adverb
yes
tenho
TEH-nyoo
verb
(I) have
proteção
proo-tih-SOW
noun
protection
23 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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