Guide to the Baggage Certificate for Portugal

How can I apply for a baggage certificate?

Each consulate or embassy has its own rules on how you should apply for a luggage certificate. Some have the service available only via email; others require an in-person submission. To apply, you must visit your jurisdiction's consular website. You must submit the application with:

• Application for the Luggage Certificate, completed and signed;
• Photocopy of a legal identity card or citizen card;
• List of personal goods to be imported (used for at least 6 months) in triplicate, dated, and signed;
• Documents verifying the last year of residency (for example, rent receipts, water, electricity, gas, telephone, wage receipts, or tax/pension statement);
• Fill out and sign the Money Order Declaration.;
• Fee payment.

You must request your certificate, regardless of your nationality, in the 90-day period before the anticipated transfer of residence.

⚠️ Luggage certificate will be available at the website of the Portuguese Embassy or Consulate of your jurisdiction. The document changes according to the location.

Which items are forbidden for a baggage certificate?

• Meat and milk, along with any products made from them, that come from countries outside of the European Union are generally not allowed. However, there are some exceptions for limited amounts of meat and milk from Andorra, Croatia, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, and small quantities of certain products from other countries;
• Species that are protected by the Washington Convention (CITES) and any products made from them;
• Pornographic material or objects;
• Alcohol and spirits;
• Firearms and weapons;
• Drugs;
• Food.

Which items can be taxed or restricted in a baggage certificate?

• Wine and tobacco;
• New items still in packaging;
• Essences for regional wine counterfeit;
• Systems for copying mail stamping systems;
• Fish if it is disemboweled (cannot exceed 20 kg);
• Medicines and foodstuffs harmful to national health and drugs;
• Powdered milk for babies, food for children and special medical food (including pet food) may be allowed if not requiring refrigeration and with original, unbroken seal (unless in use at the time);
• Quantity must not exceed the weight of 10 kg originating from Croatia, Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland, and of 2 kg if originating in other countries;
• Coats, fur and leather shoes made of protected animals (special authorization required);
• Hunting and civilian guns only (guns needs a property title and also need to be mentioned on the Consulate certificate);
• Firearms, cut and thrust weapons, and any instrument without specific application.