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News from afpop - Friday June 4th Update
Included in this briefing: 1. State of Calamity, 2. New phases, 3. Who stays behind? 4. Flights to Portugal, 5. UK adds Portugal to the amber list, 6. Reopen Europe website, 7. The islands, 8. Covid across Portugal, 9. Office visits, 10. Re...

News from afpop - Friday 28th of May 2021 update
Included in this briefing: 1. State of Calamity, 2. Restriction reminder, 3. Who stays behind?, 4. Covid vaccinations for over 50s, 5. Beaches, 6. Flights to Portugal, 7. Reopen Europe website, 8. The islands, 9. Covid across Portugal, 10. ...

News from afpop - Friday 21st of May 2021 update
Included in this briefing: 1. State of Calamity, 2. Office visits, 3. Restriction reminder, 4. Who stays behind?, 5. Beaches, 6. Flights to Portugal, 7. Reopen Europe website, 8. The islands, 9. Covid across Portugal

News from afpop - Friday 14th May 2021 update
1. Stage 4 continues to 30th May, 2. Teletrabalho - office visits, 3. What opens today?, 4. Who stays behind?, 5. Vaccinations for 55s and over, 6. Beaches, 7. Flights to Portugal, 8. UK Citizens Residency, 9. Reopen Europe website, 10. Vil...

News from afpop - Friday May 7th update
Included in this briefing: 1. Opening today, 2. March 15th restrictions, 3. Portimão Vaccinations for over 60s, 4. Vaccinations for over 65s, 5. Vaccination certificates, 6. Fiscal representative for UK non-residents, 7. Fl...

News from afpop - Friday 30th of April Update
1. End of State of Emergency, 2.Opening on May 1st, 3. April 5th restrictions, 4. March 15th restrictions, 5. Portimão Vaccinations for over 60's, 6. Vaccinations for over 65's, 7. Sending parcels outside the EU, 8. Flights to Portugal...

Census in Portugal
The Census in Portugal starts on 19th April. If you haven't been visited by the Census team from I.N.E., look in your post box and see if they have left you a notice. Participation in the Census is obligatory for RESIDENTS in Portugal.

News from afpop - Friday 16th April 2021 update
Included in this briefing: 1. Office renovations 2. Opening on the 19th 3. Staying as they are 4. Taking a step back 5. Flights to Portugal 6. Census reminder 7. A new name for S.E.F. 8. Vilamoura Boat Show 9. The islands 10. Cov...

News from afpop - Thursday 1st April 2021 update
Included in this briefing: Office closed for Easter, Easter travel, Opening on the 5th, Masks in public. Portuguese census, UK issued driving licences The islands Covid across Portuga

UK driving licences
Due to the ongoing problems at IMT regarding the exchange of driving licences, exacerbated by the fact that many IMT staff are having to work from home, there has been a further extension announced to the validity of UK driving licences in ...

News from afpop -" Friday 12th March 2021 update
Included in this briefing: 1. Ground clearance deadline 2. Portuguese driving licence extension 3. Other document extensions 4. Vehicle inspections 5. Senior living survey 6. Travel between municipalities 7. Non-residents remaining i...

Ground clearance dates
It's that time of year when the Bombeiros and councils are warning us to clear the flammable debris from around our homes. Members will no doubt have seen information that is already being circulated about the need to clean trees and shrubs...

News from afpop - Friday 12th March 2021 update
Included in this briefing: • Prime Minister's comments • General rules • What's changed from 15th March • Next phases • Covid map

Noise Problems
The issue of neighbourhood noise has been raised several times in the past and is something that causes problems among the inhabitants of a building or between neighbours, probably even more so over recent months as more people have been co...

News from afpop 26-02 - State of Emergency extended again
Included in this briefing: State of Emergency extended Travel reminder AGM 2021 Driving licence and Residência BLiP Exhibitor Spring offers Covid map

News from afpop - 12-02 - State of Emergency extended
Included in this briefing: • President and Prime Minister's comments • State of Emergency extended • Easter • Travel reminder • Vaccines Fact Sheet • AGM 2021

News from afpop - Friday 29th January 2021 update
Included in this briefing: 1. President of the Republic comments 2. State of Emergency extended 3. Additional restrictions 4. The islands 5. Covid states across Portugal

'News from afpop' - Tuesday 26th January 2021 update
Included in this briefing: Restrictions reminder, Private healthcare, vaccine update, Vaccination programme, Registration at Centro de Saúde.Non-residents, The islands, Covid states across Portugal

News from afpop - Friday 22nd January 2021 update
Lastest news about additional restrictions,vaccine information, private health patients and more

Dangerous Dogs
We are frequently contacted about dangerous dogs and asked which dogs are included in Portugal and what the rules are about owning and exercising them.

News from afpop - Tuesday 19th update
Included in this briefing: 1. Additional restrictions; 2. The islands; 3. Risk areas; 4. Vaccine information; 5. Flights to UK; 6. afpop office; 7. Covid-19 website

News from afpop - Thursday 14th January 2021 update
Included in this briefing: 1. New State of Emergency; 2. Reminder of restrictions; 3. The islands; 4. Risk areas; 5.afpop office; 6. Covid-19 website

News from afpop - Thursday 7th of January 2021
Included in this briefing: 1. New State of Emergency dates, 2. Map of risk areas, 3. Interactive Covid-19 map

News from afpop - Residence Card UK Nationals
Residence Card UK Nationals
Cleaning chimneys
As summer comes to a close each year, we are often asked if we have a chimneysweep in the Advantage Directory and we are pleased to tell Members that we now do have a sweep, Neill Bailey, offering services to Members. We asked Neill if he h...


O que é a afpop?
Uma Associação que já ajudou mais de vinte mil associados nos seus 30 anos de existência e que continua a dar assistência a milhares de associados todos os dias. A nossa equipa de funcionários trabalha no sentido de encontrar respostas para as suas perguntas, para que [...]
O que nossos membros dizem
Somos sócios desde que chegamos a Portugal, há cerca de 8 anos, e recomendamos sempre a afpop quando falamos com recém chegados. Temos razão para isso, vocês têm-nos ajudado de diversas maneiras ao longo dos anos.Membro Nº 5624
Muito obrigado pelo esclarecimento - é que ouvimos tantas histórias diferentes.Membro Nº 11241
A vossa organização é fantástica! É tão útil. Muito obrigado!Membro Nº 10808
Agradecemos a vossa paciencia e carinho ao fornecer a ajuda que precisavamos.Membro Nº 2501
Só para vos informar que uma semana depois de mencionar que vos tinhamos contactado, recebemos o nosso micro-ondas de volta completamente reparado!Membro Nº 11065
Muito útil - as contas seriam um problema - obrigado pelo aviso!Membro Nº 9694
O pacote de boas-vindas acabou de chegar, obrigado port e-lo enviado e também a informação de acesso ao vosso site. Muita informação útil em ambos!Membro Nº 11153
Mais uma vez muito obrigado pela rápida e muito clara resposta á minha pergunta sobre o seguro de saude. Vamos ter muita coisa para aprender nos próximos meses e é muito bom saber que há alguém conhecedor e disponivel a quem podemos recorrer se for necessério.Membro Nº 11062
Many thanks indeed for this information and please forgive my belated response to your kindness and help. This was exactly what I needed! Warmest best wishes to you and all at afpopMembro Nº 5490
You are so kind. This is exactly what I want, and thank you so much.Membro Nº 2501
Very many thanks. This is most helpful and I look forward to hearing once there is more information on prices.Membro Nº 11511
















