Portugal has given the go-ahead to the Portuguese-speaking Community (CPLP) movement agreement. This will make entering Portugal much easier.
Prime Minister Antonio Costa said: “The Portuguese Cabinet has approved a law decisively regulating the application of the CPLP Movement Agreement, signed in Luanda a little more than a year ago, to allow circulation within the CPLP space. and promote mobility,” he said. He said.
According to António Costa, “If you are a citizen of a CPLP member state and request a visa of any kind to enter Portugal, it will be granted immediately, unless there is an order of expulsion or a ban in the Schengen area.
“Otherwise, the Portuguese consulate should immediately begin issuing and granting the visa.”
Recognizing that “strengthening cooperation in the Lusophone world is important,” the Prime Minister said, “This is a very important step for the excellence of the relationship in the political cooperation that existed within the CPLP, and economic cooperation will also take place on a concrete date.” connected,” he said. daily life of citizens”.
The CPLP was created in July 1996 and comprises Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Portugal, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe and East Timor.
