Legal Support for Portuguese Documents & Civil Registry Matters
Our in-house Portuguese legal team works on documents and the civil registry: registrations and corrections, complex civil-status cases, and requests and representation before Portuguese authorities where the procedure calls for it.
- Portuguese legal team
- Office in Lisbon
- Real Google reviews
What our legal team handles
Portuguese civil registry procedures
Registrations, corrections and updates in the Portuguese civil registry, including cases the registry has already returned or refused.
Complex document and civil-status cases
Records that are missing, inconsistent or historical, and documents that have to be put right before anything else can proceed.
Requests and representation before authorities
We file with the competent Portuguese authority and follow the case through, and act for you before it where the procedure allows.
Document-related legal questions
Whether a document is usable for your purpose, what it has to state, and what has to happen before it will be accepted.
Legal and civil-status services
Service fees are ours. Official fees are charged separately by the authority.
Foreign Marriage Registration
Register a marriage celebrated abroad in the Portuguese civil registry through transcrição de casamento. Service from €300 + €120 IRN fee, from one month.
- From €300
- €120 · Official IRN fee
- From 1 month
Foreign Divorce Recognition
Recognise and register a foreign divorce in Portugal. Our in-house legal team handles the Court of Appeal process when required and the final civil-registry update. From €800, court fee separate.
- From €800
- Court fee separate
- 3-6 months
Civil marriage registration in Portugal
Get help with civil marriage registration in Portugal. Support for foreign and mixed-nationality couples, document review and civil registry coordination.
- €1,500
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