Portuguese Consulate in Porto Alegre

Consulate Portugal Porto Alegre, Brazil

No opening hours on record. Most missions receive visitors by appointment only.

Sources: OpenStreetMap · Record last updated on 7 March 2026

Portugal’s consulate in Porto Alegre serves Porto Alegre and its region, while Portugal’s embassy is in Brasília, about 1,619 km away. Brazilian citizens can visit Portugal without a visa for up to 90 days.

Opening hours

No opening hours on record. Most missions receive visitors by appointment only.

Upcoming closures

Public holidays in Brazil

  • Republic Proclamation Day

    Sunday

  • Black Awareness Day

    Friday

Public holidays in Portugal

  • Restoration of Independence

    Tuesday

  • Immaculate Conception

    Tuesday

Portugal visa for Brazilian citizens

BrazilPortugal Visa-free, 90 days Portugal visa for citizens of Brazil

PortugalBrazil Visa-free, 90 days Brazil visa for citizens of Portugal

Brazilian citizens can visit Portugal without a visa for up to 90 days.

Visa statistics

YearApplicationsVisas issuedRefusedRefusal rate
2023 100–

Portugal’s visa offices in Brazil, 2023

Visa officeApplicationsRefusal rate
São Paulo 20032.0%
Salvador De Bahia 6820.6%
Brasília 5413.0%
Rio de Janeiro 4810.4%
Belo Horizonte 2841.4%
Recife 3–
Porto Alegre (this office) 1–

In 2023, Portugal’s consulate in Porto Alegre received 1 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 0.

Portugal issues Schengen visas at 7 locations in Brazil; this office handled 0% of their 402 applications in 2023. Refusal rates elsewhere: São Paulo 32.0%, Salvador De Bahia 20.6%, Brasília 13.0% and Rio de Janeiro 10.4%. Each office serves the applicants who live in its own consular district, so the rates also reflect who applies where, not only how strictly files are assessed.

Across all Schengen consulates in Brazil, 18.8% of applications were refused in 2023; Portugal’s rate worldwide was 16.0%. Portugal received the largest number of applications of the 14 Schengen states represented here.

The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Brazil.

Source: European Commission, Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs, visa statistics for consulates 2023 (© European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0). Short-stay (type C) visas. How these figures are made

Other missions nearby

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All embassies and consulates in Porto Alegre (10)

Portugal’s other missions in Brazil

All missions of Portugal in Brazil (7)

The Portuguese embassy is in Brasília, about 1,619 km away. The Portuguese consulate in Porto Alegre is one of 7 missions of Portugal in Brazil. Consulates: São Paulo, Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and Curitiba. Honorary consulates: Vila Velha. Brazil in turn has 4 missions in Portugal, its embassy being in Lisbon.

Good to know

About the Portuguese consulate in Porto Alegre

It appears in official lists as Consulate of Portugal in Porto Alegre. A consulate does consular work for a region: passports, certificates and help for nationals in difficulty.

Portuguese citizens travelling to Brazil

No visa is needed by Portuguese citizens for Brazil, for stays of up to 90 days.

When the Portuguese consulate in Porto Alegre is closed

The next closures of the Portuguese consulate in Porto Alegre for public holidays in Brazil are Republic Proclamation Day (Proclamação da República) on Sunday 15 November 2026 and Black Awareness Day (Dia da Consciência Negra) on Friday 20 November 2026; it may also close for Restoration of Independence (Restauração da Independência) on Tuesday 1 December 2026.

Near the Portuguese consulate in Porto Alegre

The Portuguese consulate in Porto Alegre has one other foreign mission within 1 km.

Frequently asked questions

When is the Portuguese Consulate in Porto Alegre closed?

The Portuguese consulate in Porto Alegre closes on Brazil’s public holidays, the next being Republic Proclamation Day (Proclamação da República) on Sunday 15 November 2026, and usually on the national day of Portugal.

Do Brazilian citizens need a visa for Portugal?

Brazilian citizens can visit Portugal without a visa for up to 90 days.

Where is the Portuguese embassy in Brazil?

The Portuguese embassy is in Brasília, about 1,619 km from the Portuguese consulate in Porto Alegre.

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