The communication is made by Bulletin of Accommodation, in electronic support, directly to the SEF - Aliens and Borders Service through tools that are properly prepared for this purpose.

Communication to the SEF is mandatory for "Companies operating hotel establishments, complementary means of tourist accommodation or tourist complexes, as well as all those who provide, for consideration, accommodation to foreign citizens".

This is article 16 of Law no. 23/2007 of July 4, altered by Law no. 102/2017 of August 28, which "Approves the legal regime of entry, stay, exit and removal of foreigners from the national territory."

The deadline for delivery of Accommodation Bulletins is three business days.

The term is counted for whole days from the date of the accommodation, regardless of the time at which the registration was made.

THE ALL citizens who do not have Portuguese identification. All citizens that are on the reservation and who do not have Portuguese identification must be communicated.

You can not host them if they do not give you the data of all the foreign guests of the reservation.

Try to make them aware that this is a legal obligation for their accommodation activity and not only in Portugal but also in several countries in Europe.

There are two types of penalties:

Penal sanctions: Articles 2 to 4 of article 183 of Law no. 23/07, of July 4, in its current version, state that those who favor or facilitate, in any way, the permanence of a foreign citizen in national territory, with lucrative intent , shall be punished with a term of imprisonment of 1 to 4 years, and if the acts are committed by maintaining the foreign citizen in inhuman or degrading conditions or endangering his life or causing him serious offense to physical integrity or death, the agent shall be punished with imprisonment from 2 to 8 years. In any case, the attempt is punishable.

In other words, the non-communication of accommodation can be a way to encourage the illegal stay of a foreign citizen and the prison sentence will be aggravated if, taking advantage of his vulnerability to the authorities, he maintains it in inhuman or degrading conditions or danger to your life or causing you serious harm to bodily harm or death. To this are added the following penalties:

Penalties: Article 203 of Law 23/2007, of July 4, in its current wording, says that, by not communicating the accommodation and / or the departure of a foreign citizen through Lodging Bulletin within the established time limit can be applied a fine of at least € 100.00 to € 2,000.00, depending on the number of infractions committed, which may be aggravated under the conditions provided for in the Framework Law on Counter-orders (Decree-Law no. 433/82, of 27 October and other amendments).

In any one of the situations (penal and contra-ordinational) it can still suffer accessory sanctions (loss of objects and other limitations).

The obligation to communicate is the owner of the house.

The lease is, as a rule, one onerous contract and, as such, Article 16 (1) and (2) of Law No 23/2007, as it stands, and paragraph 2 of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement ( CAAS), which are obliged to communicate the accommodation and departure of foreign nationals to those who provide housing, for consideration.

Article 45 (2) of the CISA speaks in "places exploited by those who carry out the activity of leasing professionally", that is, since there is a financial consideration in exchange for housing we have accommodation costly even if this activity occurs only occasionally.

So, yes, you must tell the SEF.

Yes. Communication to SEF is mandatory to "Companies exploring hotel establishments, complementary means of tourist accommodation or tourist complexes, as well as all those who provide, for consideration, accommodation to foreign nationals".

If the contrary does not result from the lease, the obligation to communicate accommodation becomes the lessee, that is, the landlord no longer has this responsibility.

That is, the sub-lease agreement is no longer established between landlord and tenant, but rather between tenant and sub-tenant (or sub-tenant) and consequently the landlord's reporting obligation is transferred to the tenant.

You must communicate the accommodation and departure of the foreign guests through Accommodation Bulletin, even if it is a seasonal lease.

Yes. You must inform the SEF of the presence of foreign guests, through Accommodation Bulletin, who rent rooms, fractions of the house or the whole house, be apartment, villa, farmhouse or other.

It is not prohibited to rent a room, part of the house or a dwelling to a foreign citizen in an irregular situation in national territory.

However, you must always communicate the accommodation and departure of the foreign guests through the Accommodation Bulletin, even if you are aware that they are in an irregular situation in the national territory.

A Schengen visa allows transit or a planned stay in the territory of a Schengen total duration not exceeding 90 days for a period of 180 days (short-stay visa), also allows transit through the international transit zone of the Schengen States (airport transit visa).

As a general rule, the issued visa allows you to visit any of the Schengen States during the same journey, within the period of validity of the same.

A Schengen visa will not be adequate if it intends to remain in a Schengen State for more than 90 days, to take up employment, to set up a company or to engage in commercial or professional activity.

The Schengen area includes 26 countries without internal border controls.

In the following countries: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland.

These countries apply the common visa policy for short-stay visas.

The following countries are still known as "Schengen States".