Registration is carried out at SEF through the SIBA - Accommodation Bulletin Information System, by means of a brief inscription.
This registration with the SEF is mandatory by law for all entities operating a Local Accommodation.
The BA Direto team developed a explanatory video which serves as a guide in this SEF registration process, you can consult it at the end of the article.
correct procedure
However, you will always need to subscription of your AL in SIBA, in the section Reserved area to send the data of its foreign guests, through the BA Direto or other shipping method.
Therefore, in the registration, in a first phase, you have to identify the NIF of the operating entity of the AL, which may be different (or not) from the owner of the property.
In the same way, after identifying the NIF for enrollment in the SIBA, you must select the CAE & #8211; Economic Activity Code in which the business is inserted.
Furthermore, in theTypology / Classification& #8221; You should consider the mode in which you registered your LA and choose the corresponding option.
Therefore, use the same "Unit Name” that you inserted when registering your AL in Turismo de Portugal.
In the following field you should indicate the name of the Explorer which corresponds to the TIN identified at the beginning of enrollment.
At the AL address, must first indicate the Postal Code and then complete the address with the house number, floor and other additional information, if applicable.
The "Fax", although it is a mandatory field (*), does not need to be filled, since the registration can be submitted successfully without filling this field.
To be able to send the Lodging Bulletins through the BA Direct service, you must select the "WEB SERVICE" option.
Only after this registration with SEF is it eligible for electronic submission of Hosting Bulletins to SEF.
You will be sent later by SEF a Craft, via email, which will contain the authentication data to the SIBA Portal.
The feedback we get is that this email with the Craft takes between 1-2 business days to be sent to you.
In this authentication data you will find the NIF of the exploring entity, O Establishment number and the Authentication Key.
If the video preview does not play automatically, follow the tutorial available at the following link: Registration at SIBA - SEF