{"id":135,"date":"2022-11-01T16:42:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T16:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/portugal\/?page_id=135"},"modified":"2025-08-07T14:55:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:55:18","slug":"apply-for-asylum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/portugal\/asylum\/apply-for-asylum\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I apply for asylum in Portugal?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You can express your intention to seek international protection in person or in writing, in your own language, with the help of an interpreter, as soon as you arrive to Portugal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Confidentiality<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All information related to your application for international protection is <strong>confidential<\/strong>. This means that no details will be shared with any external individuals or organizations \u2014 including the authorities of your country of origin \u2014 without your explicit consent. This confidentiality applies to all parties involved in the process, including AIMA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What if I do not speak or understand Portuguese?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you do not speak or understand Portuguese, you have the right to communicate in a language you prefer or understand throughout the entire asylum procedure. The Portuguese government provides free interpretation and translation services to support you during this process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please inform the AIMA official handling your case about your language preferences and needs as early as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are unable to pay for translation services, your documents may also be translated free of charge by interpreters working with the Portuguese authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can express your intention to seek international protection in person or in writing, in your own language, with the help of an interpreter, as soon as you arrive to Portugal. Confidentiality All information related to your application for international protection is confidential. This means that no details will be shared with any external individuals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":214,"featured_media":0,"parent":130,"menu_order":-1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/sectioned.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-135","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/214"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1177,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/135\/revisions\/1177"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}