Ukraine, neighbouring embassies to grant immediate visas to Ukrainians to come to Portugal
António Costa announced that he has given instructions to Portuguese embassies in Ukraine and neighbouring countries to grant immediate visas to Ukrainian citizens.
The prime minister announced on Friday that he has given instructions to Portuguese embassies in Ukraine and neighbouring countries to grant immediate visas to Ukrainian citizens, and the government is “active” in “identifying job opportunities”.
“Portugal has had the privilege for several years of having a well-integrated Ukrainian community among us, and has reaffirmed its full readiness to welcome all those who want to pursue their lives among us, and instructions have already been transmitted, both to our embassy in Ukraine and in neighbouring countries, to grant immediate visas for them to come to Portugal,” António Costa said.
The prime minister was speaking at a press conference at the Ministry of Defence shortly after attending an extraordinary summit of heads of state and government of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), which was held by videoconference and in which the leaders of Sweden and Finland also participated, and which focused on the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
António Costa indicated that an active identification of work opportunities and also of immediate attribution of social security numbers, of taxpayer numbers, so that residence permits can have full effect among all those who understand that it must be in Portugal that they can pursue their lives”.
