Do Australian passport holders need a visa for Portugal?
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How we checkNo visa. Australian passport holders visit Portugal visa-free for up to 90 days in any 180.
Smartraveller says Australians can travel to the Schengen area for short trips without a visa for up to 90 days in any 180-day period, for the purposes it lists. Your EES record is attached to you as a person, not to your passport, so the system still counts your days if you use a different passport. Plan to be fingerprinted and photographed on arrival.
Source: Australian Government, Smartraveller. Checked Oct 2, 2026See the source
- Maximum stay
- 90 days in any 180
- Counted across every Schengen country you visit.
- Passport validity
- 3 months after you leave
- Must have been issued within the last 10 years.
- At the border
- EES registration
- Fingerprints and a photo at your first entry; the record follows you, not the passport.
- Pre-travel authorization
- None yet
- ETIAS is not in operation; the EU says its fee is set at €20 and the start date will be announced months ahead.
Changes to this rule
- Apr 10, 2026EES became fully operational; it replaces passport stamping for short-stay visitors.