Do US passport holders need a visa for Portugal?
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How we checkNo visa. US passport holders visit Portugal visa-free for up to 90 days in any 180.
Annex II of the EU visa regulation lists the United States among the nationalities exempt from a visa for stays of no more than 90 days in any 180-day period, and Portugal's foreign ministry lists it too. Those days are shared with every other Schengen country. At your first entry you register in the EES instead of getting a passport stamp. The US State Department's page (Last Updated December 11, 2025) is consistent with the above. It also asks for 2 blank pages for entry.
Source: European Union, Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 (EUR-Lex). Checked Oct 4, 2026See the source
- Maximum stay
- 90 days in any 180
- Shared with every other Schengen country.
- Passport validity
- 3 months after you leave
- Issued within the previous 10 years (Schengen Borders Code, Article 6).
- Blank pages
- 2 for entry
- State Department: "2 blank pages required for entry."
- At the border
- EES registration
- Fingerprints and a facial image at your first entry; the European Commission says it replaces passport stamping.
- 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.