Pre-emptive 7/14 day travel to PT given recent legislation?

[cj807 (Chris J)]

Fairly extensively discussed on other forums - for what it’s worth, I agree with your lawyer, as I set out here:

Wait time now counts toward 5 year residency?

I don’t see how legally there could be a requirement to count days in Portugal before issuance of the first card. The 7/14 day requirement comes from the Regulations, Article 65-C, and it’s about renewals. For the purposes of renewing a residence permit, the applicant citizens referred to in Article 90-A of Law no. 23/2007, of 4 July, amended by Laws 29/2012, of 9 August, 56/2015, of 23 June, and 63/2015, of 30 June, must comply with the following minimum periods of stay: a) 7 days, consecuti…