Accommodation form
As soon as possible, please fill out our housing form (the link for which has already been sent to you) with the following information:
- Estimated time of arrival
- Estimated time of departure
- Flight number
- Identification of all guests
Identification of every guest
Identifying all guests and sending them to the SEF (Foreigners and Borders Service) is a legal obligation that derives from the Schengen Agreement and aims to stop human trafficking and other illegal practices.
Anyone providing paid vacation accommodation is obliged to register the entry, exit and identification data of all non-Portuguese citizens using such accommodation.
Refusal to complete the accommodation form will result in the cancellation of the booking without compensation
Why is this necessary?
Since 2015 Portugal has more strictly enforced a long-standing law requiring anyone providing paid holiday accommodation to record the entry, exit, and identification details of all non-Portuguese nationals who use that accommodation. This law has been brought into force in Portugal and most other EU countries at some point since the gradual implementation of the 1990 Schengen Agreement that aims to stop human trafficking and other illegal practices.
In this case, it is specifically Article 45 of the Schengen Agreement and the Alojamento Local (Short term Rental) law in Portugal that has brought this rule into sharper focus. You can consult the European legislation at the following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:42000A0922%2802%29:en:HTML
For each accommodation bulletin that fails to be submitted according to the terms of n°s 1 or 2 of Article 98 or for each foreign national not registered on the list or electronically as laid down in the stipulation in n°s 3 and 4 of the same article a fine of €100 to € 500 is applied.
Thanks for your cooperation