Europe
Portugal
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In Portugal, employers must undertake several pre-employment checks to comply with immigration laws and safety standards. Certain roles such as security guards and carers for children require an additional criminal record check certificate. Pre-hire medical assessments are also essential to protect both the employee and employer. Furthermore, reference and education checks may be conducted provided that they have prior consent.
Background check summary
Education Checks: permissible
Criminal Checks: permissible
Credit/financial checks: some restrictions
Medical screening: some restrictions
Address: some restrictions
Zinc's background check turnaround times
Please note these background check turnaround times are averages for the country. Actual check times may vary and depend on a number of factors including the resident country's process time as well as the candidate's document submission speed.
Financial (mins)
20
Criminal (days)
10
Media (mins)
14
Reference (days)
2
identity (mins)
140
Education (days)
12.57
Address (days)
2
Sanctions (mins)
25
Right-to-work rules
Rules apply for citizens as well as non-citizens working in the country
National ID Accepted?
Yes
Passport
Yes
Other passport accepted?
EEA + Swiss
Any other routes (any type of citizen)
Non-EEA:Work permit A, B or C
Body name
Ministry of Internal Administration
Foreign Citizens
Non-EEA:Work permit A, B or C
Natural citizens: Alternative routes
N/A
Country details
Birthrate
10.72
Population
10,196,709
capital
Lisbon
GDP ($/capita)
18000
TLD
.pt
developed/developing
Developed
Currency
Euro
Net migration
3.57
Literacy(%)
93.3
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