Fact Sheets

Members might have seen the storage lockers from CTT located in several places. They are lockers where you can safely receive packages if your post-box it is not big enough or if your address is difficult to find for example. Currently, the best-known option belongs to CTT and is called Cacifo CTT Locky or Cacifos24H. Customers can receive purchases from any online store, which means that regardless of whether the store you use has this shipping method or not, you can receive your order in the ‘Locky’ of your choice. 

Hunting (Caça) in Portugal is allowed between August and February in areas designated for the purpose. These areas, or ‘Zones’, are identified by use of markers which clearly describe the kind of hunting area and also mark ‘No Hunting’ zones. Hunters (Caçadores) MUST be licenced (Carta de Caçador) and must follow the law about when and where they are allowed to hunt. Generally hunting is allowed on Sunday’s and Thursdays only.

“Caderneta Predial” is the registration document from Finanças relative to your property. You may now obtain a copy of it online but in order to do this, you will need to request a password (pedir senha) on the same site. Only after you have this password you will be able to enter your private file and follow the steps.

In this Fact Sheet we show how to set up a Direct Debit (DD) payment on the Finanças website.

Encountering an emergency situation is stressful and frightening, made more so when having to deal with people over the phone and in a language that we are not confident in. This Fact Sheet aims to give help in those times, by allowing you to prepare what you will say and learn some basic terms before you have to use them in an emergency.

In this Fact Sheet we explain how to record your complaint/question in the Finanças website.

If you are a person with reduced mobility or have another type of disability, you may have already heard of the disabled distich (blue badge). In this Fact Sheet we address some of the most frequently asked questions about it; what it consists of, who can apply for it and how to obtain the distich.

Members have asked us how they could register their Will and we have compiled this basic Fact Sheet to help inform you and assist in the implementation of the process. The following document translates the individual information paragraphs and the wording of the separate boxes that are included in the form.

This Fact Sheet will assist your on how to read a smart meter (contador).

In this Fact Sheet we provide step-by-step instructions on how to obtain login details for the Finanças website.