Fact Sheets

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.

In this Fact Sheet we explain the procedures for packages sent from Portugal to non-EU countries and vice-versa.

From time to time our Members ask us for help in understanding the steps, for example to be able to pay for afpop Membership renewal. The operation is quite easy and to make a payment at a Multibanco machine you follow the steps below.

Recycling is a topic that divides opinions. This afpop Fact Sheet is not intended to discuss the rights and wrongs of recycling, or what could be done better or should be done with our household waste. This is simply the facts behind recycling in the Algarve, which will be expanded to include other parts of Portugal if we are able to gather that information in due course.

The rules are more complicated than it first appears, regarding when the 180-day period starts and when it might be ‘refreshed’. We have found it impossible to arrive at a definitive answer; however, we hope that the information below will offer some assistance.

The power of attorney is a formal and legal instrument through which one person authorises another to act on their behalf. That is, it is a legal instrument that allows the voluntary granting of powers from one person (grantor) to the other (proxy). For example, the granting of powers for the use of a bank account, for the accomplishment of university registration, for the celebration of contracts, to marry, for participation in assemblies of condominium, etc. It is the most usual way to give such a mandate (a business entered into specifically when one receives powers from another to perform acts in the latter's interest).The power of attorney must be written and can be granted through a private instrument, or by public instrument or authenticated private instrument.

The reason for needing a Fiscal Representative is that Finanças do not post correspondence outside of EU/Schengen and will need a representative here in Portugal who can receive your correspondence and make sure you comply with declarations, payments and any other instructions from the Finanças etc. This representative can be anyone who has a fiscal number in Portugal and who IS a Resident here or it can be an accountant/document agency/lawyer etc.