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Updated September 2026

🌍 I am moving abroad — what do I have to deregister and arrange?

Direct answer

Deregister from the population register at Junta de Freguesia / IRN — Registo Civil / Loja do Cidadão (justica.gov.pt) in the days before or after you leave — it ends your municipal obligations and starts your emigration for tax and social security. Then Autoridade Tributária — reclamação graciosa / Portal das Finanças (217 206 707): a final tax return, your new address, and whether you stay taxable on income from Portugal. Segurança Social — reclamação e recurso (300 502 502): what happens to your pension rights, health insurance and any benefits, and the forms to take (S1, U1, A1, pension statements). Keep your digital ID active if the country allows non-residents to use it — it makes everything from abroad easier.

Call firstJunta de Freguesia / IRN — Registo Civil / Loja do Cidadão
Report toAutoridade Tributária — reclamação graciosa / Portal das Finanças
If that failsSegurança Social — reclamação e recurso

🗣️ What to say

"I am moving to [country] on [date] and will live at [address]. I would like to deregister as of that date, receive confirmation, and know what I must arrange with the tax office and social security before I leave."

🪜 Step by step

  1. Deregister: Junta de Freguesia / IRN — Registo Civil / Loja do CidadãoWithin the deadline around the move date. Get the written confirmation — other countries ask for it.
  2. Tax: Autoridade Tributária — reclamação graciosa / Portal das FinançasNew address, the emigration return, and any continuing tax on property or pensions from Portugal. Double-tax treaties decide.
  3. Social security and health: Segurança Social — reclamação e recursoHealth insurance ends with residence in most countries; the new country covers you. Pension years are kept and added up across the EU.
  4. Documents to takeBirth/marriage certificates (multilingual forms), driving licence, registration history, pension statements, U1 if you may claim unemployment benefit abroad.
  5. MoneyKeep one account open for refunds and the last bills; update the bank with the foreign address (some banks close accounts for non-residents — ask).

📇 All contacts

Junta de Freguesia / IRN — Registo Civil / Loja do CidadãoResidence certificate, certificates, NIF (tax office)When moving🔗 justica.gov.pt/Servicos/Certidoes-online
Autoridade Tributária — reclamação graciosa / Portal das FinançasObjection, instalment paymentWithin 120 days of the assessment📞 217 206 707🔗 www.portaldasfinancas.gov.pt
Segurança Social — reclamação e recursoBenefits, clawbacks, objectionWithin the deadline on the decision📞 300 502 502🔗 www.seg-social.pt
SNS 24 / Centro de saúde — inscriçãoFamily doctor, registration, complaintsFor finding a doctor and care questions📞 808 24 24 24🔗 www.sns24.gov.pt

❓ Frequently asked

Can I keep my health insurance?

Usually not once you no longer live in the country, unless you are posted by an employer (A1). Pensioners moving within the EU get the S1 form.

Will I lose my pension years?

No — EU coordination adds them up and each country pays its share when you retire. Keep every statement.

I might come back

Nothing prevents re-registering. Do not keep a fake registration "just in case" — it creates tax and benefit problems.

📎 Sources

Last checked: 2026-09-26

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