Visa

Conference participants may need Portugal Schengen Visa to enter Lisbon. Specifically, those who are not Portuguese citizens, except passport holders from Portugal, need Portugal Schengen Visa.

The Citizens of the following countries doesn’t need Schengen VISA to arrive at Portugal

Albania*	Brunei	Guatemala
Andorra	Canada	Honduras
Antigua and Barbuda	Chile	Hong Kong S.A.R***
Argentina	Colombia	Israel
Australia	Costa Rica	Japan
Bahamas	Dominica	Kiribati
Barbados	El Salvador	Macao S.A.R***
Bosnia and Herzegovina*	Georgia	Malaysia
Brazil	Grenada	Marshall Islands
Mauritius	North Macedonia*	Seychelles
Mexico	Palau	Singapore
Micronesia	Panama	Solomon Islands
Moldova*	Paraguay	Peru
Monaco	Saint Kitts and Nevis	South Korea
Montenegro*	Saint Lucia	Taiwan**
Nauru	Saint Vincent	Ukraine
New Zealand	Samoa	United Arab Emirates
Nicaragua	Serbia*	United States of America
Trinidad and Tobago	Timor Leste	Uruguay
Tonga	Tuvalu	Vanuatu
Venezuela

* Visa-free applies to citizens only if they are holders of biometric passports.

** Visa-free regime only if the passports of Taiwan citizen contains an identity card number.

*** Visa-free regime applies only to holders of a “Special Administrative Region” passport.

"To avoid uncertainty, participants from other countries are advised to apply for a visa as early as possible. It is recommended that they apply for Portugal Schengen visa at least 1 month in advance."

For more information, please contact the local Portugal Embassy in your country or visit: https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/portugal-visa/

Portugal VISA for Business Purpose

Invitation letter from the Portuguese company you will be visiting, and their detailed address accompanied with the dates of your visit.

• A certificate from your employer stating/allowing your business travel
• If there were previous trade relations between the two companies, proof of such events must be provided
• Business bank statement of the latest 6 months

Please note Future Materials and the organizing committee of the conference are not authorized to assist with the VISA process beyond providing the Notification of Invitation Letter issued by Future Materials and conference Committee Board. Should your application be denied, Future Materials and the organizing committee of the conference cannot change the decision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, nor will Future Materials Portugal and the organizing committee of the conference engage in discussion or correspondence with the Embassy on behalf of the applicant.

Invitation Letter

If you require a letter of invitation for your visa application, please submit a request for a letter of invitation.

At least one of the following criteria must be met in order to honour the request for a letter of invitation. The requesting party must either:

• Be an author of an accepted submission (oral presentation, poster presentation)
• Have paid the registration fee, in full, for this conference.

Please provide the following information in your request:

• Title (Dr., Professor, Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms, etc.)
• Your full name (Please specify family name and given name)
• Organization
• Full mailing address
• Telephone and Fax numbers
• Email address
• Copy of Passport

Future Materials-2020 Welcomes you to Lisbon, Portugal...!!!