What do you need?
- a passport photo
- an application form (available at one of the counters)
Fill in the form
Dados pessoais: fill in all your personal details.
Pedido: Indicate what kind of request you are making with this form. Will it be your first card? chose 1º Pedido. If you want to renew your card, chose renovar Cartão and enter your card number of your current pass ( Nº Cartão Atual).
Comprovativo de Pedido (proof of applicant): this will be filled in by the staff member and you´ll receive it after handing in the form. You should give this paper back to the staff member when it´s time to get your card.
You don´t need to fill in the grey part on the right with Identificação do pedido, this should be done by the staff member.
If you do NOT have a citizen card, you will have to apply for the card at a counter. This can be done at some metro stations. You can also apply for the card urgently, this costs just 5 euros more and you will have the card after just 1 workingday!
Cartão normal – normal card (10 working days) 12 euro
- Marquês de Pombal
- Baixa-Chiado
- Campo Grande
- Rossio
- Cais do Sodré
- Aeroporto
- Oriente
Cartão urgente - Urgent card (1 working day) 7 euro
- Marquês de Pombal (yellow and blue line)
- Campo Grande (yellow and green line)
You probably recognise the counter because there is often a queue. When I was at Marquês de Pombal, I could just grab the application form at the entrance to the VIVA shop in the metrostation. So check this first, it probably saves you a lot of time! Once you have completed the form, give it to the employee at the counter along with a passport photo.
Once you have completed the form, give it to the employee at the counter along with a passport photo.
When you hand in the form, the staff member will give you a receipt. You have to give the receipt back when you come to collect your card the next working day (or after 10 working days).
Dit you received your card? Go to a vending machine to charge your card. You can put money on it (zapping) or the monthly subscription (which I´ve explained before)! You can find a vending machine in every train/metro station.
You have to do this every month!
PLEASE NOTE: the subscription always starts on the first day of the month and lasts until the last day of the month. So if you received your card in the middle of the month, it is sometimes better to not start a subscription.
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