Foreigners and Borders Service

Foreigners and Borders Service Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras
Abbreviation	SEF
Agency overview
Formed	1974
Preceding agency	Direcção-Geral de Segurança
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Portugal
Primary governing body	Government of Portugal
Secondary governing body	Ministry of Internal Administration
General nature	Law enforcement Civilian police
Specialist jurisdiction	National border patrol, security, and integrity.
Operational structure
Headquarters	Lisbon
Website
www.sef.pt

The Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras - SEF (English: Foreigners and Borders Service) is a police service integrated into the Ministry of Internal Affairs, whose mission is to enforce the immigration and asylum in Portugal, in accordance with the provisions of Constitution, law and government guidelines.

Among other duties, SEF is the agency responsible for the border control and the issuing residence permits to foreign nationals legally residing in Portugal.

Law enforcement in Portugal

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