​The placement of MHA Liaison Officers is regulated by Decree-Law 139/94 of May 23, which defines the placement of liaison officers of the Republican National Guard (GNR), the Public Security Police (PSP) and the Immigration and Borders Service (SEF), and in international organisations and foreign countries - embassies, representation missions and consulates of Portugal.

 

The current legislation also provides that the International Relations Department of General Secretariat of MHA, is responsible for ensuring coordination and functional and technical connection  with Liaison Officers, according to the authority guidelines, without prejudice to the proper competences of the respective Heads of the Diplomatic Mission, respecting the principle of unity of the external representation of the Portuguese State.

 

 

MHA Liaison Officers

Angola

GNR Colonel – António Miguel Casaca Pronto​​ Order No. 8345/2016, published in D.R. no. 122, Series II, june 28, 2016 Service Fee: 3 years (from august 1, 2016 to july 31, 2019)​

Algeria

GNR Colonel - José Carlos Alves Gorgulho Santos Order no. 1026/2018, january 15, published in D.R. no. 20, Series II, dated january 29, 2018 with extension of functions to the Tunisian Republic, with effect from the january 20, 2018 Service Fee: 3 years (from january 20, 2018 to january 19, 2021)​​

Cape Verde

GNR Colonel - Filipe Manuel Faria Pessoa Order no. 7945/2018, published in D.R. no. 158, Series II, august 17, 2018 Service Fee: 3 years (from september 1, 2018 to july 31, 2021)​​

Spain

PSP Chief superintendent - José Ferreira de Oliveira Order no. 768/2019, published in D.R. no. 13, Series II, january 18, 2019​ Service Fee: 3 years (from january 1, 2019 to december 31, 2021)​​

France

GNR Colonel - Carlos Jorge dos Santos Silva Gomes Order no. 14147/2016, published in D.R. no. 227, Series II, november 25, 2016 Service Fee: 3 years (from december 5, 2016 to december 4, 2019)

Guinea-Bissau

GNR Lieutenant-Colonel - Samuel José Carreirinha Branco Order no. 1815/2019, published in D.R. no. 37, Series II, february 21, 2019​ Service Fee: 3 years (from february 11, 2019 to february 10, 2022)

Morocco

PSP Superintendent - Paula Cristina da Graça Peneda Order no. 13959-A/2016, published in D.R. no. 222, Series II, november 18, 2016​ Service Fee: 3 years (from november 23, 2016 to november 22, 2019)

Mozambique

GNR Colonel - Carlos Alberto Nunes da Costa Pinto Order no. 6501/2018, published in D.R. no. 126/2018, Series II, july 3, 2018 Service Fee: 3 years (from july 14, 2018 to july 13, 2021)

Sao Tome and Principe

GNR Colonel - Pedro Miguel Ramos Costa Lima Order no. 11194/2017, published in D.R. no. 244, Series II, december 21, 2017 Service fee: 3 years (from august 2, 2017 to august 1, 2020)

East Timor

PSP Chief superintendent - Miguel José Ferreira Mendes Order no. 8169/2018, published in D.R. no. 160, Series II, august 21, 2018 Service Fee: 3 years (from august 25, 2018 to august 24, 2021)

Portuguese Permanent Representation to the European Union

	PSP Superintendent - Luís Miguel Fiães Fernandes Order no. 8076/2018, published in D.R. no. 159, Series II, august 20, 2018 Service Fee: 3 years (from september 3, 2018 to september 2, 2021)
	SEF Chief Inspector Coordinator - Luís Paulo Ribeiro Gouveia Order no. 11282/2017, published in D.R. no. 246, Series II, december 26, 2017 Service Fee: 3 years (from december 4, 2017 to december 3, 2020)

​The Immigration Liaison Officer is located in the embassies, representation missions and consulates of Portugal, and its placement is regulated by Decree-Law no. 290-A/2001 of November 17, which establishes the discipline related to the creation of the immigration liaison officer and defines their functional content and status.

In this case, the functional content is defined in the order of appointment, so on a case-by-case basis, but usually states the following duties:

• Cooperate with national and host entities;
• Ensure regulation of migratory flow;
• Prevent the entry of illegal immigrants;
• Ensure the fight against illegal immigration;
• Enable faster processing of visas granted under Portuguese law or under temporary immigration agreements.

SEF Chief Inspector Coordinator - José António van der Kellen​​ Order No. 10318/2016, published in D.R. no. 157, Series II, august 17, 2016 Service Fee: 3 years (from september 16, 2016 to september 15, 2019)​

SEF Chief Inspector Coordinator - Francisco José Marques Alves Order no. 8535/2016, published in D.R. no. 125, Series II, july 1, 2016 Service Fee: 3 years (from april 4, 2016 to april 3, 2019)​​

SEF Chief Inspector Coordinator - Olinda Maria Araújo Chaves Order no. 12800/2016, published in D.R. no. 205, Series II, october 25, 2016 Service Fee: 3 years (from november 23, 2016 to november 22, 2019)​​

SEF Chief Inspector Coordinator - Paulo Jorge Leitão Batista Order no. 6262/2017, published in D.R. no. 137, Series II, july 18, 2017​ Service Fee: 3 years (from 1 june, 2017 to may 31, 2020)​​

SEF Chief Inspector Coordinator - Maria de Fátima Pereira Teixeira Order no. 10314/2016, published in D.R. no. 157, Series II, august 17, 2016​ Service Fee: 3 years (from september 6, 2016 to september 5, 2019)