Public Enemy: Illegal immigrants must fill out an application and present 25 documents before crossing the border

The Government is certain that the new immigration rules will not make it difficult to attract essential workers to the economy. Although the “expression of interest†mechanism has been revoked, the new system will be even simpler. Even for illegal immigration. Anyone who wants to come and work in Portugal illegally must go to the consulate in their area of ​​residence and fill out the application for this purpose. All you have to do is attach 25 documents, including a detailed CV, gastronomic preferences, vaccination report, football club membership card, reading record of the last three books you read and, among other things, an essay o about “What it’s like to be Portuguese in a Europe losing identity†. AP