Residence permits (migr

Residence permits (migr_res)

National Reference Metadata in ESS Standard for Quality Reports Structure (ESQRS)

Compiling agency: Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (Immigration and Borders Service)

Eurostat metadata

Reference metadata

1. Contact
2. Statistical presentation
3. Statistical processing
4. Quality management
5. Relevance
6. Accuracy and reliability
7. Timeliness and punctuality
8. Coherence and comparability
9. Accessibility and clarity
10. Cost and Burden
11. Confidentiality
12. Comment
Related Metadata
Annexes (including footnotes)

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1. Contact

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1.1. Contact organisation

Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (Immigration and Borders Service)

1.2. Contact organisation unit

Planning Unit

1.5. Contact mail address

Avenida do Casal de Cabanas

Urbanização Cabanas Golf Nº 1

2734-506 Barcarena / OEIRAS

Portugal

2. Statistical presentation

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2.1. Data description

2.1.1. Introduction

This metadata information is provided by Portugal's authorities to ensure compliance with the requirements of Article 6 of Regulation 862/2007 on Community Statistics on Migration and International Protection.

As required by Article 9 of the Regulation 862/2007, Member States must report to Eurostat on the data sources used, the reasons for the selection of these sources and the effects of the selected data on the quality of the statistics. Member States shall provide it with all the information necessary to evaluate the quality, comparability and completeness of the statistical information.

The reference terms for the assessment of quality compliance are provided by Eurostat in the Residence permit statistics technical guidelines applied for 2015 reference period (See section 3.4 Statistical concepts and definitions from the Residence permits statistics ESMS file).

2.1.2. General description of the statistical domain at national level

National system for compilation of residence permits statistics (level of development, main changes that affected the system in the last years and further development)

PT Immigration Statistical System (SEFSTAT) - administrative data - linked with the National Immigration System (SIISEF).

2.1.3. European and national legal framework relevant for Residence permits statistics

Include information on Applicable/Not applicable European legal acts at national level

Act 23/2007,of 4 July amended by Act 29/2012, of 9 August, Act 63/2015, of 30 of July, Act, n.º 59/2017, of 31 July, Act n.º 26/2018, of 5 July and Act 26/2018, of 5 July.

2.1.4. Institutional infrastructure

List of the institutions involved in managing the registers related to Residence permits statistics and the institutions involved in the compilation of the Residence permits statistics

Immigration and Borders Service

2.1.5. General procedure for issuing first residence permits at National level

Residence permits are issued by the Immigration and Borders Service

2.1.6. General procedure for recording change of status or reason to stay of the permit (reason)

The change of reason to stay of persons is recorded by the Immigration and Borders Service on the National administrative database on residence permits

2.1.7. General procedure for recording all valid residence permits at the end of the year

Include information on all permits valid in the end of the year and long term permits

National registration on residence permits - Issued residence permits. All valid permits at the end of the year are those permits whose date of issuance is equal or before the end of the year and whose date of end of validity is after the end of the year.

2.1.8. General procedure for recording residence permits for Highly Skilled Workers and EU Blue Cards

Include information for first permit data collection and EU Blue Cards data collection

National registration on residence permits. Highly Skilled Workers can be identified on the basis of the specific type of decision on the reason to stay. EU Blue Cards are recorded as a specific type of residence permits and are issued in accordance with the uniform format of residence title to third-country nationals as provided for in Order number 1432/2008 of 10 December. The designation ‘EU blue card’ is entered under heading "type of card".

2.1.9. General procedure for recording single permits

Non-EU citizens who are permitted to work based on visa are not included in statistics.

2.1.10. Type of residence permits counted for Residence permits statistics (e.g. residence permits, long-term visas, authorisation to stay, work permit, education permit, etc) referirng to all applicable tables

Residence permits

2.1.11. Main problems that affect the quality of the data and what tables are concerned including the compliance status with the definitions from Residence permits statistics Technical Guideline

IT problems. The Immigration Statistical System (SEFSTAT) needs to be updated.

2.2. Classification system

Not available.
New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available after the next collection.

2.3. Coverage - sector

Not available.
New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available after the next collection.

2.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

Not available.
New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available after the next collection.

2.5. Statistical unit

Not available.
New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available after the next collection.

2.6. Statistical population

Not available.
New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available after the next collection.

2.7. Reference area

Not available.
New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available after the next collection.

2.8. Coverage - Time

Not available.
New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available after the next collection.

2.9. Base period

Not available.
New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available after the next collection.

3. Statistical processing

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3.1. Source data

Tables	Presentation of the data source(s) / national registers
RP1. First permits issued for family reasons	Immigration and Borders Service
RP2. First permits issued for education reasons	Immigration and Borders Service
RP3. First permits issued for remunerated activities	Immigration and Borders Service
RP4. First permits issued for other reasons	Immigration and Borders Service
RP5. Change of immigration status or reason to stay	Immigration and Borders Service
RP6. All valid permits on 31 December	Immigration and Borders Service
RP7. Long-term residents on 31 December	Immigration and Borders Service
BC1. EU Blue Cards issued	Immigration and Borders Service
BC2. Admitted family members of EU Bleu Cards holders	Immigration and Borders Service
BC3. EU Blue Cards holders and family members with previous residence in another EU Member State	Immigration and Borders Service
SP1. Single permits	Immigration and Borders Service

3.2. Frequency of data collection

Tables	Frequency (Delete non-relevant attributes)
RP1. First permits issued for family reasons	Annual
RP2. First permits issued for education reasons	Annual
RP3. First permits issued for remunerated activities	Annual
RP4. First permits issued for other reasons	Annual
RP5. Change of immigration status or reason to stay	Annual
RP6. All valid permits on 31 December	Annual
RP7. Long-term residents on 31 December	Annual
BC1. EU Blue Cards issued	Annual
BC2. Admitted family members of EU Blue Cards holders	Annual
BC3. EU Blue Cards holders and family members with previous residence in another EU Member State	Annual
SP1. Single permits	Annual

3.3. Data collection

Systematic process of gathering data for official statistics at national level.

PT Immigration Statistical System (SEFSTAT) - administrative data - linked with the National Immigration System (SIISEF).

3.4. Data validation

Description of the data validation system at national level

Validation procedure	Applied
Checks of totals consistency	Yes
Checks of magnitude of changes over time	Yes
Using intervals of values for outliers/errors detection	No
Using visual validation (visual verification of the tables or the graph resulted)	Yes
Checking the data integrity over each processing step	Yes
Using special programs/software for data validation	No
Checking if the double counting cases are excluded	Yes
Checking the consistency between EU Blue Cards from first permits (RP3) and EU Blue Cards data collection (BC1-BC3)	Yes
Checking the consistency between flow and stock data (RP1-RP4 vs RP6)	Yes
Checking the consistency between statistics by "reason" and statistics by "age" and "sex" categories	Yes
Analyse the statistics reported by other countries	No

3.5. Data compilation

Estimations used: Details on the estimations done for Residence permits statistics (methodology applied and the concerned categories and tables)

No estimation methods used

3.6. Adjustment

Not applicable

4. Quality management

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4.1. Quality assurance

Not available.
New concept added with the migration to SIMS 2.0.
Information (content) will be available after the next collection.

4.2. Quality management - assessment

4.2.1. Description of the Quality management system at national level

Not available information.

*4.2.2. General Quality assessment (Delete non-relevant attributes: Good quality / Sufficient quality / Poor quality)*
Topics	Output / Product Quality	Process Quality	Institutional Environment	Details in case of sufficient quality / Poor quality
First permits issued for family reasons	Good quality	Good quality	Good quality
First permits issued for education reasons	Good quality	Good quality	Good quality
First permits issued for remunerated activities	Good quality	Good quality	Good quality
First permits issued for other reasons	Good quality	Good quality	Good quality
Change of immigration status or reason to stay	Good quality	Good quality	Good quality
All valid permits on 31 December	Good quality	Good quality	Good quality
Long-term residents on 31 December	Good quality	Good quality	Good quality
Single Permits	Sufficient quality	Sufficient quality	Good quality	Data contain specific cases that do not belong to single permit category E.g. the number of residence permits for the purpose of family reunion contains children. Non-EU citizens who are permitted to work based on visa are not included in statistics. It is not possible to distinguish between the "Change of status" and "Renewed" category (the national legislation provides different definitions than the technical guidelines provided by Eurostat).
EU Blue Cards issued	Good quality	Good quality	Good quality
Admitted family members of EU Blue Cards holders	Good quality	Good quality	Good quality
EU Blue Cards holders and family members with previous residence in another EU Member State	Good quality	Good quality	Good quality

Good quality (extensive quality) - covers all quality requirements, substantial quality checks are performed and a very good cooperation exists between institutions.

Sufficient quality (acceptable quality) - covers minimum requirements, but issues still exist and more information/validation is needed for a better quality assessment and acceptable cooperation issues exists.

Poor quality (inadequate quality) - the data do not meet the minimum requirements or there is not enough information for quality assessment and important cooperation issues exists.

5. Relevance

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5.1. Relevance - User Needs

5.1.1. General aspects

Include information on main users of Residence permits statistics at national level, European and International level.

The statistics collected under the Regulation 862/2007 are widely used in official publications and by a wide range of users at national, European and International level. The Residence permits statistics produced are regularly used by national administrations, academic researchers and civil society groups working on a wide range of topics including the integration of immigrants, the development and monitoring of national asylum and immigration procedures, and the projection of the future population and labour force.

At European level, the main users of Residence permits statistics are Eurostat and DG Migration and Home Affairs. These statistics are used in several publications of the Commission, as well as in the preparation of regular reports, policy proposals and analysis. The statistics also provide an input to the European Migration Network (EMN) studies and reports that address specific issues of current policy importance.

5.1.2. Residence permits statistics data publication at national level

Include information on residence permits statistics published at national level and differences between the data provided to Eurostat and the data published at national level (first permits, all valid permits at the end of the year, long term permits at the end of the year, single permits, single permits and EU Blue Cards)

The residence permits statistics are used in several pulications and provide inputs to EMN studies and reports. The main difference between statistics published at national level and the data provided to EUROSTAT is that, at national level, we include EU citizens.

5.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction

Not available

5.3. Completeness

Completeness of the data provided based on Article 6 of the Regulation 862/2007 (mandatory data provision), justification of the missing mandatory breakdowns and completeness of the data provided on voluntary basis.

Categories	Availability	Details related to "not applicable" and "not available" cases
RP1. First permits issued for family reasons
Citizenship	Available
Length of validity	Available
Reason	Available
Member	Available
RP2. First permits issued for education reasons
Citizenship	Available
Length of validity	Available	In the Portuguese legal framework there are no specifications for residence permits between 3 and 6 months.
Reason	Available
RP3. First permits issued for remunerated activities
Citizenship	Available
Length of validity	Available
Reason	Available	Available with constraints; The category “Researchers” is aggregated under the “High skilled workers” category.
RP4. First permits issued for other reasons
Citizenship	Available
Length of validity	Available
Reason	Available
RP5. Change of immigration status or reason to stay
Citizenship	Available
Reason	Available	Inexistence of a status that changes from family reunification to any other of the categories – difficulties in data reliability
RP6. All valid permits on 31 December
Citizenship	Available
Length of validity	Available
Reason	Available
RP7. Long-term residents on 31 December
Citizenship	Available
Reason	Available
SP1. Single permits
Reason	Available
Decision type	Available
Length of validity	Available	Duration 3 =< 6 months and 6 =< 12 months not applicable
BC1. EU Blue Cards issued
Citizenship	Available
Decision type	Available	EU Blue Cards WITHDRAWN not available
ISCO08	Not available
BC2. Admitted family members of EU Blue Cards holders
Citizenship	Available
Decision type	Available	EU Blue Cards WITHDRAWN not available
BC3. EU Blue Cards holders and family members with previous residence in another EU Member State
Previous residence	Not available
Indicator type	Not available

5.3.1. Data completeness - rate

Not available.

6. Accuracy and reliability

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6.1. Accuracy - overall

6.1.1. Accuracy of the total provided for each dataset

Categories	The interval in which the real population could be comparing with the total provided 100% = high accuracy (total provided reflects the real measured population)	Details
RP1. First permits issued for family reasons	95%-100%
RP2. First permits issued for education reasons	100%
RP3. First permits issued for remunerated activities	95%-100%
RP4. First permits issued for other reasons	100%
RP5. Change of immigration status or reason to stay	95%-100%
RP6. All valid permits on 31 December	100%
RP7. Long-term residents on 31 December	100%
SP1. Single permits	95%-100%
BC1. EU Blue Cards issued	95%-100%
BC2. Admitted family members of EU Blue Cards holders	95%-100%
BC3. EU Blue Cards holders and family members with previous residence in another EU Member State	Not available

6.1.2. Accuracy of the total provided for each category

(Delete non-relevant attributes for Accuracy issue: No/Yes; Overestimation/Underestimation and Delete/Change/Adapt the text for impact percentage; see definitions from Eurostat Statistics Explained glosary: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Glossary:Coverage)

Categories	Accuracy issue	Description of the accuracy issue	Details about the impact on the statistics reported
RP1. First permits issued for family reasons
Citizenship	No
Length of validity	No
Member	Yes	Partial inexistence of data referring to "family member"	Not available
Reason	No
RP2. First permits issued for education reasons
Citizenship	No
Length of validity	No
Reason	No
RP3. First permits issued for remunerated activities
Citizenship	No
Length of validity	No
Reason	No
RP4. First permits issued for other reasons
Citizenship	No
Length of validity	No
Reason	No
RP5. Change of immigration status or reason to stay
Citizenship	No
Reason	Yes	Inexistence of a status that changes from family reunification to any other of the categories - dificulties in data reliability	Not available
RP6. All valid permits on 31 December
Citizenship	No
Length of validity	No
Reason	No
RP7. Long-term residents on 31 December
Citizenship	No
Reason	No
SP1. Single permits
Reason	No
Decision type	No
Length of validity	No
BC1. EU Blue Cards issued
Citizenship	No
Decision type	Yes	EU Blue Cards withdrawn not available	Not available
ISCO08	Not available
BC2. Admitted family members of EU Blue Cards holders
Citizenship	No
Decision type	Yes	EU Blue Cards withdrawn not available	Not available
BC3. EU Blue Cards holders and family members with previous residence in another EU Member State
Previous residence	Not available
Indicator type	Not available

6.2. Sampling error

Procedures and classifications used in case of missing information (e.g. unknown citizenship, age, etc.)

Not applicable

6.2.1. Sampling error - indicators

Not applicable.

6.3. Non-sampling error

Not applicable.

6.3.1. Coverage error

Not applicable.

6.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate

Over-coverage (Delete non-relevant attributes: 0%/1%/5%/10%/15%/20%/>20%)

Categories	The proportion of cases recorded that do not belong to the target population (%)
RP1. First permits issued for family reasons	Not available information.
RP2. First permits issued for education reasons	Not available information.
RP3. First permits issued for remunerated activities	Not available information.
RP4. First permits issued for other reasons	Not available information.
RP5. Change of immigration status or reason to stay	Not available information.
RP6. All valid permits on 31 December	Not available information.
RP7. Long-term residents on 31 December	Not available information.
SP1. Single permits	Not available information.
BC1. EU Blue Cards issued	Not available information.
BC2. Admitted family members of EU Blue Cards holders	Not available information.
BC3. EU Blue Cards holders and family members with previous residence in another EU Member State	Not available information.

6.3.1.2. Common units - proportion

Not applicable.

6.3.2. Measurement error

Double counting (Delete non-relevant attributes: No / Yes; 0% / 1% / 5% / 10% / 15% / 20% / >20%)

Categories	One person can be included more than once in the reference datasets	Share of "double counting" cases in the total for the datasets	Description of the non-compliance issue
RP1. First permits issued for family reasons	Not available information.	Cannot be estimated
RP2. First permits issued for education reasons	Not available information.	Cannot be estimated
RP3. First permits issued for remunerated activities	Not available information.	Cannot be estimated
RP4. First permits issued for other reasons	Not available information.	Cannot be estimated
RP5. Change of immigration status or reason to stay	Not available information.	Cannot be estimated
RP6. All valid permits on 31 December	Not available information.	Cannot be estimated
RP7. Long-term residents on 31 December	Not available information.	Cannot be estimated
SP1. Single permits	Not available information.	Cannot be estimated
BC1. EU Blue Cards issued	Not available information.	Cannot be estimated
BC2. Admitted family members of EU Blue Cards holders	Not available information.	Cannot be estimated
BC3. EU Blue Cards holders and family members with previous residence in another EU Member State	Not available information.	Cannot be estimated

6.3.3. Non response error

Not applicable.

6.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate

Not applicable.

6.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate

Not applicable.

6.3.4. Processing error

Not applicable.

6.3.4.1. Imputation - rate

Not applicable.

6.3.5. Model assumption error

Not applicable.

6.4. Seasonal adjustment

Not applicable.

6.5. Data revision - policy

Data revision policy at national level

In case of errors found, revised data is published

6.6. Data revision - practice

Details related to the data revision policy and expected revisions of the data send to Eurostat

In case of errors found, revised data is submitted.

6.6.1. Data revision - average size

Not available.

7. Timeliness and punctuality

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7.1. Timeliness

Not available.

7.1.1. Time lag - first result

Possible annual date when the available data has sufficient quality to be published (sent to Eurostat)

June

7.1.2. Time lag - final result

Not applicable.

7.2. Punctuality

Problems with data provision to Eurostat in due time and the impact of these problems on the data quality provided to Eurostat

Availability of IT teamto deal with the annual closing procedures for statistical purposes

7.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication

Not available.

8. Coherence and comparability

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8.1. Comparability - geographical

Restricted from publication

8.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient

Restricted from publication

8.2. Comparability - over time

Methodological changes between the present reference year and previous year(s). Justification of the important changes in figures reported for the present reference year and previous year(s)

New methodology applied to the category 'National long-term residence status'. We considered as requirement to qualify permit under this category the duration of the permit of at least 5 years.

8.2.1. Length of comparable time series

Not available.

8.3. Coherence - cross domain

Links between the EU Blue Cards declared for first permits statistics (for occupation reasons - table RP3) and EU Blue Cards statistics (tables BC1, BC2 and BC3)

Fully Compliance. No exceptions involved

Correspondence between the residence permits statistics by reason and residence permits statistics by age and sex

Fully consistency. No exceptions involved

Links between all valid permits on 31 December and Long-term residents

Long-term residents are a subset of all valid permits on 31 December. No exceptions involved

Links between first permits and single permits

Not applicable

8.3.1 Links between the Residence permits statistics and Asylum statistics and details related to the asylum applicant(s) case(s) included in Residence permits statistics in First residence permits

Please cover the differences between the Residence permits statistics and Asylum statistics reported to Eurostat

Persons who are subject of pending applications for international protection are not covered by Residence permits statistics.

Refugees and persons benefiting from subsidiary protection are covered from the date of issuance of the residence permits.

8.3.2 Links between the Residence permits statistics and special short-term study on "trafficking in human beings" collected by Eurostat for statistics on crime and criminal justice.

Please cover the differences between the Residence permits statistics and the statistics reported for short-term study on "trafficking in human beings"

Not available information.

8.4. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics

Not applicable.

8.5. Coherence - National Accounts

Not applicable.

8.6. Coherence - internal

Coherence between different categories/breakdowns required for each dataset (e.g. is each category well delimitated for the statistics reported or some of them are merged for technical reasons). Please refer to each category that has problem.

The category Researchers is aggregated under High Skilled Workers category

9. Accessibility and clarity

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9.1. Dissemination format - News release

If applicable, regular or ad-hoc press releases linked to the data at national level.

Not applicable

9.2. Dissemination format - Publications

Data on residence permits is published in the annual report "Immigration ,Borders and Asylum" of the Portuguese Immigration and Borders Service, co-financed by the European Migration Network.

9.3. Dissemination format - online database

Presentation of the National online national database for Residence permits statistics data accessible to the public and the accessibility process

Not applicable.

9.3.1. Data tables - consultations

If available, number of consultations of data tables within residence permits statistical domain at national level, for a given time period displayed in a graph.

Not available

9.4. Dissemination format - microdata access

Not applicable.

9.5. Dissemination format - other

Not applicable

9.6. Documentation on methodology

Documentation on Residence permits statistical methodology available at national level.

Not applicable

9.7. Quality management - documentation

Presentation of the available data quality management - documentation at national level

Not applicable

9.7.1. Metadata completeness - rate

Not available.

9.7.2. Metadata - consultations

Not available.

10. Cost and Burden

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Not applicable.

11. Confidentiality

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11.1. Confidentiality - policy

Not applicable.

11.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

Not applicable.

12. Comment

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The following classification is used for data availability at Eurostat level:

The term "not applicable" related to the categories of permits which do not exist in national legislation/administrative procedures and therefore such statistics cannot be issued.
The term "not available" relates to categories of data that exist in the national legal/administrative system but cannot be delivered under Residence permits statistics data collection for various reasons (e.g. data cannot exist, data exist but are not collected, data are unreliable, etc.).

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Annexes

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