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Residence Visa: Valid Period?

7 years ago
Every visa I've been given by an embassy or consulate had either Valid From and Valid To dates. That's the visa's Valid Period. You can't use it before or after.

The visas also had 'Days', the number of days allowed in country. All my entry stamps say 'admitted until' a date that is the number of the Days value past the date of entry.

The Portuguese visa site, http://www.secomunidades.pt/vistos/index.php?lang=en , states "A residence visa is usually valid for 2 entries and 4 months" and "Allows the stay for a 4 month period in order to lodge residence." Ok, Days = 4 months. What is the valid period?

I found an image of a Portuguese Schengen visa. It has an Issue date, a From date 3 weeks after the issue date, an Until date 45 days after the From date, and Days = 30. That means you can enter any time during those 45 days, then leave no more than 30 days later.

Anybody have a Residence Visa handy and can report if it has the same 3 types of dates and a Days value? How many days after date of issue does the valid period begin? How many days long is the valid period? Or just post the dates and I'll do the arithmetic.

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