Sign up at the job centre
If you are searching for a job, sign up at the Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional (IEFP) (Employment and Professional Training Institute).
Service channels
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Sign up now
You can register with the Digital Mobile Key, Citizen Card or direct Social Security access codes. See how to do it in this video
Free of charge
You can register at any time -
Sign up on the location Go to an employment service of the IEFP network
Free of charge
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Who can sign up at the job centre?
When can you sign up at the job centre?
You may sign up at any time.
Will you sign up to request an unemployment benefit?
If so, you have 90 days from the date you became unemployed to sign up.
What are the documents and requirements to sign up at the job centre?
Access data to the iefponline portal
You shall need one of the following authentication methods:
- the access codes of iefponline portal
- the access codes of Direct Social Security
- the citizen card, pin codes and card reader
- the Digital Mobile Key.
Identification documents
If you have Portuguese nationality
Bring with you one of the following valid identification documents:
- Citizen Card
- identification document + the Social Security card.
If you have nationality from a European Union country or from Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland
Bring with you one of the following valid identification documents:
- Citizen Card of your country of originthe passport.
If you have nationality from another country
Bring with you the valid documents which allows you to legally reside and work in Portugal.
Unemployment benefit documents (only if you are to request this benefit)
Consult the information on the unemployment benefit to know which documents you need to submit on the employment service.
What is the price to sign up at the job centre?
It is free of charge.
How sign up at the job centre?
Online
- Access the iefponline portal and press “Log in”.
If you are already signed up on the portal, use your access data.
If you are not signed up on the portal, sign up or use one of the following authentication methods:
- the access codes of Direct Social Security
- the Citizen Card, pin codes and card reader
- the Digital Mobile Key.
- Choose the option “User Sign Up” and fill the job application fields.
Are you signing up to request an unemployment benefit?
After you sign up online, you shall be contacted by IEFP (through letter, email or by phone) to submit, in person, on an employment service, the necessary documents to request the benefit. If you are entitled to receive the benefit, the starting payment date shall correspond to the date in which you signed up online.
On the location
Go to an employment service of the IEFP network or to a Citizen spot that offer the service.