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My 2-entry D visa is valid for 4 month

I have a SEF appt for residence permit 2 months after the visa starts.

After the SEF appointment, I plan to leave Schengen area and come back to Portugal on the week my D visa expires.

Time spent in Schengen area in last 180 days as of last week of the visa: Less than 2 months.

  1. Can I enter Portugal on the last week of my D visa?

  2. Can I transit through other Schengen states on my way to Portugal? e.g -> CH -> PT

  3. Can I enter other Schengen states on my way to Portugal? e.g -> CH (two separate tickets) -> PT

My passport isn't liked by EU and doesn't have visa free access to Schengen area. So I'm a bit worried.

While entering, I will have a Portuguese paper document about my PT residency given by SEF, but I won't have a residence card. I'm not sure if other Schengen states can read/accept this paper

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You should be fine. You are entering within the validity of your visa, and can do so anywhere in the Schengen area:

Can I visit other Schengen countries on a long-term Schengen visa or residency permit?

As far as your residence permit application, just show the paper to the border guard at your port of entry into the Schengen area. They will likely not need it but have it with you. They will also be able to see in their system (SIS or VIS) that you have a pending residence permit application. Out of sheer curiosity I requested the information in those systems from my current country of residence and found both the issued residence permit info and the residence permit application. See below, "aufenthaltstitel anfrage" = residence permit application.

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