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Visa Information

Portugal is a member of the European Union and a member of the Schengen Area as well. Therefore, citizens of the European Union, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Romania and Switzerland need only an identity card to enter Portugal.

For visits of less than 90 days, a passport valid for at least three months after the end of their stay is necessary for visitors from Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Guatemala, Holy See, Honduras, Israel, Japan, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, San Marino, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, South Korea, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Special Administrative Regions of the People’s Republic of China in Hong Kong and Macao and Taiwan territorial Authority.

Citizens from countries not mentioned above need a visa to enter Portugal, which may be requested at the Portuguese Embassy or Consulate of their country for stays of up to 90 days.

Under the terms of the Convention Implementing the Schengen Agreement, flights between Schengen states are considered to be internal flights and passengers do not need to obtain another visa.


More details about the visa application procedure in Portugal can be found on the following websites:

Visa requests
Portuguese consulates
Portuguese Immigration Authority


Please note that the visa application procedure can take up to two months. Official invitation letters for visa application will be sent by ICUMT 2016 Conference Registration Secretariat upon request by filling and submitting the Invitation Letter Request Form.

Latest News

October 30, 2016: The ICUMT 2016 photos are available on the Official Facebook page of the congress.

October 10, 2016: The ICUMT 2016 Organizing committee is pleased to announce two Invited industrial talks which will be given by Dr. Alexey Anisimov and Dr. Henri Hodara. More details can be found in the Keynotes section.

October 4, 2016: Tentative technical program for the ICUMT 2016 congress and collocated workshops is available here

September 15, 2016: We are happy to announce that the Invited talk on Control Systems, Automation and Robotics will be delivered by Prof. Lucia Pallottino from University of Pisa. More details about the keynote „Challenges in Robotics to face the new era“ are available here.

August 25, 2016: Due to numerous requests, the ICUMT 2016 Organizing Committee decided to extend the deadlines for Final Paper Submission and Authors' Registration and Payment. Please check the Important dates section.

August 17, 2016: The ICUMT 2016 registration has been opened. Please use this link to register your paper and proceed with the payment.

August 16, 2016: The review process of the ICUMT 2016 papers (main tracks) is successfully finished. The ICUMT Organizing Committee is thankful to all reviewers for their careful evaluation. The notifications of paper acceptance/re­jection have been sent to authors via email. The paper status including the reviews can be found in the EDAS as well.

June 24, 2016: Due to numerous requests, the ICUMT 2016 Organizing Committee decided to extend the deadline for Regular Paper Submissions until July 5. It is final deadline, no additional extension will be provided.

June 9, 2016: The deadline for Regular Paper Submissions is extended until June 24.

June 3, 2016: We are happy to announce that the First Workshop on THz Communications (THZCOM 2016) will be part of the ICUMT 2016 Congress. More details can be found here.

May 6, 2016: The opening keynote Data Plane programmability: the next step in Software Defined Networking will be given by Giuseppe Bianchi – Full Professor at University of Roma Tor Vergata.

March 30, 2016: The deadline for the ICUMT 2016 workshop proposals was extended until April 30, 2016.

March 2, 2016: The ICUMT 2016 will include also practical tutorials. The first confirmed tutorial is „Candidate Multicarrier Waveforms for Future 5G Communication Systems“. The tutorial will be provided to ICUMT 2016 participants for free with the full registration fee. More details can be found here.

February 9, 2016: The technical co-sponsorship by IEEE Region 8 and IEEE Portugal Section has been fully approved.

February 1, 2016: The ICUMT 2015 Proceedings has been indexed by IEEE Xplore Online Database.

January 27, 2016: Please submit your papers in EDAS!

December 22, 2015: ICUMT 2016 websites launched!

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Proceedings will be submitted to:

Important dates

Deadline for Workshop Proposal: March 31, 2016 April 30, 2016 (hard deadline)

Deadline for Regular Paper Submission: June 10, 2016 July 5, 2016

Notification of Paper Acceptance: August 12, 2016 August 16, 2016

Final Paper Submission: August 26, 2016 September 5, 2016

Authors' Early Registration and Payment: August 26, 2016 September 10, 2016

Authors' Late Registration and Payment: September 9, 2016 September 20, 2016