Obter o número de utente do Serviço Nacional de Saúde (SNS) - National Health Service user number
You will need the National Health Service number everywhere you come into contact with doctors - dentists, hospitals or when you apply for a Portuguese driver's license, you need a medical certificate, which the doctor will not issue without SNS.
The number is requested at the relevant "Centro de Saúde" (health center) in your city. There they will give you documents with information, which you must send electronically to the relevant e-mail.
Processing of SNS takes several days, due to the high number of applications. The number is applied for electronically and is not issued on hold.
It is necessary to document:
- copy of the ID card
- copy of the NIF
- copy of the NISS
- copy of the certificate that you are a resident of Portugal