Official letter from the PVDE to the MNE communicating the imprisonment of 3 Polish subjects whose passports had visas issued by the Portuguese Consul in Bordeaux against all Instructions issued: “the repetition of these facts, which shows non-compliance with orders received, places the police in a difficult position as regards solving these cases as these individuals were not authorized to enter Portugal and will not be able to leave here as the other countries will not issue them with visas. We have drawn the attention of the Ministry several times concerning the behaviour of this Consul, who has issued visas in passports more than once without receiving the prior authorization of the Ministry and sometimes issues them without receiving a reply to requests previously made”.
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Germany invades Holland and advances on the West
28 May 1940
Official letter from the PVDE to the MNE on the entry into Portugal of 17 Belgian subjects with visas issued by the Portuguese Consul in Bordeaux without the necessary authorizations.
(AHD – Disciplinary Proceedings against Aristides de Sousa Mendes)
24 May 1940
Circular nº 12 from the Directorate General of Economic and Consular Affairs containing instructions for the issue of visas in passports, in order to avoid granting residence permits and to avoid transit visas being transformed into resident permits.
(AHD – Consular Administration Department, R.C. – 779)
17 May 1940
Telegraphic circular nº 17 from the MNE to the diplomatic missions containing instructions about issuing visas in passports, communicating that Consulates “may not in any case grant visas in passports without the prior authorization” of the MNE.