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Informal Caregiver Status – Amendments

Updated : 29/12/2025

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As part of the administrative reform, a series of amendments were published on 24 December under: ESPAP, GERAP, ANCP, SGeral, CCDR, AII (FCT and ANI) within the Government, the Services of the Assembly of the Republic and the General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic.

The diplomas were:

  • Amends the support allowance for the primary informal caregiver by integrating it into the family protection subsystem in the context of possible dependency charges and not into the solidarity subsystem, which amends the legal regime establishing the Informal Caregiver Statute and its regulations;

  • Updates the amount of the guaranteed minimum monthly wage to €920 as of 1 January 2026;

  • It determines the normal age of access to old-age pension in 2027 at 66 years and 11 months.

See the documents below:

Decree-Law No 138/2025 of 29 December 2025 (Informal Caregiver Statute);

Ministerial Implementing Order No 476/2025/1 of 29 December (Retirement age);

Decree-Law No 139/2025 of 29 December 2025 (minimum monthly remuneration).