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Move to Portugal

From choosing the right visa to surviving AIMA and getting your taxes right — the complete, up-to-date playbook for relocating to Portugal. Independent, plainly written, and verified against the latest 2025–2026 rule changes.

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Bureaucracy

Living here · Bureaucracy

AIMA Appointments & Portugal's Residency Backlog: How to Navigate It (2026)

Update pending. Read the warning before relying on this guide.

11 min read · Update pending

Moving · Bureaucracy

How to Get a NIF in Portugal (2026): Step-by-Step

A practical 2026 guide to getting a Portuguese NIF: in person at Finanças vs remotely, when you need a fiscal representative, documents, costs and timelines.

10 min read · Review due

Visas & Residency

Moving · Visas & Residency

Portugal D7 Visa (Retirement / Passive-Income Visa): 2026 Guide

How Portugal's D7 visa — often called the retirement visa — works in 2026: income guidelines, documents, the step-by-step process, the absence rule, and the two separate routes to permanent residence and citizenship.

9 min read · Review due

Moving · Visas & Residency

Digital Nomad Visa Portugal (D8): 2026 Requirements & How to Apply

The digital nomad visa Portugal offers in 2026 (D8): temporary-stay vs residency options, the statutory four-times-minimum-wage income rule, documents, tax residence, IFICI and how to apply.

11 min read · Review due

Moving · Visas & Residency

Portugal Golden Visa in 2026: Routes, Costs & Is It Still Worth It?

Portugal Golden Visa requirements in 2026 after the real-estate route closed: the exact investment minima and their conditions, the seven-and-fourteen-day stay rule, who may apply, and the separate routes to permanent residence and citizenship.

11 min read · Review due