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Which Visa Is Right for You?
Five questions. Two minutes. A personalised recommendation based on your situation, passive income, remote work, student, or other.
Take the quiz →What Will It Cost?
A realistic 12-month Portugal budget. Six quick questions about family, region, and lifestyle, then we email you the full breakdown.
Run the calculator →Your Document Checklist
The documents you actually need, in the order to gather them, and where to get each one. Four questions, tailored to your visa, nationality, and family.
Build my checklist →Read our stories
True stories from our move. The lawyer who declined us, the day we got our NIF, the school that said no. Honest, specific, from the inside.
Read the stories →Which Portugal Is Right for You?
Compare up to three regions side by side. Cost, schools, healthcare, weather, community. Honest, from a family who lived in three.
Compare regions →Guides
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Understanding the D7 Visa
Passive income requirements, the application process, what the approval timeline looks like, and the questions people ask us most.
Read the guide →Getting Your NIF in Portugal
What it is, why you need it before almost everything else, and how to get one, before and after you arrive.
Coming soonHow Healthcare Works When You Arrive
SNS registration, private insurance, finding a GP, and how the system actually treats you in the first year.
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Updates
Portugal immigration news
We monitor changes to Portuguese immigration law, AIMA announcements, and tax updates that affect expats. Updates coming soon.
Trusted Pros
The people who helped us
Warm introductions to professionals we have actually used in our move to Portugal. Lawyers, fiscal reps, doctors, schools. Elena connects you personally. See the directory and request an introduction →
First Year Stories
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The longer-form story of our first 12 months. What worked, what surprised us, what we got wrong. The newsletter goes out when this lands.