Most visa advisers stop where the immigration forms end. We start earlier: with the company, the investment or the employment structure your residency will stand on. One engagement covers both, handled by Portuguese counsel from the first document to the residence permit.
Which route fits depends on what you are bringing to Portugal: capital, a group posting, a senior role, independent means, a business or remote income. Visa and residency matters start from €3,500, and every fee is confirmed in writing before you commit.
Since the end of the real estate route, the Portuguese Golden Visa runs mainly through regulated investment funds: a minimum of €500,000 in qualifying funds, with at least 60% invested in Portuguese companies. Alternative routes include €500,000 into scientific research, €250,000 into cultural heritage projects, or qualifying job-creating investment.
The investment leg is legal work before it is immigration work: fund due diligence and subscription documents, source-of-funds files, KYC, and the holding structure through which you invest. We handle both legs, the investment and the residency file, under one engagement.
Fixed fee, quoted in full after scoping, covering the investment and residency legs together.
For managers, specialists and trainee employees moved by a non-EU group into its Portuguese company or branch. The permit rests on the group relationship and on prior employment within the group, and is designed for postings rather than permanent hires.
The corporate side usually comes first: the Portuguese entity that will host the transferee, the assignment letter and the intra-group arrangements that support it. We set up or review that structure and run the permit file on the same timeline.
Fixed fee, quoted in full after scoping. Group postings of several employees are quoted as one engagement.
Two routes for executives and specialists hired by a Portuguese employer. The highly qualified activity visa covers roles that require higher education or specialist qualifications, on the basis of an employment contract, a promise of contract or a services agreement.
The EU Blue Card adds a salary threshold and a contract of at least six months, and in return gives faster family reunification and mobility within the EU. Which of the two fits depends on the role, the salary and your plans beyond Portugal. We assess that with the employer before anything is filed.
From €3,500 for the main applicant, plus €1,500 per accompanying family member. Fees exclude VAT and government charges, and are confirmed in writing before you commit.
For people who can support themselves in Portugal from income earned elsewhere: pensions, rental income, dividends, interest or intellectual property. The benchmark is the Portuguese minimum wage, €920 per month in 2026 for a single applicant, with increments for a spouse and children.
The legal work is in how the income is evidenced and held. Investment portfolios, holding companies and trusts all need to be presented in a way a consulate recognises as stable and available in Portugal, and the tax position on arrival should be settled before the move, not after.
From €3,500 for the main applicant, plus €1,500 per accompanying family member. Fees exclude VAT and government charges, and are confirmed in writing before you commit.
The D2 is the natural route for founders who are incorporating in Portugal. It rests on a real business: a Portuguese company, a credible business plan and the means to support yourself while you build it.
This is where doing the company and the visa in the same engagement pays off. Your incorporation, share capital, business plan and visa file are built as one coherent case rather than assembled from separate advisers who never speak to each other.
From €3,500 for the main applicant, company formation included, plus €1,500 per accompanying family member. Fees exclude VAT and government charges, and are confirmed in writing before you commit.
For founders of innovative, scalable startups, built on a partnership with a certified Portuguese incubator. The bar is the project itself: innovation, scalability and the potential to create qualified employment in Portugal.
We prepare the corporate side, the incorporation, cap table and founder agreements, and run the incubator application and residency filings so the timeline holds together.
Fixed fee, quoted in full after scoping.
For remote employees and freelancers earning from outside Portugal. The current threshold is remote income of at least four times the Portuguese minimum wage, €3,680 per month for a single applicant, plus savings of around €11,040.
Where the D8 gets interesting is the structure behind it: many applicants are better served invoicing through their own company, and some discover mid-process that what they actually want is the D2. We assess both before you file, not after.
From €3,500 for the main applicant, plus €1,500 per accompanying family member. Fees exclude VAT and government charges, and are confirmed in writing before you commit.
A note on citizenship timelines. Portugal reformed its nationality law in 2026. Permanent residence remains available after 5 years of legal residence, but naturalisation now generally requires 7 to 10 years depending on your nationality. Anyone promising you "citizenship in 5 years" is quoting the old law. We advise on the rules as they stand, applied to your case.
We confirm which route fits, what it requires and the fixed fee, in writing. Where the route itself is the open question, an advisory session answers it first.
Company formation, investment structuring, source-of-funds files and legal documentation, handled directly as Portuguese counsel.
Visa and residence permit applications prepared and filed by us, under the same engagement, so you have one point of contact throughout.
Capital, a business, a senior role or independent means. We confirm the route and the fee before any work begins.
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