Guides & articles
NIF and NISS, bank accounts, taxes, AIMA, visas and moving to Portugal: practical guides for foreigners.
Taxes
Check, register and classify e-Fatura invoice records in Portugal: where to look, what pending records mean, what to do with missing invoices and how this fits into the IRS calendar.
Business
A current, source-backed guide to choosing and issuing a fatura, recibo or fatura-recibo, checking VAT and IRS fields, and correcting mistakes.
Documents & IDs
See an older example of a Portuguese NISS assignment letter, learn what the proof confirms, how to obtain yours, and which records it does not replace.
Visas & residency
SEF was replaced by AIMA in October 2023. There is no single booking route: the official channel depends on your case — visa-issued appointment, online renewal portal, e-mail notification, or contact form.
Taxes
An archived explanation of the exceptional IFICI calendar for 2024 tax residents, including the March, April and May 2025 procedural deadlines.
Taxes
A dated account of how Portugal’s 2023 NHR announcement became Lei n.º 82/2023, closing ordinary entry to the regime from 1 January 2024.
Taxes
NHR was revoked from 1 January 2024 by the 2024 State Budget Law. Existing beneficiaries keep their 10 years; late transitional applications are narrow; the replacement IFICI covers specific qualified activities only.
Taxes
A focused guide to Portugal’s NHR transitional groups, their 2023–2024 cut-off dates and the limited effect of a late application by a qualifying 2024 resident.
Banking
Compare direct and assisted routes to opening a Portuguese bank account online, with ActivoBank and novobanco examples, eligibility checks and client steps.
Banking
Prepare documents, compare Portuguese bank accounts and fees, and understand the opening steps, with official sources and account-specific checks.
Banking
Prepare to open a personal bank account in Portugal before moving: foreign-address checks, tax identification, documents and bank-specific opening routes.
Visas & residency
Compare the main routes to Portuguese citizenship, see what changed in 2026, and learn why documents, fees and filing methods vary by case.
Business
Learn how to start a business in Portugal as a company or self-employed worker: choose a route, prepare the required details, register, and complete the relevant tax and social-security steps.
