A Visa that allows citizens from outside the European Union and the European Economic Area to live and work abroad from Portugal.
Many changes occurred with the COVID-19 pandemic and one of them was the change in the workplace, as many companies had to implement full-time remote work. Therefore, the digital nomad lifestyle is already a reality that is experiencing great growth.
Portugal is one of the European countries where you can have a Visa created especially for remote foreign workers. You can, therefore, work remotely for a certain period in our country, during which time you can leave and enter Portugal whenever necessary.
Is it possible to work for your company abroad, but at the same time live temporarily legally in Portugal? Yes.
As? With a Digital Nomad Visa.
Why the digital nomad visa?
The Portuguese government recently changed the law and created this Visa that allows citizens from outside the European Union and the European Economic Area to live and work abroad from Portugal.
For a temporary stay of one year – note that a tourist visa is for 90 days – you can travel to Portugal multiple times, without entry or exit restrictions.
Choose Portugal?
The Digital Nomad Visa enshrined in article 61.º B of Law no. 23/2007, of July 4th, (ENTRY, STAY, DEPARTURE AND REMOVAL OF FOREIGNERS FROM NATIONAL TERRITORY) provides the following: “It is granted to subordinate workers and independent professionals residence visa to carry out professional activity provided, remotely, to natural or legal persons with domicile or headquarters outside the national territory, and the employment relationship or the provision of services must be demonstrated, as the case may be”.
In addition to the requirements common to all types of Visas and other information that you will need to take into account, the following requirements must be met:
- Employment contract or service provision contract;
- Proof of accommodation conditions;
- The means of subsistence must be at least equivalent to four times the national minimum wage, which is currently set at 820 euros, that is, in the amount of 3,280 euros.
- Document proving tax residence.
Why this investment by the Portuguese Government? Portugal was elected in 2020 as the best place in the world to live during the pandemic. The sun, the beach, the natural beauty, the good weather conditions, access to the European Union, the lower cost of living and a good internet connection are some examples of the many advantages that our country has to offer.
Portugal has been cited in several media outlets as attractive for remote workers. According to the “Nomad List” platform, Portugal has five cities in the top 20 of the best in the world for working remotely: Lisbon is in 1st place, Madeira in 5th place, Porto in 11th place, Portimão in 15th place and Lagos in 16th place .
In addition to coworking spaces, the real estate market in Portugal is prepared for digital nomad workers and offers coliving spaces, with private rooms and common work and leisure spaces, which can be rented for short periods.
The remote worker can choose from rooms that exist within private residences intended for university students, to hotels that already have programs aimed at these professionals or villages created especially to integrate them with the local community, thus allowing cultural exchange, villages that we can find in Lisbon, Ericeira or Azores for example.
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