roz66
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Shipping Household Goods by Fear7474
Hi si we are Brexit (withdrawal agreement) Residency Car Holders not yet tax resident in Portugal. But will be this year. So we did ship stuff over in 2016 no issues with tax duties on any goods. So now we will move petmanently due to retirement and ...
HiI assume you are shipping from UK? If yes, you can get a baggem cert from the Portugeuse UK embassy which allows you to ship free of duty all your goods if are personal and are owned by you for more than either 6 or 12 months, I dont recall the ... Read More
Certificate of authenticity of the driving licence - UK by neale_p
Hi All,I am going to exchange my UK driving licence for a PT one as I am approaching the 2 year residency mark. I see from the IMT website that I need to provide a 'Certificate of authenticity of the driving licence'. I have gone to the DVLA site ...
@neale_pHiI exchanged my UK driving licence recently and tried that approach with IMT. They rejected my application insisting that I provided a validated record. This meant that I had to telephone the DVLA, wait a while to get through, and requeste ... Read More
Cost of living in Portugal in 2024 by Cheryl
Hello everyone, As every year, we invite you to share your experience regarding the cost of living in Portugal, and if possible, in the specific region or city where you live. This will help members who are planning to relocate in ...
To addPhone and internet monthly○100RegardsRoz Read More
Cost of living in Portugal in 2024 by Cheryl
Hello everyone, As every year, we invite you to share your experience regarding the cost of living in Portugal, and if possible, in the specific region or city where you live. This will help members who are planning to relocate in ...
Near caldas x 2 adults and one dogHouse purchase 2023. Villa, 3 bed 310 sq meters, large land area 2.5 acres purchase price euros 350,000.Monthly costs ( 2 persons + dog)○ Food , approx 350 - 400○ Eating out approx 200, about 25euros ... Read More
What is the weather really like in Portugal? by paperclap
Hi all,My partner and I are strongly considering moving to Portugal in the near or distant future. Perhaps inland, as it's cheaper and more rural.Portugal has a reputation of "300 sunshine days per year". Is this true? Is this countrywide? Or is ...
HelloThis is my first winter in Portugal and do my experience of winter months is limited. We live in central Portugal about 25kms from the sea so this geogrsphical position does affect our climate. Like Donn25 has stated I can confirm we had and ... Read More
Obtaining a Portuguese driving licence after becoming a resident by gra2513
I became a resident in Portugal on 4th November 2022. How long do I have to change my UK licence to a Portuguese licence?The Govt website says 2 year but the IMT website says 90 days.Which is it if you know for sure please.
Thanks everyone! "Fazer figas" (fingers crossed in both languages!) that this will occur.Regards Read More
Obtaining a Portuguese driving licence after becoming a resident by gra2513
I became a resident in Portugal on 4th November 2022. How long do I have to change my UK licence to a Portuguese licence?The Govt website says 2 year but the IMT website says 90 days.Which is it if you know for sure please.
No nothing!This is what I got below. I will keep checking postbox.....Thanks again, as always!RozOn Thu, 8 Feb 2024, 10:38 Gestao IMT, <gestao.imt@imt-ip.pt> wrote:O seu pedido de troca de titulo de condução estrangeiro com o ... Read More
Obtaining a Portuguese driving licence after becoming a resident by gra2513
I became a resident in Portugal on 4th November 2022. How long do I have to change my UK licence to a Portuguese licence?The Govt website says 2 year but the IMT website says 90 days.Which is it if you know for sure please.
HelloI am hoping someone can assist. I have gone through the process, successfully, to exchange my UK driving licence for a Portugeuse one and received an email from IMT that my new licence has issued. My query is how do I receive this? Will it ... Read More
Utilities Assistance- reasonable charge by rogerpart
Hello,We are in the process of purchasing a property in Caldas da Rainha area. Before placing an offer we were told by the seller's realtor (Portugal Property) they would assist us with this, and we have read stories realtors usually do this as part ...
We purchased in Caldas last year and our lawyer arranged all the utilities for us. We paid him a fixed fee 1% of the purchase price for everything. I think it is difficult to sort this out by yourself though. Why not enquire of your lawyer first ... Read More
Drivers license exchange timeline by sponger
For those who succesfully exchanged their foreign drivers licenses for a Portguese licence, I'm curious how long it took for you to recieve your new PT license? And in which IMT office?i moved to Lisbon in January '22 and had my appointment at IMT ...
You can book your apt, date and time abd venue through SIGA though you may still have to wait in a queue. My bookef time was 11:40 which was close to lunchtime so not ideal as I then had an hour wait.Roz Read More
Is it still possible to get NHR even if not able to move this year? by GuestPoster25012
We live in Ireland and we have not yet applied for any Portugal residence visaWe will also not be able to travel to Portugal before the end of this yearWe have more or less abandoned our plan to move to Portugal as getting the NHR was an important ...
@elaranarI reread your early post apologise that I missed an important point that you are a UK citizen. That fact does permit your child to obtain Irish citizenship HOWEVER it does not alter your obligations to apply in Portugal under Art 15 to the ... Read More
Is it still possible to get NHR even if not able to move this year? by GuestPoster25012
We live in Ireland and we have not yet applied for any Portugal residence visaWe will also not be able to travel to Portugal before the end of this yearWe have more or less abandoned our plan to move to Portugal as getting the NHR was an important ...
@elarnarI know that case and it centred on a Chinese National who gave birth to a child in Northern Ireland before Dec 2004 and thus received Irish Citizenship by default. Since that date Ireland has altered its legislation to NOT confer automatic ... Read More
Is it still possible to get NHR even if not able to move this year? by GuestPoster25012
We live in Ireland and we have not yet applied for any Portugal residence visaWe will also not be able to travel to Portugal before the end of this yearWe have more or less abandoned our plan to move to Portugal as getting the NHR was an important ...
@elarnarTo add to my previous comment to avoid any misunderstanding. Your child has free movement rights in the EU but only if he/she is capable of exercising them by that I mean as a student taking up an offer of a school place or they are of ... Read More
Is it still possible to get NHR even if not able to move this year? by GuestPoster25012
We live in Ireland and we have not yet applied for any Portugal residence visaWe will also not be able to travel to Portugal before the end of this yearWe have more or less abandoned our plan to move to Portugal as getting the NHR was an important ...
Hi,@elarnar i note you say you have lived in two EU nations as the parent of an EU dependent child while you yourself are not an EU citizen. A European Court in 2017 in the case of Chaves affirmed the right of a non EU parent to live in the EU ... Read More
D6 visa (Family Reunification Visa) by Tamiii
My husband and I are both foreigners and would like to have our child in Portugal after staying for more than a year and let our child have Portuguese citizenship.My husband has a job that requires him to relocate abroad frequently, so this move to ...
Hi, This sounds like a complex topic. Perhaps getting legal immigration advice ftom a Portugeuse lawyer would be best as it seems you will be making dome serious decisions based on the response Best wishesRoz Read More
Driving UK to Portugal, how do you prove you arrived in Portugal ? by nimrod_1976
Hi, I am going to bring some of my personal items to Portugal via the ferry into Spain and then drive down to Portugal and then someone else will drive the van back to the UK and sell it.My question is the following as I will arrive in Spain and get ...
As far as I know only folks who live in the same local junta as you can attest to your residency so its friends from just anywhere in Portugal. regardsRozanother way to show entry to Portugal would be by keeeping via verde or toll receipts you get ... Read More
How to build a social circle from scratch in Portugal by JohnnyPT
Due to Covid19, many of these groups may have conditioned or temporarily suspended events. In many of them, you can see that the last event took place in March 2020. But now everything seems to be getting back to normal ;)In what concerns ...
@John Taylor38Hi John where are you from? We live about 20 mins by car outside Caldas in the direction of Rio Maior. I am Irish snd my husband is British. We have been here since the Summer but dont know many folks either.Best wishesRoz Read More
I'm confused about property taxes in Portugal... by juliet1980
I'm confused about property taxes in Portugal. I saw someone (I don't remember where but I think it was on youtube) claim that property taxes in Portugal are so much cheaper than in the UK. I am not familiar with property taxes in the UK but in the ...
Our house is on the financas portal at a value of 114,000 euros, and our annual Property Tax is 342 euros.Hope this helpsRoz Read More
Is residence before 31st December 2023 sufficient for NHR? by GuestPoster25012
There are more details today about the end of the NHR regimehttps://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=e68147c7-a787-44d5-9a06-7e0454bf011d They seem to be saying that a person who is resident or tax resident in Portugal at 31st December 2023 ...
I hope I can help here and give Johnny PT a small break. The issue with NHR is tax residency. You can only get this benefit if you are a tax resident but havent been a tax resident in the previous 5 years. To get tax residency you need to have ... Read More
Family reunif. SEF appointment + waiting time for a card after applied by MariaPort
I am relatively new to the “SEF situation” in Portugal. My husband is EU citizen and has his CRUE certificate, I am trying to apply as a non-EU spouse of EU citizen.We’ve been calling SEF for the last month and even managed to get ...
@MariaPortEvening!we too are in the same situation. I am Irish and I got my CRUE mid Sept. We now need to progress with SEF for my husband who is British. We have engaged with EI (an immigration specialist company) to help us but I think it will ... Read More
Getting NHR before it's too late by Tim_Y
I was planning to move to Lisbon in 15 months, but I now read the NHR is ending in 2024. There doesn't seem to be much information yet, but does anyone know if it's possible to "squeeze in" now? It doesn't seem like it's been passed through ...
HiI applied yesterday for my NHR and got my acceptance document today from the Portal, so that was quick!I have however read that anyone who qualifies need to apply and be accepted before 31 Dec 2023.Roz Read More
Getting NHR before it's too late by Tim_Y
I was planning to move to Lisbon in 15 months, but I now read the NHR is ending in 2024. There doesn't seem to be much information yet, but does anyone know if it's possible to "squeeze in" now? It doesn't seem like it's been passed through ...
Apologies, the screen posted too quickly! I was saying that I dont expect to have issues but will post an update on progress with my NHR applicationRoz Read More
Getting NHR before it's too late by Tim_Y
I was planning to move to Lisbon in 15 months, but I now read the NHR is ending in 2024. There doesn't seem to be much information yet, but does anyone know if it's possible to "squeeze in" now? It doesn't seem like it's been passed through ...
I just did my NHR application today. As the regime is still in place l dont e xp Read More
New members of the Portugal forum, introduce yourselves here - 2023 by Julien
Hi all, Newbie on the Portugal forum? Don't know how to start? This thread is for you ;) We invite you to introduce yourself on this topic, to share with us your expat story if you are already living in the country, or to tell us more on your ...
@4betterorworseHelloWe live in Bairradas which is about 25kms from Caldas. We have a dog too but he is a grown lab.Our house is situated on a fairly large plot about 2 hectares. I am retired having worked for UK govt. My husband's family were ... Read More
CRUE - What documents did you need at your Câmara? by dancart
Hi,Just wondering if people could list what documents they were required to present at their local Câmara?Did your Câmara require proof of how long you were in the country?Is there any Câmara that will accept an Airbnb ...
@dancartHiI have just obtained my CRUE from Caldas da Rainha Camara. They were super helpful. This is what I needed1. Passport size photo2. Atestado da Residencia- you get this first from your local Junta. We had bought a house so the house deeds ... Read More
English Speaking Accountant in Caldas da Rainha? by maxwmitchell1997
Can anyone recommend a good English-speaking Accountant in Caldas da Rainha?
Hi This is something we also need to source. Therefore, if you get a recommendation that you are happy with could you share it with me privately? I dont think the forum permits sharing emails openly.Many thanksRoz Read More
SEF APPOINTMENT by michaeleb
I have a question regarding the SEF appointment. If the appointment is for the purpose of confirming financial record documents, health insurance documents, proof of income documents, NIF registration, and residency location documents, what is the ...
You don’t do that through SEF as an EU citizen. You simply register your presence and EU status at your local Câmara. I am about to do that myself. Good luckRoz Read More
Retirement and permanent residency by Guestposter155
We are looking to retire next year and after going through all of the necessary requirements it states on one website that in order to get permanent residency after the five years we will have to pass a language test.We are in our late sixties ...
I am 65 and have been learning portugeuse for the past 18 months. I wont lie and tell you that it is a very easy language. However I can now watch a telenovela and with the help of portugeuse subtitles I can follow the story. I can also write and ... Read More
EU citizen registration certificate and NIF by Yoyagi
Hi there!I am an EU citizen who will move to Portugal with my family. I will make my NIF and then get my registration certificate. Afterwards I'll set up a family reunion process for my family. My wife and son need a NIF number also. I am then ...
I do know that unfortunately! Which is why Art 15 is necessary. If my husband was an EU citizen we could both get a CRUE. Applying for Art 15 status for him can occur once I get my CRUE. The point is it is NOT a family reunification process.I hope ... Read More
EU citizen registration certificate and NIF by Yoyagi
Hi there!I am an EU citizen who will move to Portugal with my family. I will make my NIF and then get my registration certificate. Afterwards I'll set up a family reunion process for my family. My wife and son need a NIF number also. I am then ...
I am an EU citizen, I am Irish but my husband is English. Once I get my CRUE I intend to apply through SEF under Art 15 which gives the right to spouses to be with their EU partners. It is not family reunification which I think only applies if you ... Read More
Reasons for leaving Portugal[B]OT by nz7521137
@roz66 I still wonder why you are writing in this thread? Did you read the topic? Don't you know how to open a new thread?
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Reasons for leaving Portugal
@max&lanaA big welcome to Caldas!***best wishesRoz Read More
Documents to be aware of when buying a Property in Portugal by JohnnyPT
Documents that you need to be aware of when buying a Property in Portugal. These documents should be made available to you by the owner/seller, before signing anything in any Real Estate Transaction / "Escritura de Compra-Venda no ...
Where are you buying? Our lawyer in situated in Caldas and speaks v good English. He has been helpful with our property purchase and I do trust him, he also seems quite knowledgeable. Overall we find him very open and direct. However he is a one man ... Read More
Reasons for leaving Portugal by nz7521137
At the moment there is a huge hype about moving to Portugal and many people from around the world are making a more permanent move towards Portugal. Stories about these people are making the headlines or are published on YouTube and the like. ...
@boutdechou39 thanks! I am not very tech savvyAppreciate your helpRoz Read More
Reasons for leaving Portugal by nz7521137
At the moment there is a huge hype about moving to Portugal and many people from around the world are making a more permanent move towards Portugal. Stories about these people are making the headlines or are published on YouTube and the like. ...
How nice! What a lovely welcome and I would be delighted to do that. I don’t know how to exchange my email with you on this forum but would be very happy to do so if you knew how Roz Read More
Reasons for leaving Portugal by nz7521137
At the moment there is a huge hype about moving to Portugal and many people from around the world are making a more permanent move towards Portugal. Stories about these people are making the headlines or are published on YouTube and the like. ...
Thanks all!Still excited as we get our keys next week.My feelings about the thread was that it was like looking forward to Christmas but someone tells you Santa doesn’t exist!Big girl now though….Roz Read More
Reasons for leaving Portugal by nz7521137
At the moment there is a huge hype about moving to Portugal and many people from around the world are making a more permanent move towards Portugal. Stories about these people are making the headlines or are published on YouTube and the like. ...
Morning allThis topic is reading a little intense. As a new home owner in Portugal about to move in July to the Caldas area, I am excited but not naive about the challenge. We are both retired but I have been learning Portuguese for the past two ... Read More
Is a joint wife and husband D7 Application Form possible by basil3
Just seeking clarification. My wife and I are planning a move from US to Portugal next year on a long stay passive income category. The D7 application form has no provision for applying jointly. It appears that it can only have a single applicant. ...
Thanks!Roz Read More
Is a joint wife and husband D7 Application Form possible by basil3
Just seeking clarification. My wife and I are planning a move from US to Portugal next year on a long stay passive income category. The D7 application form has no provision for applying jointly. It appears that it can only have a single applicant. ...
Can you identify some Portuguese Health Insurance companies - would that for instance include companies like Cigna which are not specifically Portuguese and would that be acceptable? thanksRoz Read More
Good & bad experiences with real estate agencies/agents by JohnnyPT
Feel free to make your personal inputs here, alerting or giving suggestions to other people who are going at this moment to what you went through when looking for a house in Portugal :)
We have just bought our house in the Caldas da Rainha area. We had seen about 20 house between Mealhada and Moita Lisbon. All of these, while at various points on our budget line , were just not right and non of the agents we encountered took any ... Read More
New members of the Portugal forum, introduce yourselves here - 2023 by Julien
Hi all, Newbie on the Portugal forum? Don't know how to start? This thread is for you ;) We invite you to introduce yourself on this topic, to share with us your expat story if you are already living in the country, or to tell us more on your ...
@Julien Afternoon allMyself and my husband are moving to close to Caldas da Rainha in the Summer. We are retired folk and have just bought a house there. My first query concerns getting the Registration Certificate as an EU National. I don’t ... Read More
New members of the Portugal forum, introduce yourselves here - 2023 by Julien
Hi all, Newbie on the Portugal forum? Don't know how to start? This thread is for you ;) We invite you to introduce yourself on this topic, to share with us your expat story if you are already living in the country, or to tell us more on your ...
@Julien Good morningMyself and my husband are moving to Portugal outside Caldas da Rainha from June this year. We are completing on house in a few weeks. My interest is in understanding how we formalise our stay, I am an EU National and I know I ... Read More