Work permit for Non EU citizens in Portugal

Hi Seri,
Hope you are doing well. According to the information that you have provided, mostly the companies do not offer you the job contract easily if you are not an EU citizen. Just by chance if they are providing you with the contract then its up to you to apply for the work permit visa from the Portuguese Embassy in your country. Otherwise, its easier to get a job once you are here on a tourist visa and make all your relevant papers legally , that includes Segurança Social (social security number ) and NIF ( Finance number) both of these require job contract. Then once after 6 months of paid taxes you can apply for your temporary residency in Portugal.

I hope this helps you in anyway plus you can have a look on the Portuguse immigration website  http://www.sef.pt

Best regards,
Ahzan

I was interested to read azzmalik's description about how to obtain residency.  This just goes to show that everyone's experience is completely different.  As a North American, the procedure described has not been my experience, nor that of anyone I know.   I have not found that it is necessary to have a job contract in order to get an NIF.   And in my experience, paying taxes is not related to obtaining residency.  The best advice to is check with the Portuguese embassy in your country and with SEF, and get the facts straight from the horse's mouth  :-)

Hi Seri,

I am currently in a similar position as you were. I applied for a job in Portugal but i am currently living in Hungary, the company seemed cery interested at first but then disqualified my application just as yours, saying that they do not wish to apply for the work permit for me.

I would like to know if you got any further information on the process to obtain the work permit or at least facilitate it by yourself.

Kind regards

Hey Malik! Im here in Lisbon on schenegen visa. N im looking fir a job contract..i have to do..can u help me..

Hey Everyone,

This is a very interesting discussion. My partner and I are Australians who are also currently trying to figure out how to get working visas for Portugal. It is utterly confusing! The websites I have looked at (including Portuguese visa, tourism ones) give some concrete ideas, but then contradict each other or direct us to our local embassy. The problem there is that we have one consulate-general in Sydney that only gives advice in person by appointment.

Ahzan's (Azzmalik) comment about getting a tourist visa and then getting a job seems interesting. Is this actually a viable way / easiest way to get a work visa for Portugal for non-EU citizens?

Any concrete advice would be so helpful!

Thanks everyone,
Liam