May 18, 2022 After several decisions in different paths regarding the possibility of Local Accommodation Activities in habitational buildings, on March 22, 2022, the Portuguese Supreme Court of Justice, in a Uniform Judgement of Jurisprudence, decided that in the horizontal property regime in residential buildings – which stands for any apartment building or complex, the …
May 17, 2022 The Portuguese residency by investment, also known as the ARI Program, or Portuguese Golden Visa Program, has been the one of the most successful residency programs by investment in all Europe. Since it started back in 2012, the program has evolved signification not only increasing the number of investing options available for …
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April 22, 2022 The Portuguese government has just announced that the restructuring of SEF, scheduled for May 12, 2022, will be postponed, until a date to be announced on a later stage. The government believes that the necessary conditions for a dignified transition are not met and declared that it will work on a …
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March, 18 2022 The regulation regarding the changes introduced to the Portuguese Nationality Law was published. The Portuguese Government had finally updated the regulation, regarding the updated made to the national law in November 2020. For almost two years, processes have been waiting for the regulations to be updated in order to the changes approved …
Dear Sirs/Madams, Portuguese Inheritance Tax Historically, inheritance and gifts were subject to Inheritance and Gift Tax — “Imposto sobre Sucessões e Doações”. However, as a result of a tax reform, effective from 1st January 2004 onwards, the Inheritance and Gift Tax was revoked, and inheritance and gifts became subject to Stamp Tax (ST) — “Imposto …
Due to the mass influx of displaced persons from Ukraine, the Council of Ministers of Portugal, as of March 1st, 2022, granted facilitated protection treatment to Ukrainian citizens residing in Ukraine as well as to their family members. Regarding the measure itself, kindly find below the relevant details: This measure consists in the attribution of …
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February 27, 2022 Dear Sirs/Madams, IAS has been monitoring, on behalf of its investors, the recent news regarding any potential impact, of the current situation in Europe, on the concession residence permit for investment program. In that context, we would like to report that yesterday the Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs stated that SEF would suspend …
IAS ANNOUNCEMENT – SUSPENSION OF THE ANALYSIS OF APPLICATIONS OF RUSSIAN CITIZENS Read More »
February 27, 2022 Dear Sirs/Madams, Following the recent media coverage regarding the draft legislative initiative and report on Golden Visa Programs, IAS would like to inform its investors that the draft is an initiative by a single MEP, the Dutch liberal Sophia in ‘t Veld and is still in an early stage. It. Furthermore, the …
Dear Sirs/Madams, The Portuguese Government has recently published the Decree-Law No. 23-A/2022, from February 18th, extending, once more, the validity of the official documents, namely visas, concerning the entry and permanence in Portuguese territory. Under the above-mentioned legislation the residence permit cards whose validity expired on or after February 24th, 2020 shall be valid, for …
Dear Sirs/Madams, The SEF portal has been down for a few weeks now. As you may be aware, the Portuguese government was unable to approve the state budget for 2022 and therefore the country held general elections to elect a new government, on January 31st. Since the state budget was not approved and some of …