Dear Sirs/Madams, In accordance with the provisions of article 45 of the Tax Benefits Statute (EBF), the buildings or units located in urban rehabilitation areas or completed more than 30 years ago benefit from the incentives set forth for in this rule – namely the Municipal Real Estate Transfer Tax (“IMT”) exemption – provided that, …
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Dear Sirs/Madams, Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF), the governmental entity in charge of the Golden Visa process, issued a statement today, in their social media, informing all interested parties that the policy for the schedule of biometrics for Golden Visa applicants was subject to a change. It was announced that, as a means to …
Dear Sirs/Madams, Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF), the governmental entity in charge of the Golden Visa process, issued a statement today, in their social media, informing it will be implemented, from January 8th, a pilot project of appointments without prior scheduling in Coimbra, through the delivery of 30 tickets for residence permits applicants (concession, …
HOW CAN I APPLY TO THE NHR? In order to apply you need to: 1. transfer your tax residency to Portugal. That can happen if: a) you declare you want to be a tax resident and you have a Portuguese address (either by purchasing a property or by lease), OR b) you stay for more …
After consecutive renovations of the State of Emergency since November 9 th, Portugal will move to a State of Calamity legal framework and the Government anticipated the last phase of the lockdown easing plan for Saturday, 1st of May.The new rules to face the Covid 19 pandemic will be applied in the majority of the …
The Portuguese Government has determined the replacement of SEF (Foreigners and Border’s Service), which will henceforth have a new denomination: SEA (Foreigners and Asylum’s Service). The Government’s Resolution has been published on Wednesday, April 14. This decision does not have immediate effect, until the publication of a Decree-Law. Nevertheless, this new structure will not affect …
SEF has a new denomination: SEA (Foreigners and Asylum’s Service) Read More »
Although the emergency state has been extended until the end of April, SEF has issued a note in regards to the appointments: “Citizens who have an appointment from April 19th will be able to do so. All others who have seen their appointments canceled, due to the suspension of public services, during the last few …
The Portuguese Taxpayer Number (NIF) is an identification number exclusively designed for fiscal and customs’ purposes. Investors who want to obtain a Portuguese Golden Visa, will always need to apply for NIF. It will be needed right on the beginning of the process, no one will be able to open a bank account without it. …
Portuguese Taxpayer Number (NIF) – What is it and what are its implications Read More »
Given the international public health emergency caused by COVID 19, the Portuguese Government has recently published a new regulation extending, once more, the validity of civil documents. In this regard, we want to emphasize the following: Residence permit cards whose validity expired on or after February 24th, 2020 must be accepted for all legal purposes …
There will be no changes on the regulations related to the Golden Visa category in Portugal regarding the €350k real estate rehabilitation into hospitality projects in Porto and Lisbon, and the €280k real estate rehabilitation into hospitality projects in the non urban areas. The rest of most of golden Visa categories, either the investment amounts …