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Process Overview
These are the different steps you should expect along the process:
- 1.Submit all the required information and documents during your application
- 2.Sign a Power of Attorney with a local lawyer
- 3.Receive Portuguese tax ID (NIF)
- 4.This will get you ready to open a bank account and buy/rent real estate
- 5.Get health insurance (although Portugal has one of the best healthcare systems in the world).
- 6.If needed, go to a Portuguese embassy/consulate to get your visa and then to the SEF once in Portugal
- 7.Go to your local City Hall to receive your Residency Certificate. Upload it to Baseflow
- 8.Get registred on the Portuguese tax authority's website
- 9.Get your tax residency address changed to Portugal
- 10.Receive the status of Portuguese resident 🎉
- 11.Receive NHR status (before your first tax filings) for the special tax benefits