# 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 --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://help.baseflow.io/portugal/process-overview.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.