PORTUGAL – AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONALITY LAW
On January 5th, 2024, the Portuguese Parliament approved a law that introduces amendments to the “Nationality Law”, which governs the granting, acquisition, and loss of Portuguese nationality. Currently, the Portuguese legislation stipulated that citizenship could be granted through the process of naturalization, subject to the fulfilment of the following cumulative requirements: (1) Age of 18 years …. Read More
PORTUGAL – THE END OF THE GOLDEN VISA – RESIDENCE PERMIT FOR INVESTMENT ACTIVITY.
THE END OF THE GOLDEN VISA. On the 16th of February 2023, the Portuguese Prime Minister announced a package of measures addressing housing, which includes closing the Golden Visa regime. For the avoidance of doubt, the proposed changes refer only to the Golden Visa regime (which is a residence permit open to non EU nationals) …. Read More
Changes to the Portuguese Golden Visa!
The Portuguese Government has published on the 12th of February the so waited new rules regarding the residence permit by investment (Decree-Law no. 14/2021 of 12th February), more commonly known as the Portuguese Golden Visa. These new rules will only enter into force on the 1st of January 2022. This is good news, as investors …. Read More
D7 VISA – LIVING IN PORTUGAL.
It is not new to anyone that Portugal is considered one of the best destinations in Europe to live, either because of its warmer weather compared to other European countries, the possibilities of investment, better quality of life or its beautiful landscapes, Portugal has a relevant differential for those who want to relocate. If you …. Read More
PORTUGAL’S GOLDEN VISA CHANGES – 2021
Over the past year there has been much speculation on the proposed changes to the Portuguese Golden Visa (GV) program of which we have reported in our Blog. In February 2020 the State Budget Law for the year contained an authorization allowing the Government to amend the program. The authorization was finally used and the …. Read More