One relationship guides your move to Portugal.

Guidance for the D7 (passive income), D8 (digital nomad) and D2 (entrepreneur) visas, and for family reunification. Each case is reviewed individually before a route is proposed.

No. Many clients move here by renting first. Urbanis supports both renting and buying, depending on your goals.

No. Urbanis handles the move as one coordinated team: visas and immigration, home search or purchase, legal support, interior design and property management. You have a single point of contact throughout, instead of separate conversations with a lawyer, an estate agent, a furniture supplier and a property manager.

No. You can sign in person or through a power of attorney, so someone you trust, often your lawyer, signs on your behalf. It must take the same form as the purchase itself (source: Civil Code, art. 262). A power of attorney issued abroad usually needs an apostille, or consular legalization in the few countries outside the Hague Convention (source: HCCH), plus a certified Portuguese translation. Urbanis prepares this for every client, wherever you are moving from.

Yes. Most of the groundwork (visa guidance, NIF, bank account and home search) starts remotely, before you land.

Your team stays available for everyday settling-in support: schooling, healthcare, utilities and ongoing questions.

Scope depends on what you need, from a single service to full coordination. Share your situation, and Urbanis will propose a plan for your case.

Beyond any income requirement tied to your visa, plan for initial costs such as housing deposits, legal fees, NIF/NISS, health insurance and several months of living expenses while you settle in. Urbanis reviews your specific case and gives a realistic estimate.

A NIF can be requested free of charge at a tax office or Loja do Cidadão, by appointment, or online through a tax representative in Portugal if you live outside the EU (source: gov.pt). Consulates have 60 days by law to decide a residence visa, and many take longer (source: visa portal); AIMA then has 90 days to decide the residence permit. Plan for at least six months from a first conversation to a settled life, and up to a year when AIMA appointments are slow. Our guide to AIMA processing times explains each stage. Every case is different.

Yes. Brazilian clients are among the families Urbanis helps move to Portugal, and support covers the details that matter most for a move from Brazil, including driver's license exchange, NIF and NISS registration and tax residency steps, alongside the same visa and settling-in guidance every client receives.

As an EU citizen you need no visa. If you stay more than three months, register at the Câmara Municipal where you live within 30 days after the third month (source: AIMA). If your only pension is French, ask your French pension fund for the S1 form to use the Portuguese public health service (source: ameli.fr). Your French license stays valid until it expires, but you register it with the IMT within 60 days of settling (source: IMT). Our team is here to help with each step.

Yes. You can sign a power of attorney so that someone you trust in Portugal, often a lawyer, signs the deed for you. It must take the same form as the sale itself (source: Civil Code, art. 262). From France, you can sign it by appointment at the Portuguese Consulate General in Paris, bringing a draft in Portuguese and the property's tax record, the caderneta predial (source: Consulate General in Paris). The buyer must also receive the energy certificate details before the promissory contract (source: ADENE).

Yes. As a non-resident owner you appoint a tax representative or sign up for the Tax Authority's electronic notifications (source: Portal das Finanças). A long-term lease is reported to the Tax Authority by the end of the month after it starts, with stamp duty of 10% of one month's rent (source: Portal das Finanças). For short-term rental, each municipality now sets its own rules, so the address has to be checked with the Câmara first (source: Decree-Law 76/2024).

EU citizens do not: they register at the Câmara Municipal after three months (source: AIMA). From outside the EU, for example from the US or Brazil, you need a residence visa from the Portuguese consulate before you move, usually the D7 (passive income), D8 (remote work) or D2 (business). Consulates have 60 days by law to decide (source: visa portal), and AIMA then decides the residence permit in Portugal. We help you choose the visa and prepare the application.

You can, but your taxes depend on where you are resident. Portugal treats you as tax resident if you spend more than 183 days here in any 12-month period, or if you keep a home here that shows you mean to live in it as your habitual residence (source: CIRS, art. 16). If both countries consider you resident, the tax treaty between them decides; with France it is the 1971 convention (source: BOFiP). Our tax partners look at your case before you set your dates.

Since 2023, non-residents are taxed like residents on a property sale: only 50% of the gain counts, and it is taxed at the progressive rates, set using your total income, including income from abroad (source: Tax Authority circular 20269/2024), (source: CIRS, art. 43). The real amount depends on your purchase price, costs and income, so we work it out with our tax partners before you accept an offer.