Portugal Residency: Case Studies

When I decided to move to Portugal, I aimed to obtain a D7 Visa as the conditions seemed attractive. But at the consultation with Immigrant Invest, I realised that visa didn't fit me well. That wasn't too bad, as I was immediately offered another opportunity — a Digital Nomad Visa. Four months after the consultation, I held a passport with a visa to Portugal. Three more months later, I received a residence permit. That's the pace I like.

We’ve been together for 20 years, travelled a lot and especially liked it in Europe. In 2021, we finally decided to get residence permits in a European country to move from Angola and not depend on visa approvals if we want to explore new places. We both have our own businesses but aren’t tied to the workplace, so it all seemed possible. But we didn’t think that being officially married would be such a big deal money-wise. We thank Immigrant Invest for helping us organise a wedding in Europe and preparing everything for our residency application. We’ve had our happy ending in Portugal, where we’ve been living for half a year already!

We decided to move to Portugal to find inexpensive but quality healthcare. We earned a decent income in the US but still sometimes questioned taking our parents to a doctor when they needed it. It was always costly but not the fact that qualitatively. It is the other way round in Portugal: Dad just had surgery that cost us nothing. Safety was another reason. In the US, many people have guns, and the crime rate is much higher than in Portugal. Here we finally can relax and not be afraid of being robbed.

Our company took off. And the biggest demand for our IT services is in Europe. We need a branch run by one of us to gain a foothold in the EU market. I've volunteered to move to the EU and manage our company there. My business partners have families in India. I'm single, and I can leave my parents in the care of my sisters and brothers.

When all our plans had collapsed at a moment’s notice, I decided that I didn’t want to face any visa problems and be restricted in my freedom of movement ever again.

I have been managing a language school in Pakistan for 7 years. In 2021, I put my mind to creating more for my students. I came up with a digital platform that would run an online school, an application for self-study of languages, and a translator with artificial intelligence. I decided to do business internationally and open a company in Europe. I turned to Immigrant Invest for advice. With the help of the company's specialists, four team members and I got Startup Visas in five months, and Portugal residence permits six months later.

My wife and I had long dreamed of moving to a quiet and peaceful European country with a high standard of living. A country where we could rest and receive visits from our grandson whom we adore so much and want to devote all our remaining strength to his upbringing.

As soon as Lusine received her passport and celebrated her new Canadian citizenship, we got a new wish. My wife and I love everything about Canada: the work, the community, the country. Except for the cold weather. We met Lusine in Portugal at a surf camp. And every year we looked forward to holidays to go there again. So we had no doubts about wanting to live in Portugal.

During the last year of our life in Lima, our house in the closed cottage village was robbed twice. I spent lots of time at work and felt I could not ensure the safety of my wife and children. I could not let my children grow up in constant fear. So, I bought an apartment in Cascais, got a Portugal residence permit, and moved my family to a new, safe place.

We bought a house in Portugal, conducted an expensive renovation, but could not get a residence permit under the investment program: the intermediary let us down. We turned to Immigrant Invest, already desperate. Now that we have residence permit cards, we understand: it was necessary to turno professionals right away and pay for reliable help instead of trying to save money. Time and nerves are more expensive.

I want to show my children the world and I want them to get a European education. Earlier it seemed to me that these are unattainable dreams. But my business taught me not to give up but look for opportunities.

I want my children and grandchildren to suceed in life. In the EU there are more opportunities for them: for life, for studies and for work. As for my wife and I, we are eager to have some rest and maintain our health.

We are happy people: our four children are our most significant success. We want to give them the best possible future — to choose their country for work and education. We also dream of living in a big house located in a warm country, so that our children can always come to us

My business was falling apart, and I needed to visit the suppliers in Italy asap. But it was hard to go anywhere during the pandemic. I got sick and tired of depending on visas and constantly changing entry rules. That's why I decided to get a residence permit in the EU

I left South Africa several years ago when I received a job offer from a German research centre. When I lived in Pretoria, the criminal situation didn’t bother me much, as I had been used to it since childhood. In Germany, I learnt what safety was. I can walk on the streets in the evening and don’t need tall fences with wires and bars on the windows of my house. I offered to get my parents to move to Europe a couple of times, but they refused. Recently, they were robbed on the street and injured, which became the turning point. I insisted on relocation and turned to Immigrant Invest to help me arrange that.

I want to make sure that my children have the freedom to choose where to study, live and work. I want to give them everything that I can. I did not have the opportunity to get a European education or freely travel when I was young. I began to travel around the world only after forty.

I always plan investment income and evaluate risks. When I decided to get a residence permit in Portugal, I also made calculations. I was satisfied with EBITDA and the prospect of citizenship.

I decided to move to Portugal with my family as I wanted to improve the quality of our lives. I could afford it, and I wasn’t tied to business anymore. But obtaining residency seemed so complex and inconvenient that I almost gave up the idea. I believed I had to go to the Portuguese consulate in India and stay in the country for a couple of months. At the consultation with Immigrant Invest, I learned the process would be simpler than expected. I just needed to have a short trip to India, not stay there. The lawyers also showed an easier way of getting residence permits for my family members and made many preparations by proxy, without my participation and visits to Portugal. It helped me a great deal.

After the Schengen visa denial, we thought that our dream about a quiet life in Europe after retirement was destined to remain just a dream. But the Immigrant Invest lawyers saved the situation and helped us to get a residence permit in Portugal. And here we are, planning our future relocation!