Documents submitted for a residence permit by investment application. While Ali was opening a deposit account at a Portuguese bank, our lawyers prepared the documents that had to be submitted together with the application to the migration service. The following documents were included in the submission:
copies of passports of Ali and his wife;
no criminal record certificates;
marriage certificate;
medical insurance;
a rental agreement and a certificate of residence in Portugal;
government questionnaires and forms.
Registration of guardianship for Ali’s grandson. Ali wanted his daughter and grandson to receive a Portuguese residence permit in the same application. Under the terms of the Portuguese residence permit program, the main applicant can include children under 26 years old in the application, as long as the adult children are financially dependent on the main applicant, live at the same address and study at a university.
Ali’s daughter could not be included in the application as she did not meet the conditions of the program: at the time the application was submitted, she was 34 years old, she lived in her own apartment, and she had an independent source of income.
The program also does not allow grandchildren to be included in the application. However, our lawyers found a way to include Ali’s grandson: Ali was issued temporary custody of the child in accordance with the local law.
In the case of temporary guardianship, the child does not have to be an orphan, and the child’s parents do not have to be deprived of their parental rights. Temporary custody is issued at the request of the mother or father of the child for a limited period.
Immigrant Invest’s lawyers helped the family prepare the documents and submit them to the authorities dealing with guardianship at Ali’s place of residence. The guardianship procedure took a week and a half to complete.
1.5 weeks
Time taken to arrange temporary custody of Ali’s grandson
Submission of an application and biometric information to the Portuguese Migration Service. On December 8, 2020, our lawyers submitted the application for a Portuguese residence permit on behalf of Ali and placed Ali, his wife and grandson in the electronic queue for fingerprinting, as fingerprints are included in the biometric residence permit cards.
On the appointed day, Ali, his wife and grandson flew to Portugal. They gave their biometric information at the office of the Portuguese migration service and returned home to await the decision on their application.
Issuance of residence permit cards. Five months later, our lawyers received notification from the Portuguese migration service that Ali’s application had been approved.
Ali paid a fee of €5,340 per person for the issuance of their residence permit cards. Ali received his family’s residence permit cards by courier on June 10, 2021, seven months after contacting Immigrant Invest.
€1,048,569 — Ali’s costs for participation in the program
€1,000,000 — sum deposited in his bank account
€30,000 — rent paid for a villa for a year
€16,020 — fee for issuing residence permit cards
€1,800 — medical insurance
€749 — fee for submitting application
