Tax benefits

Non-Habitual Resident Regime

Portugal developed a tax regime for non-habitual residents in order to attract to Portugal foreign residents engaged in high value-added activities or receiving income from intellectual or industrial property rights or know-how, or even  pensionists. This benefit is granted for 10 consecutive years.

StartUp Visa

StartUP Visa is a residence visa program for entrepreneurs, which aims to attract to Portugal investment, talent and innovation capacity.

By investing and creating qualified employment, entrepreneurs can incorporate a startup in an incubator in Portugal and benefit from all the incentives and support of the StartUP Portugal Program. This program is focused on the strong innovation felt in the recent years on the portuguese ecosystem. It’s a program that affirms Portugal as a modern and open country available to receive all the foreign people whose innovative and technical skills can be seen as a plus-value to our country, suporting and developing the foreign investement.

Golden Visa Programs

Considered by many as the european country with the most flexible and steady investement residency programs, Portugal offers a wide range of options when it comes to discuss residency by investemnt.

The most popular programs are:

• Subscription of units os participation in venture capital funds
• Real Estate Aquisition (500K and 350K or 280K)
• Incorporation/Purchase of existing company

However other options might be seen as possible ways to get the residency card for Portugal.

Main features:

• Residence visa waiver for entering Portugal;
• Free living and working in Portugal
• 7days/per year in Portugal
• Free entrance within the Schengen Area
• Family reunification
• Elegible for permanent residency
• Elegible for portuguese citizenship