James Cave

Just like your NIF, your número de utente is one of many important numbers that you’ll need to have in Portugal. While the NIF applies to taxes, the número de utente is the number you need to give when you go to the hospital, the pharmacy, or visit a doctor or nurse at your local centro de saúde (healthcare centre). To get a número de utente you normally visit your local centro de saúde with the following documents: Those who entered on a visa and are waiting on an appointment with SEF to get their visas turned into a temporary residence permit can show confirmation of the appointment.

So, when learning a second language, we should also try this – of course, we don’t need to do it exactly as we did when we were babies, because the context is different, but we do need to start listening to the language, if we ever want to learn it. All-In-One Portuguese Course is designed to help students learn without having to search for materials themselves, though, so if students want to have the work done for them, I would go for this course. I do think that it is very important that students get these sounds right from the beginning, because this will help them learn the language and understand the language much better down the road. While it is possible, and I even give my students the tools and resources to get there, it will depend a lot on the student and the amount of work the student is willing to put into learning the language.

All 3 allow you to live in Portugal, apply for NHR (Portugal’s popular tax regime), travel within the Schengen Area, and not only obtain permanent residency but Portuguese citizenship after 5 years. The D7 is a type-1 visa aimed at those that have their own income and want to spend the majority of the year in Portugal. The D2 (sometimes called the entrepreneur or freelancer visa) is aimed at those who want to start a business in Portugal or relocate an existing business here. Although the D7 and the D2 both require you to meet certain income requirements, the D2 is often seen as harder as you have to submit a business plan for your proposed business.

The startup visa is aimed at tech entrepreneurs who want to launch a tech-based startup in Portugal or open a branch of an existing startup here. Over the past few years, Portugal has become an increasingly more interesting place for startup entrepreneurs due to its low to medium cost of living, it’s good weather and other lifestyle benefits, and the growth of its tech scene, which is partially thanks to the popularity of the WebSummit conference. The Startup Visa is specifically aimed at tech entrepreneurs and has much stricter requirements such as job creation and to reach a turnover of €325k within 5 years. One reason is that the startup visa allows you to relocate 5 applicants (co-founders or co-workers) to Portugal whereas relocation on the D2 is mainly focused on family members.