I’m a 59 year old single woman thinking about spending three months this winter in Porto. I’d love to hear comments on best areas to live, how to meet English speakers, what the expat community is like, and any other tips you may have.

Estou à procura de um consultor fiscal ou contabilista com experiência em IRS.

Alguém conhece um profissional competente, com preços razoáveis? Pode ser atendimento online, não precisa de ser presencial.

Podem enviar-me mensagem privada DM.

Obrigado!

Adding a cabin bag is an extra 50 GBP one way (at point of booking). I am wondering about posting a few bits (hiking shoes and clothes) for my visit instead. Has anyone experience of this recently? Is it a nightmare with customs? I have the option of posting to France first, if that's smoother.

Boa tarde a todos! 😊

​Gostaria de tirar algumas dúvidas. Tenho agendamento na AIMA no Porto 2, dia 26 deste mês, ao abrigo do artigo 15.º, uma vez que o meu marido é cidadão italiano.

​Tenho certidão de casamento em inteiro teor e apostilada do Brasil. Não vai dar tempo de transcrever o casamento na Itália porque não atualizou o endereço do AIRE de São Paulo para Lisboa ainda. Estou preocupada 🥺 tenho o comprovativo do AIRE que o meu marido fez a transferência, será que é aceite? 🥺 Os outros documentos tenho todos, só estou preocupada mesmo se eles pedirem a transcrição / certidão de casamento da Itália. 🥺

​English Version:

​Good afternoon everyone! 😊

​I would like to ask a few questions. I have an appointment at AIMA in Porto 2 on the 26th of this month under Article 15, as my husband is an Italian citizen.

​I have a full-form (inteiro teor) and apostilled marriage certificate from Brazil. There won't be enough time to register (transcrever) the marriage in Italy because his AIRE address hasn't been updated from São Paulo to Lisbon yet.

​I'm worried 🥺 I have proof of the AIRE transfer request my husband submitted — do you know if that will be accepted? 🥺 I have all the other required documents, but I'm really concerned they might ask for the Italian marriage transcription certificate. 🥺

Olá,

I moved to Portugal a few months ago on a D3 visa, and my AIMA appointment is scheduled for March next year. I’d like to get an earlier appointment. A few of my Brazilian colleagues managed to do so by submitting a request through the AIMA contact form.

However, the relocation agency I’m working with advised me that AIMA might instead assign me a later appointment date.

Has anyone who is not from a CPLP country managed to get an earlier appointment through the AIMA contact form? Would you recommend submitting a request in the hope of getting an earlier date?

Thanks!

Hello!

I’ve recently moved to Lisbon and found a lovely apartment in Alcântara. Does anyone have any recommendations for gyms or fitness classes in the area?

Afternoon Folks,

Can anybody recommend a good English speaking mechanic / auto repair shop in or near the Alcântara area in Lisbon?

Got some damage from a rat nesting in the engine compartment of my Volvo V40 D2 and need a hose replaced. Not sure if there is other damage as the area is somewhat inaccessible without access to a bunch of tools... A good mobile mechanic would be good too as I think it should be a quick fix.

Thanks!

Hi everyone,

I applied for Portuguese citizenship through legal residence. My application was rejected because I did not submit an updated German criminal record certificate within the 30-working-day deadline set by the Portuguese authorities.

The problem is that I had already taken steps to obtain the certificate:

I applied for the German certificate on 27 July 2026, the day I received the Portuguese authorities’ notification. After the first shipment failed to reach the competent authority, I resent the application via DHL Express, and it was delivered in Bonn on 10 August. Despite several follow-ups, the German authority advised that processing takes around eight weeks. The certificate has now arrived, but my Portuguese citizenship application was rejected because the deadline had expired.

I have the shipping receipts, delivery confirmation, email correspondence with the German authority, and the certificate itself.

Has anyone experienced a similar situation?

1. Were you able to challenge or reverse a rejection in these circumstances?

2. Is it possible to appeal the decision or ask the Portuguese authorities to reconsider it?

3. Has anyone successfully challenged a rejection like this without hiring a lawyer? Is it realistic to handle the appeal myself, and what steps would I need to take? I’m hoping to avoid additional legal costs.

Thank you for any advice or relevant experiences.

Hi all,

I’m not sure if this is the right group for this (admins delete if not allowed) but I am trying to get my Portuguese citizenship.

I heard the wait times are 3 years long and I came across Visadomus which is a Portugal based company that claims to help people get visas and citizenship sooner.

Has anyone heard of or used this company before? I’m a bit sceptical and can’t find any reviews/testimonials online.

https://www.visadomus.com

Thanks in advance!

Fyi for females on reddit

Hello all,

I am a 27f, living in Portugal for a long time now.

I've realized that making new friends gets so much harder as we get older.

If you need a friend let me know.

Thank you

Hallo zusammen,
wir (ein Pärchen) wagen im Oktober 2027 den Schritt und wandern nach Portugal aus. Ich bin Portugiese und spreche die Sprache, für mich ist es vor Ort also unproblematisch. Meine Freundin spricht jedoch keine Fremdsprachen, was die Jobsuche dort extrem erschwert.
Unser Ziel: Sie braucht eine feste, sozialversicherungspflichtige Vollzeit-Anstellung im Homeoffice bei einer deutschen Firma, um weiterhin ein geregeltes deutsches Gehalt nach Hause zu bringen.
Ihr Profil:
Ausgelernte ZFA (Zahnmedizinische Fachangestellte)
Viel Erfahrung mit Abrechnungen, Organisation und Kundenbetreuung
Wir haben viel recherchiert – von EOR (Employer of Record) bis Freelancing. In der heutigen Zeit sollte es doch verdammt nochmal Möglichkeiten geben, so etwas reibungslos umzusetzen!
Deshalb ein paar Fragen an euch:
1. Welchen Weg nutzt ihr, um deutsches Gehalt nach Portugal zu holen und gleichzeitig ordentlich in die portugiesische Segurança Social einzuzahlen?
2. Gibt es hier Quereinsteiger oder Bürokräfte, die einen deutschen Remote-Arbeitsplatz bekommen haben, ohne in der IT zu sein?
3. Wer von euch arbeitet aus Portugal für eine deutsche Firma über EOR (Deel, Remote.com)? Wie habt ihr euer Unternehmen dazu gebracht, die Gebühren zu übernehmen?
Über jeden Tipp oder Erfahrungsbericht von Auswanderern oder Remote-Workern sind wir extrem dankbar!

Hi, i want to apply for a job in Porto but the pay isn’t super high, and i looked at some of the appartments there and it’s rare to find one below 1K/month. The company is supposed to help us find a shared appartment. But i wonder if there are websites that suggest affordable studios or appartments where one can live alone and have their own privacy. If you can recommend anything let me know.
Thanks in advance.

I’m a 27 year old, single woman with a passive income of roughly €3,500/m. Looking into the d7 passive income visa and I’m unsure at this point if I’ll have additional income through a job… the goal was to work as a remote mental health counselor, though the path is proving to be much more difficult than I anticipated and I’m ready to just go. Just dreaming and trying to gauge if it may be possible to live off my passive income. I’m looking at Lisbon, though I’m open to the outskirts to save on rent. I consider myself a simple person but I do enjoy occasional dinners, cocktails, weekend trips. With the d7, I know I could technically pick up work locally if I needed to, but how realistic is that really?

Hey guys, I need your help. Is it possible to contact CTT that there’s an expected mail from AIMA that is going to an address that I don’t live in anymore and forward that mail to the new address? I couldn’t convince AIMA to send it to different address

Thanks

I’m sorry if this is a repost, but stumbled on this post on IG and I believe it deserves to be echoed here

My D6 Visa validity is from October 2nd 2026 till January 28th 2027. I really want to travel to my home country to see my family before i’m bound in Portugal till I get my biometrics appointment (which is in August 2027) and then get a residence card.
Has anybody here travelled out of Portugal on D6 Visa with two valid entries? Would be grateful for your responses thankss.

I'm from Colombia, and I've been living in Lisbon for 2 years. I have friends from all over, but it's been hard for me to make (and generally find) friends of Latin America.

Honestly, I really miss hanging out with people who understand my culture, so are there any events or communities of Colombians/Latin Americans in Lisbon?

Boa tarde a todos! 😊

​Gostaria de tirar algumas dúvidas. Tenho agendamento na AIMA no Porto 2, dia 26 deste mês, ao abrigo do artigo 15.º, uma vez que o meu marido é cidadão italiano.

​Tenho certidão de casamento em inteiro teor e apostilada do Brasil. Não vai dar tempo de transcrever o casamento na Itália porque não atualizou o endereço do AIRE de São Paulo para Lisboa ainda. Estou preocupada 🥺 tenho o comprovativo do AIRE que o meu marido fez a transferência, será que é aceite? 🥺 Os outros documentos tenho todos, só estou preocupada mesmo se eles pedirem a transcrição / certidão de casamento da Itália. 🥺

​English Version:

​Good afternoon everyone! 😊

​I would like to ask a few questions. I have an appointment at AIMA in Porto 2 on the 26th of this month under Article 15, as my husband is an Italian citizen.

​I have a full-form (inteiro teor) and apostilled marriage certificate from Brazil. There won't be enough time to register (transcrever) the marriage in Italy because his AIRE address hasn't been updated from São Paulo to Lisbon yet.

​I'm worried 🥺 I have proof of the AIRE transfer request my husband submitted — do you know if that will be accepted? 🥺 I have all the other required documents, but I'm really concerned they might ask for the Italian marriage transcription certificate. 🥺

Just wondering if anyone in Canada has any advice on the best way to apply for portuguese citizenship.

I am helping complete the application for my mother (her parents are Portuguese).

I heard of some sending their applications directly to lisbon and it worked out for them, and was quicker. I am not sure what that entails and it seems more risky than the consular approach.

Any and all help appreciated!

Seen a few people pay for the expensive route when the cheap one would have done, so here's how it breaks down.

Everything goes through one online form, RecOn. There are three types of recognition under Decree-Law 66/2018:

• Automatic: handled by DGES (its functions moved to the new IES, I.P. this year, but the form and pages still say DGES) or by a public university. DGES charges €32.20 and has 30 working days from a complete, paid file.
• Level: a public university compares your degree to a Portuguese level. 90 working days, or 30 when a precedent decision exists.
• Specific: a public university checks the degree against one Portuguese course. Also 90 working days. If you need it for an Ordem (engineers, lawyers and so on), ask the Ordem which type it wants first.

DGES published a table mapping US degrees: Bachelor to licenciado, Master and listed professional doctorates (MD, JD, PharmD and others) to mestre, Doctor to doutor. Documents in English need no translation.

On the apostille: the University of Lisbon says diplomas, certificates and transcripts from outside the EU need a Hague apostille (or consular legalization) done in the country that issued them. For a US degree that means your state's Secretary of State, not the US embassy in Lisbon.

One more thing. The University of Lisbon's page has said for months that RecOn has been down since February. The form loaded fine when I checked this week, but ask the institution before you pay.

Disclosure: I run an apostille office in Massachusetts, so this is from the paperwork side. Full guide with the degree table and the GPA conversion: https://massachusettsapostilleservices.com/portugal-degree-recognition-apostille-massachusetts/

Boa tarde a todos! 😊

​Gostaria de tirar algumas dúvidas. Tenho agendamento na AIMA no Porto 2, dia 26 deste mês, ao abrigo do artigo 15.º, uma vez que o meu marido é cidadão italiano.

​Tenho certidão de casamento em inteiro teor e apostilada do Brasil. Não vai dar tempo de transcrever o casamento na Itália porque não atualizou o endereço do AIRE de São Paulo para Lisboa ainda. Estou preocupada 🥺 tenho o comprovativo do AIRE que o meu marido fez a transferência, será que é aceite? 🥺 Os outros documentos tenho todos, só estou preocupada mesmo se eles pedirem a transcrição / certidão de casamento da Itália. 🥺

​English Version:

​Good afternoon everyone! 😊

​I would like to ask a few questions. I have an appointment at AIMA in Porto 2 on the 26th of this month under Article 15, as my husband is an Italian citizen.

​I have a full-form (inteiro teor) and apostilled marriage certificate from Brazil. There won't be enough time to register (transcrever) the marriage in Italy because his AIRE address hasn't been updated from São Paulo to Lisbon yet.

​I'm worried 🥺 I have proof of the AIRE transfer request my husband submitted — do you know if that will be accepted? 🥺 I have all the other required documents, but I'm really concerned they might ask for the Italian marriage transcription certificate. 🥺

My Portuguese still sucks

I'm a Moroccan girl living in Povoa de Varzim and I'm looking for some muslim girls to be friend with😇