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D8 digital-nomad visa. A residence visa for remote workers and freelancers earning at least four times the Portuguese minimum wage from outside Portugal.

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D8 digital-nomad visa

A one-year residence visa converted into a two-year residence permit, renewable for further three-year periods; a short-stay (under one year) temporary-stay visa is also available for those not seeking residence.

Who qualifies

Monthly income of at least four times the Portuguese minimum wage (€3,680/month in 2026) from remote employment or self-employment for clients outside Portugal.
AIMA — Digital Nomad Visa (D8)
Savings equal to roughly twelve times the minimum wage (about €11,040) shown in bank statements.
AIMA — D8 visa requirements
Proof of the remote-work arrangement or freelance contracts, and accommodation in Portugal.
AIMA — D8 visa requirements

You keep your U.S. citizenship.

Does it fit your family?

3 questions, from the program’s own rules.

Steady monthly income, from any source?

Not legal advice.

What it takes.

Income: Steady income each month, rising with each person who moves.
Just you$4,048
2 people$5,262
4 people$7,690
Time: 3–6 months for the visa, longer for the residence-permit appointment given AIMA backlogs.
Cost: About $700–1,300: visa fee, residence-permit fee, health insurance and translations.
The hard part: Proving remote income is genuinely foreign-sourced and stable enough to satisfy the consulate.

Dollar figures are converted from the local currency at the rate the program’s research used; the official figure is in the local currency.

Citizens by 2038.

If your first permit is issued in 2027 and you keep living there, this is the road.

2027
First residence permit
2 years, renewable for 3 years at a time.
2029
Renew the permit
Filed before the old one lapses; renews for 3 years.
2032
Permanent residence
Five years on temporary residence permits, basic Portuguese (A2: a CAPLE test such as CIPLE, a Portuguese school certificate or a Português Língua de Acolhimento course), and no prison sentence over one year in those five years.
2037
Apply for citizenship
With a language test and a civics test.
2038
Citizenship

Language: Proof by test or certificate of enough Portuguese. Nationals of Portuguese-speaking countries are presumed to know the language unless they plainly do not. The law sets no level; the old rules asked for A2 (CIPLE), and the new regulation is still awaited.
Civics: New in 2026: a test or certificate showing knowledge of Portuguese culture, history and national symbols, plus the rights and duties of citizens and how the state is organised, and a solemn declaration of adherence to the rule of law. Nationals of Portuguese-speaking countries still have to show the culture and civics part.
Time away: Years of legal residence under any permit are added up, whether continuous or broken, as long as they all fall within a 12-year window (9 years for EU and Portuguese-speaking nationals). The clock now starts when the first residence permit is issued, not when it was applied for. Separately, a temporary permit can be cancelled after more than 6 months away in a row or 8 months in total during its validity.
Two passports: Yes. You keep your U.S. citizenship.

Same road as the D7: a two-year permit, three-year renewals, permanence after five years.
How long the decision takes isn’t published; we allow a year.

The law behind these dates

Living there.

Time you must spend there: No fixed day count for the permit itself, but you must not be absent more than 6 consecutive months or 8 months total in any 2-year period.
Tax: Makes you Portuguese tax resident once you pass 183 days/year or keep a habitual home there; freelance and remote-employment income may qualify for IFICI (Portugal’s post-NHR tax incentive) only if the work itself falls in a qualifying scientific, technological or innovation activity — most D8 holders otherwise pay ordinary progressive Portuguese tax.

We never file a tax return. We tell you what applies and brief the professional who does.

Start today.

Apply for the D8 visa at the Portuguese consulate for your address.Open gov.pt ↗
Gather these documents.
- Proof of steady income: at least $4,048 a month
- Request your FBI Identity History Summary
- Health insurance that meets the program’s rules
- A lease or other proof of where you’ll live in Portugal
- Get the NIF (Portuguese tax number)

Postern can’t run this for you yet.

Which state do you live in?

Tell us which state you live in. Postern runs this application through the VFS Global Portugal centres in New York, Washington, Houston, Miami, Chicago and San Francisco, for residents of NY, CT, MI, AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MN, MS, MO, NE, NC, ND, OH, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WV, WI, DC, AK, AZ, CA, CO.

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