A fonte oficial por detrás de 29 factos verificados no Registo de Dados da GrowIN.
| Facto | Valor | Verificado |
|---|---|---|
| Family reunification — AIMA decision deadline | 9 months to decide a family-reunification application, extendable by an equal period in exceptional circumstances tied to the complexity of the analysis. | |
| Residence-type national visa — validity | Valid for 2 entries and 4 months; within that period the holder travels to Portugal and obtains the residence permit (título de residência) at AIMA. | |
| Residence permit — decision deadline | AIMA decision deadline: 60 days. | |
| Who grants the visa — consular post (AIMA gives prior opinion) | National visas are granted by the Portuguese career consular posts and consular sections. For residence and temporary-stay visas, AIMA (and the UCFE) must first issue a mandatory prior opinion, including a migratory-risk analysis — but the visa decision itself is the consul’s. AIMA decides only the later residence permit. | |
| D1 — Subordinate work | Visa Art. 59.º → residence permit Art. 88.º. | |
| D2 — Entrepreneur / self-employed | Visa Art. 60.º → residence permit Art. 89.º. | |
| D3 — Highly qualified / teaching / cultural | Visa Arts. 61.º and 61.º-A → residence permit Art. 90.º. EU Blue Card: Arts. 121.º-A a 121.º-N (Subsecção VII). | |
| D4 — Study / research / exchange / traineeship / volunteering | Visa Art. 62.º. | |
| D6 — Family reunification | Visa Art. 64.º; right Art. 98.º, conditions Art. 101.º, application Art. 103.º. | |
| D7 — Passive income / pensioners / religious | General residence visa Art. 58.º with the general conditions of Art. 52.º. | |
| D8 — Digital nomad | Visa Art. 61.º-B (added by Lei 18/2022, in force 2022-10-30); operational rules Decreto Regulamentar n.º 4/2022. | |
| Job-seeker visa | Visto para procura de trabalho qualificado — Art. 57.º-A. | |
| ARI / Golden Visa | Residence permit for investment Art. 90.º-A; qualifying investment defined in Art. 3.º n.º 1 al. d). | |
| D1 — Purpose & path | National residence visa for subordinate (employed) work. Visa granted under Art. 59.º; the residence permit is then granted at AIMA under Art. 88.º. | |
| D1 — Key conditions | Work contract or promise of a work contract; means of subsistence; criminal-record clearance; valid travel/health insurance. | |
| D2 — Purpose & path | National residence visa for entrepreneurs and independent (self-employed) professionals. Visa granted under Art. 60.º; the residence permit is then granted at AIMA under Art. 89.º. | |
| D2 — Key conditions | A services or company contract (or a proposal thereof) or evidence of investment; professional qualification or registration where required for the activity; means of subsistence. | |
| D3 — Purpose & path | National residence visa for highly qualified activity, teaching or cultural activity. Visa granted under Arts. 61.º and 61.º-A; the residence permit is then granted at AIMA under Art. 90.º. | |
| D3 / EU Blue Card — salary threshold | The work (or promise-of-work) contract must provide an annual remuneration of at least 1.5× the national average gross annual salary ("salário anual bruto médio nacional"), or at least 1.2× in the cases of Art. 61.º-A n.º 2 (shortage occupations / recent graduates). The statute sets a multiplier, not a fixed euro figure. | |
| D4 — Purpose | National residence visa for study, research, student exchange, traineeship or volunteering. Visa granted under Art. 62.º. | |
| D6 — Purpose & path | National residence visa for family reunification with a resident. Visa granted under Art. 64.º, exercising the right to family reunification (Art. 98.º), subject to the conditions of Art. 101.º and the application procedure of Art. 103.º. | |
| D7 — Purpose | General national residence visa for retirees, religious workers and people living on their own (passive) income — "Fixação de residência de reformados, religiosos e pessoas que vivam de rendimentos". Granted under the general Art. 58.º with the general conditions of Art. 52.º. | |
| D8 — Purpose & basis | National residence visa for remote work performed for an employer or clients based outside Portugal (digital nomad). Introduced by Art. 61.º-B (added by Lei 18/2022, in force 2022-10-30); operational rules in Decreto Regulamentar n.º 4/2022, de 30 setembro (amending Decreto Regulamentar 84/2007). | |
| D8 — Income threshold | Average monthly income (last 3 months) ≥ 4× the RMMG = €3,680/month (2026 RMMG €920). | |
| ARI / Golden Visa — basis & validity | Residence permit for investment activity (ARI) under Art. 90.º-A; qualifying investment defined in Art. 3.º n.º 1 al. d). The residence permit is renewable in successive 2-year periods (minimum 5-year hold to qualify). | |
| ARI — removed investment routes | Revoked by Lei 56/2023: real-estate purchase; real-estate investment funds; and the pure €1,000,000 / €350,000 capital-transfer routes. | |
| ARI — surviving investment routes | (a) create ≥10 jobs; (b) ≥€500,000 into R&D in the national science system; (c) ≥€250,000 into artistic production / national cultural-heritage recovery; (d) ≥€500,000 into qualifying Portuguese investment / venture-capital funds (maturity ≥5 years, ≥60% invested in PT-headquartered companies); (e) ≥€500,000 to incorporate a company creating 5 permanent jobs, or to reinforce an existing Portuguese company’s capital creating/maintaining ≥5 permanent jobs for ≥3 years. | |
| ARI — low-density (baixa densidade) 20% reduction | For three of the surviving routes, the minimum quantitative requirement is reduced by 20% when the investment is carried out in a low-density territory: ≥10 jobs → 8 jobs; ≥€500,000 R&D → €400,000; ≥€250,000 arts / cultural-heritage → €200,000. The reduction does NOT apply to the qualifying-funds route (≥€500,000) or the company + 5 jobs route (≥€500,000), and none of the investment activities may be directed, directly or indirectly, to real estate. | |
| ARI — official fees | ARI grant, renewal and permanent-grant fees are published in the AIMA Fees dataset (Portaria n.º 307/2023) — see /data/aima-fees. |
