by Jannik | Jan 15, 2023 | General
Guest post by Zeev Fisher, founding partner of Fresh Portugal, an international law firm with an office in Lisbon that focuses on taxation matters for expats. (This post is NOT sponsored. We simply support businesses that makes our life easier) As a tax lawyer and a...
by Jannik | Jan 15, 2023 | General
This post is made as a Youtube video as well, so if you haven’t already watched it, what are you waiting for?! This blog post will act as a complete list of things that we find and we will keep adding more. If you know some we don’t please add them as a...
by Jannik | Jan 14, 2023 | General
When you are moving to Portugal there are a number of things you need to have in order.We have NIF as a Tax number, we have SNS number for health, and then NISS is your social security number that proves that you are entitled to social benefits, health care here. This...
by Jannik | Jan 9, 2023 | General
Portugal is getting some serious love around the world with probably the grandest title of “Europe’s version of California”. I personally would not compare it to that. I can’t avoid the fact that the infrastructure in each respective county are...
by Jannik | Jan 9, 2023 | General
If you have been 1 year in Portugal before giving birth, your child could be eligible for Portuguese nationality at birth. This means that literally days after being born your child can get a Portuguese ID card and passport. So what’s the process for this? We...
by Jannik | Jan 2, 2023 | General
RESIDENTS IN PORTUGAL CAN ALSO REQUEST THE CHAVE MÓVEL DIGITAL (CMD) The Chave Móvel Digital (CMD) can be requested by Portuguese and residents to carry out online services. The Chave Móvel Digital (CMD), created in 2014, is a secure mean of authentication to prove...
by Jannik | Dec 19, 2022 | General
After moving to Portugal, I think the most asked question is how to get a remote job or how you can become a true digital nomad. As I probably started the digital nomad lifestyle back in 2008-2009 I have been doing this since before it was invented and I have a few...
by Jannik | Dec 13, 2022 | General
Who am I to tell you this? No one, just yet another expat spending a few years in Portugal. However, I’ve seen more than 100+ houses for sale, inspected them, attempted to buy a home and decided that it’s too dangerous. Let me explain. My family and I...
by Jannik | Dec 12, 2022 | General
Good news! The Portuguese Government has decided to update the law and the maximum deposits are now limited to the amount equal to 2 months’ rent. For the longest time since the introduction of NHR, we have seen a rental market under increasing pressure. We have...
by Jannik | Feb 16, 2022 | General
Having lived outside of my own country since 19 years old I have truly felt the pain of high roaming costs related to retaining my old local phone number. We see more “unlimited” roaming package deals BUT they are not all so ‘unlimited’ in reality. If you read the...
