Portugal Entrepreneur Visa: a simplified path to residency in Europe.
(This article was developed together as a IMI Daily portal)
After a year of much confusion about the matter, or seen Portugal's Golden Visa is once again out of the spotlight. But during the year 2023, when we did not know what could happen with this program, many began to explore other residency and citizenship options for investment offered in the Portuguese country.
Embora os tenham focuses mainly on the calls seen HQA (for Highly Skilled Activities, in English), the dynamic quadro regulatório da immigration in Portugal has much more to offer. This is the case seen as an entrepreneur.
Many of us may already be familiar with how D2 is seen in Portuguese, but there are many misconceptions about what it represents. In truth, it is a guardian-chuva concept, which encompasses a variety of employment and temporary residence permits in Portugal.
The entrepreneur's view is one of the best options for foreign investors. These processes and requirements are simpler compared to other options and are based on the establishment of a company in Portugal. There are no restrictions on commercial activity, business creation or capital investment. This is the way the government tries to attract more business to the Portuguese coasts.
There is no minimum investment requirement for this view. The value must be just reasonable for the type of business you intend to carry out.
Selected candidates receive a two-year residence permit, renewable for three years at a time. The process is much faster than the Golden Visa and generally takes an average of five months.
Além disso, or seen as an entrepreneur is perfectly aligned with the new local regulatory landscape. This is because, after the government's recent decision to eliminate the Non-Habitual Residency (NHR) tax regime, a new version of the tax benefit was announced.
When the new law is approved, the holders of this view must be among the few categories of foreign investors who can benefit from the NHR regime.
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