DIGITAL NOMADS/REMOTE WORKERS

DIGITAL NOMADS/REMOTE WORKERS

Foreign subordinate workers and independent professionals or entrepreneurs who provide professional activity remotely, to natural or legal persons domiciled or headquartered outside Portugal, may obtain a visa or residence permit for this purpose, and must demonstrate the employment relationship or the provision of services, as the case may be.

Applications for a temporary stay visa must be accompanied by:

• In subordinate work situations, by one of the following documents:

i) Employment contract or promise of employment contract;

ii) Employer’s statement proving the employment.

• In cases of independent professional activity, one of the following:

i) Partnership agreement;

ii) Service provision contract or written promise of contract;

iii) Document demonstrating services provided to one or more entities.

Residence visa applications must be accompanied by:

• In subordinate work situations, by one of the following documents:

i) Employment contract;

ii) Employer’s statement proving the employment.

• In cases of independent professional activity, one of the following:

i) Partnership agreement;

ii) Contract for services;

iii) Document demonstrating services provided to one or more entities.

Both in the case of temporary stay visas, as in the case of residence visas, documents must be presented attesting to tax residency and average monthly income in the last three months of a minimum value equivalent to four guaranteed minimum monthly wages.