Residence visa for retired persons, religious workers and persons living on their own income
Route status
Active as of 2026-05-22[2][3]
The gov.pt service page was last updated on 22 May 2026 and the MNE visa portal lists 'fixação de residência de reformados, religiosos e pessoas que vivam de rendimentos' among current residence-visa purposes.
Open to new applications under the rules recorded below.
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Visto de residência para fixação de residência de reformados, religiosos e pessoas que vivam de rendimentos próprios ("D7") as of 2026-05-22[2][3] |
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| Official name (English) | Residence visa for retired persons, religious workers and persons living on their own income as of 2026-05-22[2] Working translation of the official Portuguese service title; the cited Portuguese-language page states no official English title. |
| Legal basis | Lei n.º 23/2007 (REPSAE), arts. 52.º, 58.º and 77.º, read with Portaria n.º 1563/2007 art. 5.º/6 and /7 and Decreto Regulamentar n.º 84/2007 as of 2026-05-22[2][4] The route has no dedicated article in REPSAE. It is the general residence visa (art. 58.º) applied for the purpose named in Portaria n.º 1563/2007 art. 5.º/6/a) and b) – a retired person, or a person living on income from movable or immovable property, intellectual property or financial investments – and art. 5.º/7 for ministers of religion and members of religious institutes. The gov.pt service page lists Decreto Regulamentar n.º 9/2018, de 11 de setembro, Portaria n.º 760/2009 and Portaria n.º 1563/2007 as the governing legislation. |
| Instrument type | national visa as of 2026-05-22[2][5] The instrument recorded here is the residence visa itself (REPSAE art. 58.º), which is valid for two entries and authorises a four-month stay in order to apply for the residence permit; the permit that follows is granted under the general conditions of art. 77.º and is not a separate named route. |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA as of 2026-05-22[2] |
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| Criminal-record condition | Yes as of 2026-08-06[3][5] The MNE documentation list requires a criminal record certificate from the country of origin or of residence for more than one year, with applicants under 16 exempt; REPSAE art. 77.º/1/g) carries the substantive condition at the permit stage. |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | 2 years as of 2025-10-22[5] |
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| How the initial term is set | fixed |
| Renewable | Yes as of 2025-10-22[5] |
| Renewal duration | 3 years as of 2025-10-22[5] |
| Work rights | full as of 2025-10-22[5] |
Permanent residence and citizenship
Requirements
| Minimum income | 1 × guaranteed minimum monthly remuneration (national minimum wage) per month measured over 12 months as of 2007-12-11[3][4] |
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| Qualifying income types | pension, rental, dividends, interest as of 2007-12-11[4] |
| Savings alternative | Not established from a qualifying source |
| Work prohibited | No as of 2025-10-22[5] |
Process
| Where to apply from | from abroad only as of 2026-05-22[2][3] The visa is applied for in person at the competent Portuguese consular post; the gov.pt page directs applicants to the consular post for submission times and records the service as in-person. |
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| Statutory processing time | 60 days as of 2026-05-22[2][5] The gov.pt service page states a 60-day period; REPSAE art. 58.º/4 sets 60 days for a decision on a residence-visa application, without prejudice to shorter periods elsewhere in the Act. |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Yes as of 2025-10-22[3][5] REPSAE art. 58.º/5 provides that the residence visa also serves to accompany family members of a residence-visa applicant within the meaning of art. 99.º/1, and that the applications may be made simultaneously; the MNE visa portal lists an accompanying-family residence visa as a separate documentation category. |
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| Eligible relations | spouse, unmarried partner, minor child, adult dependent child, parent, sibling as of 2025-10-22[5] |
| Family may apply at the same time | Yes as of 2025-10-22[5] |
| Family members' work rights | full as of 2025-10-22[5] |
| Additional means per family member |
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Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 5 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 5 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2007-12-11 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-08-06 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-11 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Autorização de Residência Permanente – Art. 80.º
AIMA, I.P. – Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-06 - [2] Pedir um visto de residência para fixação de residência de reformados, religiosos e pessoas que vivem de rendimentos próprios
gov.pt – Direção-Geral dos Assuntos Consulares e das Comunidades Portuguesas · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-05-22 · Accessed 2026-08-06 - [3] Vistos Nacionais – Documentação instrutória – Residência
Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros – Portal das Comunidades / Vistos · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-06 - [4] Portaria n.º 1563/2007, de 11 de dezembro – meios de subsistência
Diário da República, 1.ª série, n.º 238 · gazette · Tier 1 · Published 2007-12-11 · Accessed 2026-08-06 - [5] Lei n.º 23/2007, de 4 de julho (REPSAE – regime de entrada, permanência, saída e afastamento de estrangeiros), texto consolidado, 19.ª versão
Procuradoria-Geral Distrital de Lisboa – base de dados de legislação consolidada · statute · Tier 1 · Published 2025-10-22 · Accessed 2026-08-06