Residence permit for professional activity performed remotely for entities outside national territory
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Autorização de residência para o exercício de atividade profissional prestada de forma remota para fora do território nacional as of 2026-08-07[1][6] AIMA's own page titles the procedure this way and adds the informal tag 'nómadas digitais'; the residence visa that precedes it carries the same wording in art. 61.º-B. |
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| Official name (English) | Residence permit for professional activity performed remotely for entities outside national territory as of 2026-08-07[1] Working translation of the official Portuguese title; the cited Portuguese-language sources state no official English title. |
| Legal basis | Lei n.º 23/2007 (REPSAE), art. 61.º-B (residence visa, added by Lei n.º 18/2022, de 25 de agosto) and art. 88.º/1 (residence permit), read with Decreto Regulamentar n.º 84/2007 arts. 42.º-G, 42.º-H, 51.º, 53.º and 54.º/1 and Portaria n.º 1563/2007 as of 2026-08-07[1][6] |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-08-07[1] |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA as of 2025-10-22[6] |
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| Criminal-record condition | Yes as of 2026-08-07[1][6] REPSAE art. 77.º/1/b) and /1/d); AIMA's page repeats the absence of a conviction for a crime punishable in Portugal with more than one year's imprisonment and the absence of an entry-and-residence ban. |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | 2 years as of 2026-08-07[1][6] AIMA: the temporary residence permit for remote professional activity performed for entities outside national territory is valid for two years from the date the title is issued. Consistent with REPSAE art. 75.º/1. |
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| How the initial term is set | fixed |
| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-08-07[1][6] |
| Renewal duration | 3 years as of 2026-08-07[1][6] Successive three-year periods. |
| Work rights | full as of 2025-10-22[6] |
Permanent residence and citizenship
Requirements
| Minimum income | 4 × guaranteed minimum monthly remuneration (national minimum wage) per month as of 2026-08-07[4] |
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| Qualifying income basis | employment abroad, freelance work for foreign clients as of 2025-10-22[6] |
| Local work allowed | Yes as of 2026-08-07[1][6] |
| Minimum remote-working history | Not established from a qualifying source |
| Route carries its own tax regime | No as of 2026-08-07[1][6] |
Process
| Where to apply from | from abroad only as of 2026-08-07[1] |
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| Statutory processing time | Not established from a qualifying source |
| Fees |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Yes as of 2025-10-22[6] |
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| Eligible relations | spouse, unmarried partner, minor child, adult dependent child, parent, sibling as of 2025-10-22[6] |
| Family may apply at the same time | Yes as of 2025-10-22[6] |
| Family members' work rights | full as of 2025-10-22[6] |
| Additional means per family member |
Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 6 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 6 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2025-10-22 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-08-07 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-11 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Autorização de Residência para o Exercício de atividade profissional prestada de forma remota – Art. 88.º, n.º 1 "Nómadas Digitais"
AIMA, I. P. · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-07 - [2] 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 - [3] Meios de subsistência – Documentação instrutória – Vistos Nacionais
Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros (Portal dos Vistos) · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-07 - [4] Nómada digital – Vistos (Requisitos gerais), Secção consular
Embaixada de Portugal em Buenos Aires (Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros) · official guidance · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-07 - [5] 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 - [6] 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