Residence Permit for Immigrant Entrepreneurs (“StartUP Visa”)
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Autorização de Residência para Imigrantes Empreendedores – "StartUP Visa" as of 2026-08-06[2][4] |
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| Official name (English) | Residence Permit for Immigrant Entrepreneurs ("StartUP Visa") as of 2026-08-06[2] AIMA uses the English programme name "StartUP Visa" on its Portuguese page; the rest of the title is a working translation. |
| Legal basis | Lei n.º 23/2007 (REPSAE), art. 89.º/4 (entry visa under art. 60.º/2/c)), read with Decreto Regulamentar n.º 84/2007, art. 55.º/6, Portaria n.º 344/2017, de 13 de novembro, and Despacho Normativo n.º 4/2018, de 2 de fevereiro as of 2026-08-06[2][4] |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-08-06[2][4] |
Who can apply
| Criminal-record condition | Yes as of 2026-08-06[2][4] AIMA requires a criminal record certificate from the country of nationality or of prior residence and states the same exclusion conditions; REPSAE art. 77.º/1/g) to j). |
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Permit terms
| Initial duration | 2 years as of 2026-08-06[2][4] AIMA: valid for two years from the date the title is issued; REPSAE art. 75.º/1 states the same general rule. |
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| How the initial term is set | fixed |
| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-08-06[2][4] Renewable for successive three-year periods. |
| Renewal duration | 3 years as of 2026-08-06[2][4] AIMA and REPSAE art. 75.º/1. |
| Work rights | full as of 2025-10-22[4] |
Permanent residence and citizenship
Requirements
| Minimum capital | Not established from a qualifying source |
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| Business plan required | Not established from a qualifying source |
| Endorsement required | Yes as of 2025-10-22[2][4] REPSAE art. 89.º/4 conditions the permit on the entrepreneurial project being integrated in an incubator certified under a portaria of the members of Government responsible for migration, home affairs and the economy; AIMA identifies that instrument as Portaria n.º 344/2017 with Despacho Normativo n.º 4/2018. |
| Innovation criterion | Yes as of 2025-10-22[4] |
| Own means requirement | 1 × guaranteed minimum monthly remuneration (national minimum wage) per month measured over 12 months as of 2025-10-22[3][4] REPSAE art. 89.º/4 requires the general conditions of art. 77.º save for the residence-visa condition, and art. 77.º/1/d) requires means of subsistence as defined by the portaria referred to in art. 52.º/1/d). AIMA lists Portaria n.º 1563/2007 in this route's legal framework. The multiplier is the art. 2.º/2/a) first-adult rate of 100% of the RMMG net of social-security contributions; the 12-month period follows art. 5.º/2 and /6 and art. 7.º/1 of that portaria. |
Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Yes as of 2025-10-22[4] |
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| Eligible relations | Not established from a qualifying source |
| Family may apply at the same time | Yes as of 2025-10-22[4] |
| Family members' work rights | Not established from a qualifying source |
| Additional means per family member |
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Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 4 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 4 |
| 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] Autorização de Residência para Imigrantes Empreendedores – "STARTUP VISA" – Art. 89.º, n.º 4
AIMA, I.P. – Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-06 - [3] 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 - [4] 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