{"id":659286,"date":"2025-12-28T06:57:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T06:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/659286\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T06:57:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T06:57:17","slug":"london-leaver-i-swapped-london-for-a-tiny-portuguese-village-after-two-trips-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/659286\/","title":{"rendered":"London leaver: &#8216;I swapped London for a tiny Portuguese village after two trips there&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cPortugal has multiple residency visas and understanding the differences between them is a fundamental aspect of exploring a new life there. <\/p>\n<p>Gathering expert advice on the options available is a must for anyone considering making the move,\u201d comments Christina Hippisley, General Manager of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in the UK, which organises the free-to-attend Moving to Portugal Shows across the UK. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe encourage anyone currently considering a move to Portugal, to consider not just the quality of life they\u2019re seeking but the practical relocation, property, financial and legal aspects of moving.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Options for stays of over 90 days in every 180, along with the D7 include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Digital Nomad Visa (D8):<\/strong> For remote workers and freelancers, a renewable visa allowing a 12 month stay for over 18 year olds who can prove a minimum monthly income of \u20ac3,480. Global Citizens Solutions puts the average time for approval at 60 days with an initial application fee of \u20ac93<\/p>\n<p><strong>D1 Visa<\/strong> allows you to work, live and study in Portugal if you have a confirmed job offer from a Portuguese company<\/p>\n<p><strong>D2 Visa<\/strong> is for entrepreneurs who want to start a new business in Portugal or take over an existing one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cPortugal has multiple residency visas and understanding the differences between them is a fundamental aspect of exploring a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,120917,257,3046,16,15,6863],"class_list":{"0":"post-659286","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-homes-abroad","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-portugal","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-visas"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115795895421868254","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}