Immigration/Emigration

Portugal needs a profound political, administrative, judicial and fiscal reform if it is to join the ranks of the successful economies of Europe and not end up like Bangladesh warns populist [...]

One-hundred and eight UK citizens were barred entry to Portugal in 2024 according to the country’s Annual Report on Internal Security. (RASI) But that’s nothing compared to the 1,470 Brazilian [...]

Life for those trying to get a residency visa to live and work in Portugal continues to be a nightmare as courts report that there are 46,824 applications for immigration and asylum stuck in a [...]

“It’s more chaotic than ever” the office manager of a leading multinational citizenship consultancy dealing with Golden Visa residency applications with an office in Lisbon confides to me over [...]

Portugal’s minister, who oversees government and public sector policy, says that Portugal needs more but controlled immigration to make up for the country’s falling birth rate, the emigration of [...]

Overseas residents in Porto are contributing towards offsetting the aging index in the city that in 2023 had 248,769 inhabitants, +6.1% on 2013, according to the city’s mayor. “After many years [...]

Recently, a successful artist friend of mine was sat in a popular Portuguese restaurant near Praça das Flores in Lisbon with five American friends, all of whom had successfully relocated to [...]

The Portuguese Parliament has recently approved a number of amendments to the Portuguese Nationality Law, in particular with regard to the requirements that allow descendants of Portuguese [...]

30.8% of workers are unskilled and are less dependent than the Portuguese on social support. Foreigners in Portugal continue to be more represented at the bottom of the labour market, have [...]

Portugal’s new immigration agency AIMA (Agency for Integration, Migrations and Asylum) officially began operations this week replacing the former Portuguese borders and immigration service SEF. [...]