Portugal

Why Portugal

Portugal remains the only European route that combines a genuinely low presence requirement with naturalisation after five years, which is why it continues to set the benchmark the rest of the continent is measured against. Reform in 2023 closed the residential property route and pushed capital towards regulated funds, making adviser selection more consequential than it has ever been.

Benefits

• Residence for the applicant, spouse, dependent children and dependent parents
• Visa-free movement throughout the Schengen Area
• Eligibility for citizenship after five years, with dual nationality permitted
• Access to Portuguese public healthcare and education
• No requirement to relocate or transfer tax residence

Qualifications

Every adult applicant is screened to private-banking standard. The points below are the statutory floor; the desk may ask for more depending on the source of wealth.

• Clean criminal record from every country of residence in the past five years
• Proof of the lawful origin of invested funds
• Portuguese tax number and local bank account
• Private health insurance valid in Portugal
• Basic A2 Portuguese for the eventual naturalisation stage

Investment requirements

Thresholds below are the statutory minimum for a single applicant unless stated. Family composition changes the figure.

Application fees & costs

The headline threshold is one of four layers. We set all four out in writing before an engagement is signed.

Programme status

Hampton & Kent and Portugal

Our Portugal desk files through licensed local counsel and owns the mandate from the first conversation to the document in hand. We do not hold client investment capital, and government contributions are paid directly to the relevant state account. Where Portugal is not the right instrument for a family, we say so before any fee is discussed.

Programme terms are set by the government of Portugal and change without notice. Nothing on this page constitutes legal or tax advice.