From investment-based solutions such as the Golden Visa to the D7, D8 and Startup Visa programmes, each route responds to different professional, financial and lifestyle goals.
Alongside residency planning, we also assist clients with Portuguese citizenship pathways and corporate immigration matters, providing coordinated support throughout every stage of the process.
Portugal’s residency by investment program remains Europe’s reference: a path to residence, and in time citizenship, in exchange for a qualifying investment, with minimal stay requirements. Demand has never been higher. Portugal issued a record 4,987 golden visas in 2024, up 72 percent on the year before.
Since late 2023 real estate no longer qualifies; the route runs through regulated investment funds and a small set of alternatives. We have favored the fund route since 2018: transparent pricing, regulatory supervision, no tenants, no surprises. We conduct the legal due diligence on fund documentation, coordinate subscription, and file your application with a complete, deadline-tracked dossier.
Authorities are working through a well-publicized backlog, and Portugal’s 2026 nationality law extended citizenship timelines for new applicants to seven or ten years depending on nationality, while applications already pending kept the old rules. We were part of that fight: Liberty commissioned the constitutional opinion of Professor Jorge Miranda and filed the investors’ amicus curiae brief at the Constitutional Court. We will tell you exactly where the law stands the day you instruct us, and what it means for your plan.
For people whose income already travels: pensions, dividends, rents, royalties. The D7 grants Portuguese residence to those who can show stable passive income, roughly at or above the Portuguese minimum wage, adjusted for family size, and a place to live.
We plan the income evidence, secure the housing requirement, prepare the consular filing in your country, and manage the residence appointment in Portugal. We also tell you plainly whether D7 or D8 fits your facts better; they are often confused and the wrong choice costs months.
Income thresholds and stay requirements move; we confirm current numbers at intake. Children and spouse join the application. Path to citizenship follows the nationality law in force.
Portugal’s digital nomad route for remote employees and freelancers with active income from abroad, at the qualifying multiple of the minimum wage. Lisbon light, European base, taxes to be planned before, never after, the move.
We prepare the employment or client evidence, coordinate the tax picture with our tax counsel, file, and manage appointments. If your income is passive rather than active, D7 is your path.
For entrepreneurs building innovative companies through Portugal’s certified incubators. We handle incubator engagement, the business plan’s legal framing, and the residence process for founders and their families. Where the facts fit better with the Golden Visa or D8, we will say so before you spend a euro.
Naturalization in Portugal and citizenship by descent where family history already carries the right. We map the timeline from the day you start, monitor the law as it evolves, and file when the right conditions are in place.
We know the Portuguese nationality framework from the inside. When Portugal rewrote its nationality law, Liberty commissioned Professor Jorge Miranda’s constitutional opinion, filed the investors’ amicus curiae brief at the Constitutional Court, and continues to act for applicants caught mid-process, including collective actions and the Ombudsman complaint filed with peer firms for 1,260 residents.
Work permits and residence for executives, specialists and their families, for companies entering Portugal or relocating leadership. Predictable timelines, coordinated with the company’s counsel, payroll and tax. One point of contact, both countries.