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@ErnestoGuerrero86

Can you pls explain from which country you applied from? And your lawyer/firm reference if you can share.

Thank you

Good Afternoon,

聽 聽I applied last January from Canada and with the help of my lawyer in Lisbon on July 15 I had my D7 in hand..

Hi All,

Can anyone help me/guide me in processing Job Seeker Visa from India.

How to apply and how to make the application and cover letters, it would be great help.

Thanks

KK

Hi KK, Welcome.

Maybe this will help you:

Independent professional activity with residence visa (former D2 Visa)

Highly qualified activity (former D3 Visa)

Startup Visa

Tech Visa

Golden Visa

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Examples for cover letters for employment, written in Portuguese, to inspire you in your specific case:

Best Regards

SEF Immigration Appointment, visa fees, criminal records, ...

Thanks @wcg2聽

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@ErnestoGuerrero86 Dear Could you please help me , how could i start the process? my mail id is- [link moderated]

Hello Alam Zeb7,

Welcome to expat.com!

Dear Could you please help me , how could i start the process?

What process do you want to start?

I invite you to share your expatriation project with us

Cheers,

Yoginee

玩偶姐姐 team

Good afternoon, I'm Ferit from Istanbul. My debut on expat.com, so I don't know whether this is the section I have to write in, though I've read lots of threads - all apologies.

I've just received my D7 visa. But they've rejected my wife's application due to "insufficient income".聽 I think there was a misunderstanding, as we applied for D7 together with my wife, not separately. We believe that she can prove her sufficiency. We'll of course appeal and try to take her visa, albeit belatedly. But what do you recommend in the meantime or as the best way out? I'm trying to make an appointment with SEF. Alternatively, we could try to take an ordinary Schengen visa for my wife and go and solve the problem in Lisbon. But I'm confused. I appreciate all your help. Thank you

Hi Ferit, Welcome.

Visa refusal has to be dealt with your consulate, not at SEF.

Applicants can appeal refusal to grant a visa. Available options here:

English

Portuguese

Best Regards

Johnny, thank you. I might be mistaken but the consulate said that the process had nothing to do with them and that they just scanned the documents and immediately sent to the SEF, which, in turn, decided the matter.

By the way, this is the reason, maybe it helps someone for future -

Unfavorable opinion of the competent services (art. 91, No. 1 of the CPA and 53 of Law No. 23/07, of 4 July with the amendments introduced by law 102/17 of 28 August).

Income does not reach the minimum amount for this purpose.

Regards

Ferit, please check these values:

If together, the minimum is = 9120 + 4560 euros/year

If applied separately, the minimum is 9120 euros each.

But I suggest never target the minimums....

D7 visa & others - Minimum Resources (2023)

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@JohnnyPT Hi, I think I may be in a similar position .聽 When trying to book on line for VSF appt Manchester, when I reached the part to add second applicant the system kept coming up with an error message.聽 After several days I rang VSF and they said I had to create 2 users and book the appts separately, which I did.聽 After reading this post I'm now thinking we may have 2 individual applications rather than a joint one, if that's the case we will be just under the minimum of 鈧�18,300.聽 I do have copies of all the emails sent to VSF re the tech issues.聽 I emailed them to confirm it was a joint application and I just receive a generic reply referring me to the website which doesn't help at all.聽 I'll keep trying VSF as we still have 2 weeks before the appt.

Michelle

@JohnnyPT Johnny, thank you. I had already read your threads before applying. I had 17 thousand Euros deposited in 2 banks as well as the rental income of my wife amounting to 7,750 Euros a year. If taken together as husband and wife, that's quite enough. We thought that they would take it together but they dealt with it separately, I suppose. Now I'll try to prove them with two different bank accounts, 10,000+10,000. Regards.

@shelly14 Michelle, that's exactly what we experienced! We were able to receive only generic replies, and thought that it would be a joint application but it turned out to be separate.聽 And I have a huge question in my mind - why didn't the official in the consulate warn us while receiving the documents that my wife "lacked the necessary conditions" or advised us to frame the application accordingly?

@williamstony360 hi William, I've got a quick question If you may be able to answer. I applied for my D7 visa from VFS dubai on Dec 29. Its been around 80 days now. Wondering how long it took you?

Reside in Portugal - five years - still waiting for SEF appointment despite hiring solicitor to help with this process.聽 聽Meet with all requirements etc 2019 -2020 paper document to prove residency in Portugal.聽 Since this time no luck, help or advice despite contacting all government websites and contacting via telephone and email.

Reside in Portugal - five years - still waiting for SEF appointment despite hiring solicitor to help with this process.聽 Meet with all requirements etc 2019 -2020 paper document to prove residency in Portugal. Since this time no luck, help or advice despite contacting all government websites and contacting via telephone and email.
-@traversemarvelous715

As you have been living in Portugal since 2019:

The request to exchange the current residence document (EU Citizen Registration Certificate issued by the City Council or EU Citizen Permanent Residence Certificate issued by SEF) is made through the Brexit portal:

My husband planning to retire in Portugal so I hope you can help us guys for the process , like what we need to do and what we needed.

Thank You

Hi Leslie,

Please see what already exists in other threads. Search facility on top right side. Only when you can't find an answer should you open a new one. With such vague questions, it is difficult to get answers...

Experience sharing about Visas to Portugal (D7 & others)

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Regards

@wcg2 I sm sure your post is an eye opener for many who do not go it alone. Some of the figures quoted to achieve the D7 seem horrendous, particularly for those from US.

It鈥檚 commendable you did it yourself. I have been through the process for my brother from UK聽 and we are waiting to here the outcome.

In total the cost 鈧�735 we overspent on notarisation using Portuguese Lawyer. He will stay at my property - no expense there.

Good Luck with your future in Portugal 馃槉

I鈥檓 sharing my experience for scheduling an appointment to apply for a D7 Visa.

I was living in New York City last summer. In early July, I was able to get an appointment for November 1st聽 (earliest abailable) at the VFS聽 in New York. A few days later they sent a confirmation email.

On October 31, the day before my appointment, I received an email stating they could not help me and that my appointment was canceled. The reason was because my State of Delaware address is on my driver鈥檚 license and they do not service that state. I had to reschedule at The Consolate of Portugal in Newark, NJ.聽 Their earliest available was January 15.

Please don鈥檛 make the same mistake that I did. Make sure you鈥檙e scheduling your appointment in the correct state.

I moved solo (with my cat!) to Portugal in Sep 2024. I lived in San Francisco, CA, and scheduled my appt with VFS in SF. I went to VFS鈥� online portal in/around Nov 2023 and the first avail appt they had was in late Feb 2024.

During the 4 month wait, I diligently gathered all of my docs and made two sets of both paper and electronic docs and had them sorted, clearly labeled, and filed in a folder for easy reference.

I did everything myself, except for the FBI fingerprints and the NIF (although I tried to get my NIF in person when I was in Portugal in late 2023).

The VFS appointment itself was a hot mess, but I just waited patiently and when I was eventually seen at 5:30p (my appointment was for 1:30p!), I was thankful that I had everything ready and in order. I received my visa in hand on Jul 18 - exactly 6 weeks prior to my Sep 1 move date - and the start of a two-week vacation from work.

Two weeks later - when I returned to work - I gave a two-week resignation notice (hoping they鈥檇 ask me to leave that day 馃榿, but they didn鈥檛 馃��). Instead the offered me full remote work, retention bonus, etc. etc., (which I knew they would), but I turned it all down. As much as I enjoyed my work managing a legal department, I was ready to stop working secularly (40 years is enough). I patiently worked my last two weeks.

It was very hard to wait those 4.5 months between my appointment and when I received my visa, but I used my time wisely and got on with my 鈥渋n-Portugal鈥� preparations.

Just wanted to share my experience in hopes that it helps someone and to say: patience is key in the entire/ongoing process. It is hard to wait for something you鈥檝e been eagerly anticipating for so long, but it will also serve you well once you have actually moved to Portugal. It will help you deal with the slower pace of agency responses here. As long as you know you鈥檝e prepared and presented all of your docs, leave it with them/the agency (if you can) and go on living/enjoying your life.

Lastly, I will say that I was so happy to have found expat.com during my online research. I learned so much from others鈥� experiences and the sound guidance/advice provided by the team here (especially the links to the correct websites, etc).

Have a happy day!!

@daphnelavern Hi, I am from Bay Area also and starting on planning my move. Can you tell me how you coordinated your rental or property purchase ? Without knowing in advance when application is approved what did you do to coordinate move in date? Thanks in advance and congratulations!

@Myndgate

Hiya! Congrats on your plans. I was very fortunate (and blessed) as I actually rented an apartment that was聽 being vacated by someone whom I had met on a previous trip to Portugal. Her lease ended on Jan 31, 2024 and I rented it starting Feb 1, 2024, just in time for my late Feb 2024 VFS appt.

Now, that鈥檚 the kicker, right, because I was still living in CA (and paying rent there), as well as paying rent in Portugal. But I just counted it as part of the life changing moving cost鈥�otherwise, it would just cause unnecessary stress/anxiety鈥�and since it was a requirement, I really had no option. I asked myself: 鈥淎m I ready to do this or not? If I am, then suck it up and do what you have to do to make it a reality!鈥�

It would have been so easy to talk myself out of spending that money, but I was done with corp work so聽 I considered it money 鈥渨ell spent鈥� (and didn鈥檛 dwell on it too much). The other thing, too, is that I was still working full time in CA and, quite honestly, that full year鈥檚 lease was less than 2 months鈥� paycheck. It helped me to look at it from that perspective so it didn鈥檛 seem exorbitant.

I know everyone鈥檚 circumstance/perspective is different, but that is what helped me navigate that requirement. Hope this helps!