Toshiro123
English looking for information about Portugal
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Registration: 12 November 2023
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Renting Management Companies (Short/Long-Term Rentals) by JohnnyPT
Renting Management Companies The rental market is divided into short term (including vacation rentals) and long term. Short term is less than 12 months; it’s an option that potential expats may consider when testing the waters here, to see if ...
Thank you for the Links - it's where I've looked before and on my login (via my NIF number) there is no contract or reciept. Sorry I wasn't clear - after pressure she wattsapped me an actual receipt and on it could see that landlady had put my ... Read More
AIMA appointment date vs visa expiration date by novamahala
Hello all, I am already in Portugal and I have been making preparations for my new life here and for my AIMA appointment. First of all, I must say that this is a lovely country and I am happy with my decision. I have moved here on a D7 visa from ...
@JohnnyPT I recently (March 2025), registered with local Junta de Freguesia and showed them my appointment with AIMA in August and they printed me a letter confirming I was living there. They told me to come back a few days before my appointment to ... Read More
AIMA appointment date vs visa expiration date by novamahala
Hello all, I am already in Portugal and I have been making preparations for my new life here and for my AIMA appointment. First of all, I must say that this is a lovely country and I am happy with my decision. I have moved here on a D7 visa from ...
You've probably done this but just in case - check your temporary visa for some very tiny text beginning "Agendamenta... etc" . If you have this and it has a number then enter the website in the text up to the end of the number - this will be an ... Read More
Renting Management Companies (Short/Long-Term Rentals) by JohnnyPT
Renting Management Companies The rental market is divided into short term (including vacation rentals) and long term. Short term is less than 12 months; it’s an option that potential expats may consider when testing the waters here, to see if ...
@JohnnyPTHi Johnny,"When the landlord generates the rent receipt, the receipt is immediately available to be printed / sent to the tenant by email. " Should I get an email automatically? Unfortunately although the landlord has issued a second ... Read More
How to add my rental contract to Financas by Toshiro123
Although I have a signed paper contract I cannot find it on finances nor my first months rent... The landlady insists both are up there. I have asked her to email me the receipt as I need it to register with major and change my address with ...
Thank you! I have now signed a second contract with the full post-code on - hopefully this will be loaded up soon. Also she put my passport number in where my NIF should be...I hope I don't have to resort to solicitor but I need everything to be ... Read More
How to add my rental contract to Financas
Although I have a signed paper contract I cannot find it on finances nor my first months rent... The landlady insists both are up there. I have asked her to email me the receipt as I need it to register with major and change my address with ... Read More
Rental proof for SEF appointment by bloggerblogger
Hey guys,I have my D& Visa and I am in Portugal already but my SEF appointment is April 2024. So I have been paying my landlord since October 2023 based on my rental booking date at Uniplaces even though I fled to Portugal just in December 2023 ...
@bloggerblogger Hi,Please let me know if your SEF appointment was booked when they issued you with D7 visa? I've applied from London and awaiting processing hoping that a date for SEF will be issued at same time as Visa put in Passport (assuming ... Read More
Online rental platforms - safe or a headache? by fullmoonpaula30
Hello! My husband and I live in the US and are moving to Portugal in July. We are looking for a 1-2 month furnished and ‘ready-to-go’ apartment lease in Lisbon before renting long term or buying. We have been looking at online short time ...
@Wordsmith55572Hi,By "Visa interview" do you mean AIMS rather than the 'interview' at VFS Global? THanks Read More
Rental proof for SEF appointment by bloggerblogger
Hey guys,I have my D& Visa and I am in Portugal already but my SEF appointment is April 2024. So I have been paying my landlord since October 2023 based on my rental booking date at Uniplaces even though I fled to Portugal just in December 2023 ...
@bloggerbloggerHi,Please let me know how this went for you. I have just booked 12months accommodation with Uniplaces and applied via VFS Global in London. Awaiting to hear if I have been granted a 4 month Visa to then await AIMA appointment. How ... Read More
D7 visa process by Andrew Finnie
Hi folks,I got my 4 month temporary visa end of Oct 23 and this ended Jan 24 with no appointment with Aima for my residency. Despite calling several times i am told i am in the system and no appts are available, is this normal, do you simply just ...
Does anyone know if the 4 month temporary Visa while awaiting AIMA eats up the 90 days in 180 of Schengen allowance or is it separate? ie if the worst happens and they don't confer a D7 Visa for 2 years will I be able to Exit the EU and then ... Read More
D7 Appointments by morguba
Hi everyone.My family and i have moved to the Algarve end of last year.we have been looking for appointments to submit our D7 applications for over a month now,there are no available slots at all.Is anybody else having this problem? Or am i doing it ...
Re getting a VFS Global appointment - keep trying, and on different browsers and clear your cookies in-between - and at all different times of day / night... They will release them so you just have to be persistent and you'll get there! It took ... Read More
RESIDENCY VISA FOR RETIREMENT PURPOSES (D7 form) by sfaznpinoy
So, I'm looking at the national visa form when I checked out https://visa.vfsglobal.com/usa/en/prt/apply-visa (after going through San Francisco consulate page). I'm looking at D7 visa (retirement pension).For accommodation, it says ...
Hi,Has anyone rented via the agency Uniplaces please? They offer to provide a "prepaid accommodation certificate" - has anyone used this please and is it accepted as evidence of accommodation?I'm applying for D7 in London - well I applied but then ... Read More
renting appartment by salski
What are the ways of renting apartments', I mean to apply D7 or D8 visa, you need to show 1 year agreement and it is hard, because you dont know when you will be invited for the interview. It means you are paying for a rent and you are not using it ...
Just so you know if your host is themselves renting a property the Portuguese Embassy in London will ask for written agreement and ID from the actual owners of the property. Read More
D7 Appointments by morguba
Hi everyone.My family and i have moved to the Algarve end of last year.we have been looking for appointments to submit our D7 applications for over a month now,there are no available slots at all.Is anybody else having this problem? Or am i doing it ...
Thank you - helps to manage my expectations - hopefully someone can confirm their recent London office D7 experienceSeparately I'm putting a date on the initial Visa application for London office to head out to Portugal some two months after that ... Read More
D7 Appointments by morguba
Hi everyone.My family and i have moved to the Algarve end of last year.we have been looking for appointments to submit our D7 applications for over a month now,there are no available slots at all.Is anybody else having this problem? Or am i doing it ...
@JohnnyPT Hi Johnny,If I understand you right you're saying that the VISA that gets stamped in your passport in London or the other two VFS offices will have an appointment with AIMA ie date etc already booked ? THat would be ... Read More