The same published facts for everyone: who each route is for, the main fee, the money to show and how long a decision takes. Open a route for the official wording and every source.
Information, not immigration advice. These are general summaries from official pages; always confirm there before you pay or apply.
Figures below are what we have quoted from official pages. “Not stated” means we have not recorded a quote yet — it is not a pass or fail.
Students at secondary or higher level, researchers, exchange students, trainees and volunteers coming to Portugal.
Last checked 3 Nov 2026
Official points and wordingPeople coming to Portugal for highly qualified work, higher education teaching or cultural activity.
Last checked 3 Nov 2026
Official points and wordingPeople who come to Portugal to work as employees and then apply for a residence permit with AIMA.
Last checked 3 Nov 2026
Official points and wordingWorkers transferred to Portugal by their company, from a WTO member state, to provide services or professional training.
Last checked 3 Nov 2026
Official points and wordingPeople with a work contract or job offer for seasonal work with an employer or temporary work company in Portugal.
Last checked 3 Nov 2026
Official points and wordingYoung nationals of countries that have signed a youth mobility agreement with Portugal, for an extended holiday with permission to work or study.
Last checked 3 Nov 2026
Official points and wordingPeople who work remotely for employers or clients outside Portugal while living in Portugal.
Last checked 3 Nov 2026
Official points and wordingFounders whose project has an incubation contract with a certified incubator, confirmed by the Portuguese innovation agency IAPMEI.
Last checked 3 Nov 2026
Official points and wordingNon-EU family members of Portuguese or other EU, EEA, Swiss and UK (Withdrawal Agreement) citizens, who have a right to enter and live in Portugal.
Last checked 3 Nov 2026
Official points and wording10 more types from the official pages. Some have no quoted facts yet.
About this list. Visa types from the official visa portal's visa-type table, plus the CPLP mobility visa, medical-treatment visas, Startup Visa, amateur sports and the entry visa for family of EU citizens. Residence by investment (ARI, golden visa) and asylum are run by AIMA, whose site could not be read (certificate error with our checker, and not readable with WebFetch either), so they are not listed. Still missing: residence by investment (ARI), asylum / international protection, and any unaccompanied-minor type (no official page found); all need AIMA pages. Quoted facts (mostly the EUR 110 national visa fee and legal decision deadlines) are recorded for 18 of the 19 routes; the skilled job-seeker visa is left at directory level because the portal says it is not yet available at consulates.
People with specialised technical skills who want to look for work in Portugal; the official page says it is not yet available at consulates.
Not yet checked against your profilePeople who come to Portugal to work for themselves or to set up a business.
2 official requirements recordedFamily members who come to Portugal with a person who is receiving medical treatment there.
2 official requirements recordedFamily members who come with a person who holds a temporary stay visa.
2 official requirements recordedFamily members of a foreign national who holds a valid residence permit in Portugal, after AIMA approves the request.
2 official requirements recordedAmateur sportspeople who come to Portugal for a sports club or association, which is responsible for housing and health care costs.
2 official requirements recordedNationals of Portuguese-speaking countries whose state applies the CPLP Agreement on Mobility signed in Luanda in 2021.
1 official requirements recordedPeople who need to come to Portugal for medical treatment for a stay of less than one year.
2 official requirements recordedRetired people, people living from passive income, and members of religious congregations who want to live in Portugal.
2 official requirements recordedShort visits to Portugal and the Schengen area.
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