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How to apply for a Residence Visa for Independent Professional Activity or Entrepreneurial Immigrants?

A Residence Visa is essential for anyone who wants to undertake a business in Portugal. Find out how to apply for your Visa to remain legal!

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Find out how to apply for a Residence Visa for Independent Professional Activity or Entrepreneurial Immigrants

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Do you want to know how to apply for your Residence Visa for Independent Professional Activity or Entrepreneurial Immigrants?

So, this can only be done in person through Portuguese Consular Posts! Check out all the information and locations on the ePortugal website.

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On the other hand, do you want to know more about how to apply? So, follow our step by step. So, find out which documents to organize to have your visa guaranteed.

Step by step to apply for a Residence Visa for Independent Professional Activity or Entrepreneurial Immigrants

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Firstly, if you want to know how to apply for your Visa, the only way to do it is in person. Therefore, you need to go to the nearest Portuguese Consular Post.

However, if there is no Consulate nearby, you can look for another Embassy or Consular Post that has jurisdiction in that country.

Additionally, you need to make a payment of 90 euros to receive the Residency Visa for Independent Professional Activity or Entrepreneurial Immigrants.

You can make your request at any time. To do this, check the Consular Post's opening hours information. It is interesting to make the first contact by phone, or by accessing the nearest Post website.

Documents

Applying for your Residence Visa for Independent Professional Activity or Entrepreneurial Immigrants is simple. In other words, you only need to organize and forward some personal and supporting documents to the Consulate.

Additionally, you will have to wait a while while your request is analyzed. The Visa takes an average of 60 days to be released. So, to help you, we have prepared this list with the documents required in general:

  • Visa Application;
  • Valid passport;
  • Two copies of the same head photo;
  • Round-trip tickets purchased;
  • Travel insurance;
  • Request to consult the Portuguese criminal record;
  • Criminal record of the country in which you live;
  • Accommodation conditions in Portugal;
  • Proof of paid activity;
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Additionally, for a Residence Visa for independent professional activity, you will need:

  • Contract or hiring proposal for liberal professions;
  • Declaration of profession requirements;

To apply for a Residence Visa for entrepreneurial immigrants, provide the following documents:

  • Declaration of carrying out or intending to carry out investments in Portuguese territory;
  • Proof of financial means in Portugal, in addition to the intention to invest in Portugal described in full.

Therefore, separate the relevant documents. Then, take them to a Portuguese Consular Post according to the type of Residence Visa you want.

Discover the Residence Visa for Study, Exchange, Internship or Volunteering!

It's simple to apply for your Residence Visa for Independent Professional Activity or Entrepreneurial Immigrants! On the other hand, are you looking for a visa, but of a different type?

So, maybe you want to know and discover how the Residence Visa for Study, Exchange, Internship or Volunteering works!

This type of Visa is for those who want to go to Portugal to study or provide some type of voluntary service, internship, etc. The application process is also through the Consular Post.

However, the documents required are different. Do you want to know more about how to request and learn about these documents? So, click on the link below and follow our step-by-step guide to request this consular service!

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About the author  /  Filipe Travanca

Bachelor in History and Audiovisual from the University of São Paulo. Passionate about writing and literature, he works as a screenwriter, editor and short story writer, exploring the most varied themes and subjects. A very curious person, who likes to study a little bit of everything and share this learning in his texts.

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