The D8 pathway allows remote employees and independent professionals to live in Portugal while working for clients or employers outside the country.
Residency to citizenship
- 01Remote-worker residence
- 02Permanent residence (optional)from 5 years
- 03Citizenship7 or 10 years
Each stage has its own eligibility requirements.
- Benefits
- The residence version leads to an initial two-year permit, renewable for three-year periods if conditions continue.
- Eligibility
- Genuine overseas remote work and average monthly income over the preceding three months of at least four Portuguese minimum monthly wages.
- Requirements
- Employment or service evidence, tax-residence documentation and income records. For residence, provide a valid visa, passport, foreign-work relationship declaration and Portuguese accommodation evidence.
YOUR LONG-TERM PATHWAY
Residency to citizenship
- 01
Remote-worker residence
The D8 pathway allows remote employees and independent professionals to live in Portugal while working for clients or employers outside the country.
- 02
Permanent residence (optional) · from 5 years
A separate application after five years of temporary residence, subject to basic Portuguese, means of support, accommodation and the other statutory conditions.
- 03
Citizenship · 7 or 10 years
For new applications under the law effective 19 May 2026: seven years of legal residence for EU and Portuguese-official-language-country nationals, ten years for other nationals. Language, civic knowledge, character and other nationality conditions apply.
Permanent residence is an option, not a compulsory intermediate step. Applications already pending before 19 May 2026 are subject to the previous nationality rules. A minimum-stay investment permit does not itself confer citizenship.
Each stage requires its own qualifying conditions and decision. The years shown are eligibility periods, not approval times.
