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Temporary Residence for Independent Professional Activity

Cape VerdeStarting a business

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Is this for a founder, startup entrepreneur, self-employed person, freelancer, company owner or another business profile?

The route is for a foreign national carrying out independent professional activity, including a liberal profession, through a company or service contract.

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  • AAI Types of Residence, exact captured text
    * para exercício de atividade profissional independente – é concedida a estrangeiros que tenham constituído sociedade nos termos da lei ou celebrado um contrato de prestação de serviços para o exercício de uma profissão liberal; ou estejam em condições de ser habilitados a exercer uma atividade profissional independente, quando aplicável; ou quando exigível, apresentem declaração da ordem profissional respetiva de que preenchem os respetivos requisitos de inscrição.

What must actually exist or be demonstrated: business plan, company, innovation, clients, contracts, economic activity, job creation or other substance?

The source identifies a company, a service contract for a liberal profession, professional authorisation where applicable, or a professional-order declaration where required.

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  • AAI Types of Residence, exact captured text
    * para exercício de atividade profissional independente – é concedida a estrangeiros que tenham constituído sociedade nos termos da lei ou celebrado um contrato de prestação de serviços para o exercício de uma profissão liberal; ou estejam em condições de ser habilitados a exercer uma atividade profissional independente, quando aplicável; ou quando exigível, apresentem declaração da ordem profissional respetiva de que preenchem os respetivos requisitos de inscrição.

What investment, capital, income, revenue, funding or viability evidence is central to this pathway?

The general residence rules require means of subsistence, including income from authorised, registered or licensed economic activity, but the official page states no investment minimum or revenue threshold.

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  • The captured AAI page does not state all operational details asked by this block.

What business/self-employed activity may the holder conduct? Are there important restrictions? What is the family position where clearly stated?

The holder may conduct independent professional activity under the applicable company, service-contract, authorisation or professional-registration conditions. The source does not state a separate family rule for this modality.

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  • AAI Types of Residence, exact captured text
    * para exercício de atividade profissional independente – é concedida a estrangeiros que tenham constituído sociedade nos termos da lei ou celebrado um contrato de prestação de serviços para o exercício de uma profissão liberal;

What approval/application sequence applies, how long is the status granted, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction is officially stated?

Temporary residence is granted for two years and renewable for successive two-year periods. Permanent residence is described after at least five years of temporary residence, subject to cumulative conditions. The official source does not state the application sequence.

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These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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