Which remote workers qualify: foreign employees, freelancers, company owners or other remote professionals?
For the D8 Residence Visa (remote work outside Portugal), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists two qualifying profiles: subordinate work (a work contract or employer declaration confirming the labour link) and independent professional activity (a society contract, service-provision contract, or document attesting services provided to one or more entities).
See recorded sources
- The page does not separately address a company owner without an active personal service contract, or other remote-professional forms beyond employee/freelancer.
- vistos.mne.gov.pt, Residency -- Necessary Documentation, digital nomads section, subordinate work documents
Work contract; or
- vistos.mne.gov.pt, Residency -- Necessary Documentation, digital nomads section, subordinate work documents
Declaration by employer confirming the labour link.
- vistos.mne.gov.pt, Residency -- Necessary Documentation, digital nomads section, independent professional activity documents
Society contract; or
- vistos.mne.gov.pt, Residency -- Necessary Documentation, digital nomads section, independent professional activity documents
Contract of services provision; or
- vistos.mne.gov.pt, Residency -- Necessary Documentation, digital nomads section, independent professional activity documents
Document attesting the services provided to one or more entities.
