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Residence Visa — retirees, religious persons or people living from own income (D7)

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Is this aimed at retirees, pensioners, financially independent people, passive-income holders or another profile?

This visa is aimed at foreign citizens who are not nationals of EU Member States, the European Economic Area or Switzerland and who intend to perform religious functions, live in a congregation, reside in Portugal as a retiree, or live from their own income.

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  • Quem pode realizar o serviço
    Todos os cidadãos estrangeiros, que não sejam nacionais de Estados Membros UE, do Espaço Económico Europeu e Suíça que pretendam desempenhar funções religiosas, viver em congregação, residir em Portugal como reformado ou viver de rendimentos próprios.

Which types of income/assets are accepted according to the official source?

The D7 requires demonstration of sufficient recurring income or savings.

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Limits of the record
  • Specific types of income or assets accepted are not enumerated in the IMI record.
  • No official source confirms which types are accepted.
  • program_overview
    the D7 requires no investment but, rather, that the applicant demonstrate sufficient recurring income or savings.

What income, savings or financial-resources threshold applies and how does family affect it where officially specified?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the income or savings threshold and the family uplift.

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Limits of the record
  • Not established: the correction failed a second independent check (NAO_RESPONDE: Threshold amounts are indeed absent from official sources, but the question also asks how family affects it and b2b88a29deb92597.txt (D7 section, lines 110-112) states means must cover applicant and accompanying relatives for the stay or 12 months under Ordinance 1563/2007 art. 2(2); nota ignores it.)

Can the holder work locally, run a business or perform other economic activity? What is the family position?

Holders have the right to work and conduct business within Portugal as independent professionals. Family members can be brought along.

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Limits of the record
  • Eligible family members are not specified.
  • Conditions or rights for family members are not specified.
  • program_overview
    Those who qualify can bring their families and will have the right to work and conduct business within Portugal as independent professionals.

How long is the status granted, what is required for renewal, what physical-presence obligations matter, and what longer-term residence direction exists?

The residence visa allows two entries and is valid for 4 months; during that time the holder must apply for a residence permit with AIMA. The official source does not state the residence permit's duration, renewal requirements, physical-presence obligations or longer-term direction.

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Limits of the record
  • Permit validity, renewal requirements, physical-presence obligations and long-term direction not stated in these sources.

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

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