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Securing the D8 Visto para Nómadas Digitais in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the €3,680 Income Floor, the Article 61.º-A/B Lei 23/2007 Track, the AIMA Two-Year Autorização de Residência and the Two-Path Visa Choice

Securing the D8 Visto para Nómadas Digitais in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the €3,680 Income Floor, the Article 61.º-A/B Lei 23/2007 Track, the AIMA Two-Year Autorização de Residência and the Two-Path Visa Choice

The D8 Visto para Nómadas Digitais is the residence pathway for non-EU/EEA/Swiss remote workers earning ≥€3,680/month (4× salário mínimo in 2026) from foreign-source clients or employers — a two-path Article 61.º-A/B Lei 23/2007 framework with a temporary-stay or residence-visa choice through AIMA.
The Portugal Brief
Ponta Delgada Capital Portuguesa da Cultura Loses Half Its €5.3 Million Envelope After Turismo de Portugal Walks and Chega + Movimento PDL Para Todos Block the €2 Million Câmara Top-Up

Ponta Delgada Capital Portuguesa da Cultura Loses Half Its €5.3 Million Envelope After Turismo de Portugal Walks and Chega + Movimento PDL Para Todos Block the €2 Million Câmara Top-Up

PDL26 — Ponta Delgada's year as Capital Portuguesa da Cultura — has lost €2.3M of its original €5.3M envelope after Turismo de Portugal pulled investment, EU sources receded and Chega + Movimento PDL Para Todos blocked a €2M Câmara Municipal top-up, leaving the operating budget around €3M.
The Portugal Brief
Assembleia da República Greenlights Lei de Política Criminal 2026-2028 With Prison-Crew Forest-Cleaning Mandate, Stop-and-Search Powers in Zonas de Criminalidade de Impacto Social and a Priority-Crime List Headed by Arson

Assembleia da República Greenlights Lei de Política Criminal 2026-2028 With Prison-Crew Forest-Cleaning Mandate, Stop-and-Search Powers in Zonas de Criminalidade de Impacto Social and a Priority-Crime List Headed by Arson

Parliament passed the Lei de Política Criminal (Criminal Policy Law) for 2026-2028 on 12 June, putting prison-crew forest-cleaning and police pat-downs in high-impact-crime zones onto the statute. PSD, Chega, IL and CDS-PP carried; Livre, PCP, BE opposed; PS, PAN, JPP abstained.
The Portugal Brief