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📘 New Guide Published Getting a Portuguese Mobile Phone Plan in 2026 — A Practical Guide to Prepaid vs Contract SIMs, MEO/NOS/Vodafone/Digi, Number Portability, the NIF Requirement and eSIMs You need a Portuguese mobile number for MB Way, the Chave Movel Digital and everyday two-factor logins. A practical guide

📘 New Guide Published The Certificado Energético in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the SCE, the Qualified Expert, the A+ to F Energy Scale, the Costs, and When You Legally Need One to Sell or Rent Selling or renting a home in Portugal means producing a valid energy certificate

📘 New Guide Published Getting Vaccinated in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Programa Nacional de Vacinação, the Free SNS Vaccines, the Boletim de Vacinas, Catch-Up Shots for New Residents and the Annual Flu and COVID Campaigns Portugal runs one of the world's most comprehensive free immunisation

📘 New Guide Published Selling Property in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to Capital-Gains Tax (Mais-Valias), the 50% Rule, the Principal-Residence Reinvestment Exemption and the Anexo G Filing A practical guide to capital-gains tax on selling a home in Portugal: how the mais-valia is calculated, the 50% rule that now

📘 New Guide Published Securing the D4 Visto de Estudo (Student Visa) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Consular Residence Visa for Study, the €920 Means-of-Subsistence Floor, the Article 91.º Lei 23/2007 Track and the AIMA Residence Permit The D4 visto de estudo is the residence

📘 New Guide Published Caring for an Ageing Parent in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the RNCCI Continuing-Care Network, Care Homes (Lares and ERPI), Home Support and the Dependency Supplement How long-term care for older people works in Portugal: the RNCCI continuing-care network, home support (SAD) and day centres,