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Immigration

Immigration policy, visa changes, and the expat experience in Portugal.
The historic University of Coimbra on the hill above the Mondego river

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 pathway for non-EU/EEA/Swiss students — a consular residence visa anchored to the €920/month means-of-subsistence floor that converts into an Article 91.º Lei 23/2007 residence permit valid for up to three years through AIMA.
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The Portuguese Parliament, the Palacio de Sao Bento in Lisbon, a neoclassical facade with columns and the Portuguese flag flying above

PSD and CDS Move to Double the Residency Bar for Non-EU Newcomers to Two Years for the New Single Social Benefit — PS Brands the Amendment an 'Approximation to Chega' as the Far Right Holds Out for Five

Governing partners PSD and CDS have filed amendments raising the minimum legal residency for non-EU/EEA nationals to claim the Prestação Social Única from one year to two. PS calls it an 'approximation to Chega', which still wants five. Carve-outs protect children and the disabled.
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