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Immigration policy, visa changes, and the expat experience in Portugal.
Banco de Portugal's June Boletim Económico Flips Portugal's Demographic-vs-Supply Housing Gap to Surplus for the First Time in 11 Years — 300,000-Unit Decade Deficit, 26,700 Completions and the Immigration Cut Frame the Reset

Banco de Portugal's June Boletim Económico Flips Portugal's Demographic-vs-Supply Housing Gap to Surplus for the First Time in 11 Years — 300,000-Unit Decade Deficit, 26,700 Completions and the Immigration Cut Frame the Reset

The Banco de Portugal (Bank of Portugal, BdP) Boletim Económico — Junho 2026 (June 2026 Economic Bulletin), published Sunday 15 June, carries a thematic study titled Housing in Portugal: determinants of supply and dynamics of prices and rents that...
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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.
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Operação Portugal Sempre Seguro Tallies 2,527 Foreign-National Stops Across 1–7 June, 3.2× the March Sweep — MAI Tape Logs 76 Detentions, 111 Road and Drug Crimes and 41 Undocumented Findings

Operação Portugal Sempre Seguro Tallies 2,527 Foreign-National Stops Across 1–7 June, 3.2× the March Sweep — MAI Tape Logs 76 Detentions, 111 Road and Drug Crimes and 41 Undocumented Findings

Ministério da Administração Interna's June 9 release of the Operação Portugal Sempre Seguro tape posts 2,527 foreign-national documentation checks across 1–7 June, 3.24× the March round, with 76 detentions, 111 road and drug crimes and 41 undocumented findings.
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