Guides
Unemployment Benefit for Self-Employed Workers in Portugal
If you worked on green receipts for one main client and lost that contract, here is who gets the benefit, how much it pays, and how to apply.
Social Security
Recibos Verdes
Self-Employed on Recibos Verdes? Your Quarterly Social Security Declaration Is Due by 31 October
The October return covers income from July to September and sets your contributions for the rest of the year. It can only be filed online, through Segurança Social Direta. Here is where to find it.
Unemployment Benefit
Losing a Job Costs More Than It Did: Unemployment Benefit Now Covers 64 Percent of a Lost Wage, Down From 70 Percent in 2015
The average payment has risen to about 700 euros, but wages have outrun the caps, a Bank of Portugal study finds. Six in ten claimants are back at work within a month of leaving the benefit, though four in ten earn less in real terms.
Guides
Adopting a Child in Portugal
Who can adopt a child in Portugal, the steps from first contact to the court ruling, how long it takes, and the leave and pay adoptive parents get.
Pensions
Portugal's Poorest Pensioners Will See Their Income Floor Rise to 720 Euros a Month in 2027, the Fourth Increase Since 2024
The reference value of the Solidarity Supplement for the Elderly goes up 50 euros in the 2027 budget. What it means for a low-income pensioner, and why the government's 870 euro target for 2029 now needs bigger steps.
Public Finance
Portugal's 2025 State Accounts Break the Budget Law, the Court of Auditors Rules, and 12 Billion Euros of Unpaid Tax May Never Come In
The court could not certify the 2025 accounts, which still lack consolidated statements. It makes 57 recommendations and flags pensions, tax debt and EU funds.
Social Security
Host Families for Older and Disabled Adults Will Be Paid 356.24 Euros a Month for 2026, With the 2025 Rise Set Nine Months Late
An order published on Tuesday raises the fee paid to families who take older or disabled adults into their homes, for 2025 and 2026 at once. The fee is up 9.8 percent on 2024, and the 1991 law says it should be updated every year.