• A recent legislative change expands eligibility for key employment-based visas to remote workers employed or self-employed abroad, where these individuals previously had to apply for a visa based on passive income or provision of services.
• The new law also introduces a new jobseeker visa type, where jobseekers previously were not eligible for a tailored immigration status.
• Finally, citizens of Angola, Brazil, East Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe benefit from streamlined visa issuance under a new visa approval process.

New legislation in Portugal introduces the following key changes:

CHANGE	DETAILS	IMPACT
Remote workers eligible for employment-based visas	Foreign nationals can apply for an employment-based visa based on remote work or self-employment abroad. Applicants can obtain a temporary stay visa for stays up to one year, or residency visa for longer stays. Further eligibility requirements will be published in a regulatory decree in the coming weeks.	Remote workers are now eligible for a tailored visa where they previously had to apply for a D7 visa based on stable passive income or D2 visa for service providers.
New jobseeker visa	Foreign nationals can apply for a 120-day jobseeker visa, renewable for a further 60 days. Successful applicants can start working immediately upon finding employment, and apply for employment-based residence status in Portugal, where they were previously required to leave the country and apply...

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