Baseflow is a safe and easy-to-use platform for moving your residency. By removing lengthy paperwork, legal complexity, and numerous fees, Baseflow helps you become a legal resident in tax and remote-friendly countries, like Portugal 🇵🇹
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Join other location-independent individuals from all over the world who have moved their residencies using Baseflow, with a best-in-class legal structure built for digital natives.
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Portugal is still recovering from the 2008 Financial Crisis and has a shrinking population with a massive brain drain.
That's why the Portuguese government is offering tax incentives to attract highly skilled remote workers to live, work and spend money there.
With Baseflow, you will change your legal residency within days, instead of weeks. We help with all the paperwork.
The eligibility requirements to move to Portugal are clear and straightforward. Just make sure:
As an EU citizen, our goal is to have you registered as a legal and tax resident in Portugal within a few days.
As a non-EU citizen, the process might take longer (sometimes some months) depending on the processing time from the Portuguese Embassy where you apply for your visa.
As a citizen of the USA, your worldwide income is subject to US income tax, regardless of where you live, as per the nationality principle. Although there is a ~$108,700/y exclusion if you're outside US for 330 days per year, you'll always have to pay tax in US over any amount above that.
Submit your information
Spend 10 minutes filling in a bit of information — we'll guide you through the essentials of what's needed and handle the rest.
Document preparation
Sign a power of attorney so our lawyers can create the legal documents, file the paperwork, and apply for your Tax ID number (NIF). We'll also guide you on the immigration process.
Residency set up 🎉
Go to Portugal to receive your residency certificate. We'll finish registering your legal and tax address and applying for NHR after that.
Forget about expensive calls with lawyers, hidden costs, and surprise fees.
Baseflow aggregates everything you need for less than the cost of 1 hour with a top-tier law firm.
What's included?
We'll register you as self-employed and get you a social security number (SNS) so you can start working as a freelancer in Portugal. This is included in the setup fee.
Additionally, we can connect you with lawyers to provide support with your freelancer tax obligations (additional $650/year subscription).
There are ongoing costs associated with being a tax resident in Portugal that we'll help you manage.
Our annual subscription will cover ongoing legal representation costs and connect you with expert lawyers to support you in filing your annual tax returns — so you can stop worrying about compliance. The price may vary according to the type of income you have.
30% off fees for the first year when using Deel for payroll & compliance
Up to 40% off global health insurance for remote workers with Safetywing
20% off the one-time booking fee on properties rented through Spotahome
Discounts on private mailboxes and virtual addresses
Open a bank account in Portugal from anywhere in the world with N26
Discounts on eSIMs from our partner Airalo
We’re the first freedom-as-a-service startup. We help people from all over the world to move their legal residency and get new passports. Remote workers and digital nomads use our platform to manage the legal and financial side of their lives, like moving their legal and tax residency, becoming a citizen of a new country, and compliance.
We charge a setup fee of $999 and an annual subscription that starts at $149/y.
Yes, you can always ask us any questions about our product or the legal process. Send us a note over email and we’ll get back to you promptly!
We'll ask your email and phone to contact you; your legal name, date of birth, gender, nationality, residence and location to apply for residency with the Portuguese government; your job, type of income and source of income to analyze and advice you on your legal and fiscal situation when moving to Portugal; and if you want to include family to provide extra services for them..
We store all your data securely for the purpose of providing you with the product/service of immigrating to Portugal and use data to analyze who is a customer of Baseflow and to know which demographic to target.
No, the process is 99% digital.
If you're an EU citizen, the only step you will need to do in person is to go to the city hall to receive your residency certificate. You must do this in person as the Portuguese government needs to see that you are a real, alive person in Portuguese territory.
If you're a non-EU citizen, in addition to the step explained above, you will first go to your local Portuguese Embassy to get your visa approved to enter the country.
If you decide not to change your legal and tax residency to Portugal, or if the process is unsuccessful due to reasons beyond our control at Baseflow, we can offer you a partial refund. The exact amount of the refund will be determined and calculated by Baseflow. If you have any questions about the terms of the refund, please do not hesitate to reach out to us.
To be eligible for NHR benefits, you can't have been a Portuguese resident in or after 2017, nor actively hold a prominent political position. In addition, the Portuguese government requires you have a high skilled job in the list below to be eligible for NHR benefits (2020 amendment):
7 – Skilled workers in industry and construction and handicraftsmen, including in particular skilled workers in metallurgy, metallo-mechanics, food processing, wood and clothing, in craftsmanship, in printing, manufacturing precision instruments, jewelers, crafts-men, electricity and electronics workers.
8 – Operators of installations and machinery and assembly workers, in particular fixed plant operators and machinery.
25 – Specialists in information and communication technologies (IT).
31 – Technicians and professionals of science and engineering, of intermediate level.
35 – Technicians of information and communication technology, market oriented.
61 – Market-oriented farmers and skilled workers in agriculture and animal production.
62 – Market-oriented skilled workers in forest, fishing and hunting.
112 – Director General and Chief Executive of companies.
112 – Directors of administrative and commercial services.
113 – Directors of production and specialized services.
114 – Directors of hotels, restaurants, stores and other services.
121 – Specialists in the physical sciences, mathematics, engineering and related techniques.
226 – Dentists and Stomatologists.
221 – Physicians.
231 – University and higher education professors.
264 – Authors, journalists and linguists.
265 – Creative artists and of performative arts.
Yes, you can apply for other types of visas, like the D7 Visa or the Golden Visa, if they suit your situation. However, note that Baseflow is purposefully built for remote workers and digital nomads, so the support we might provide when applying for different types of visas will be limited.
If you decide to apply for any of the other types of visas, like the D7 Visa or the Golden Visa, we recommend you check the requirements of those visas to see if what Baseflow provides is a good fit for you.
Baseflow isn’t a legal or accounting firm and can’t provide tax or accounting advice.
You should consult legal and tax professionals for advice on how to meet ongoing obligations that apply to you.
You can still use Baseflow to have all your documents in one place and manage compliance.
If you have already started the process, please contact us and a member of our sales team will happily onboard you to a custom solution.
If you're an EU citizen, the entire process can be done as fast as 3 days. This will depend on when do you choose your appointment to go to the city hall to get your certificate of residency.
If you're not an EU citizen, the process might take longer (sometimes some months) depending on the processing time from the Portuguese Embassy where you apply for your visa.
You can apply now to not lose your access, and just indicate in the application your desired date to move. We're still scaling up the platform and might need to close sign ups in the future.
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