A Portugal digital nomad visa lawyer should check your remote-work evidence, income documents and filing location before you pay a retainer. Compare 15 law firms and advisers by credentials, regulator, fees and programme expertise.
Firm listings last checked by GVL: 11 September 2026
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Quick answer: this directory lists 15 Portugal Digital Nomad Visa providers, unranked, with paid profiles listed first. One independent firm has passed GVL's full firm credentials check, a separate review from the bar-number count: Giambrone & Partners — Portugal. Use the filters to narrow by provider type, language and fees.
Portugal offers remote workers two consular routes: a temporary stay visa for stays under a year, or a residence visa that leads to an AIMA residence permit. Both require average monthly income over the last three months of at least four minimum wages: €3,680 a month in 2026, on a €920 minimum wage (Portuguese visa portal, checked 26 Sep 2026).
This remote-work route, known informally as the D8, is separate from the D7 passive-income visa and from the investment-based Portugal Golden Visa.
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Movingto is a full-service immigration, residency and citizenship firm with in-house licensed Portuguese lawyers and dedicated Case Leads managing each case end to end.
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Portuguese law firm Giambrone & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados SP, RL, with a Porto office at Rua de Sá da Bandeira 182. It is the Portuguese member of the international Giambrone & Partners network.
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Portugal-focused residency and relocation adviser coordinating Golden Visa and other residence applications through its professional network.
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Lisbon law office founded in 2009 by Portuguese lawyer Clara Silva da Costa, advising international clients on Golden Visa, residence, citizenship and related private-client matters.
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Lisbon immigration and family-office practice founded in 2000, advising on Portugal's Golden Visa, alternative residence routes, nationality, tax planning, succession, corporate matters and property-related work.
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Full-service legal and relocation firm in Lisbon and Porto, offering immigration, accounting, and notarial services in 6 languages.
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The world's largest immigration services firm with 70+ years of experience, 5,500 professionals, and 60+ offices across 170+ countries.
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Independent international residence and citizenship advisory founded in 2014, with offices in London, Lisbon, Athens and Istanbul.
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UK-registered investment-migration advisory helping international clients compare and apply for residence and citizenship programmes.
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Lexidy Law Boutique, founded in Barcelona in 2015, is an international legal-services group advising on immigration, residence, citizenship, corporate, real-estate and tax matters, with nine offices across Spain, Portugal, Greece, France, Italy and Mexico.
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Liberty is a Lisbon immigration and citizenship practice founded in 2024 by Madalena Monteiro, with offices in Lisbon, Milan and Beverly Hills. It helps international families and investors move to Portugal and Italy.
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Boutique law firm in Lisbon, London, and São Paulo specialising in Portuguese and Spanish nationality, immigration, and real estate.
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Cross-border practice serving clients between Brazil, Portugal and the United States, led by Managing Partner Luciano Navas Rodrigues de Oliveira, licensed in Brazil (OAB/SP), Texas and California.
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Lisbon law firm registered with the Portuguese Bar (Ordem dos Advogados, no. 44/22), founded in December 2022 by Sara Sousa Rebolo and Vanessa Rodrigues Lima, advising international clients on immigration, residence, investment, real estate and private-client matters.
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Zoark is an advisory desk for US investors exploring the fund route of the Portugal Golden Visa, including cases funded from an IRA or former-employer 401(k). It is not a law firm.
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Inês is a senior in-house Portuguese immigration lawyer at Movingto, working on Golden Visa, D7, D8, D2, residency and nationality matters. Ordem dos Advogados registration 61676P was checked active on 2 August 2026.
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Mário Pinheiro Torres is a partner in the Porto office of Giambrone & Partners, where his practice includes criminal law. He is a member of the Portuguese Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados), admitted in 2010.
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Filipe Schonburg de Mira is a lawyer at Prime Legal in Lisbon. He is a member of the Portuguese Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados), admitted in 2017.
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Rita Figueiredo heads the Lisbon and Porto offices of Lexidy Law Boutique, leading its Portuguese teams with a focus on the legal relocation of individuals and businesses to Portugal. She is a member of the Portuguese Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados), admitted in 2009.
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Paulo is an in-house Portuguese immigration lawyer at Movingto, working on D7, D8, family reunification, residence and related matters. Ordem dos Advogados registration 71517P was checked active on 2 August 2026.
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Elena Nistal is a founding partner and the managing partner of Nistal & Associados in Lisbon. She advises Portuguese and foreign clients on Portuguese nationality, immigration and residence, and on real-estate investment, with particular attention to Latin American and Asian clients. A law graduate of the Complutense University of Madrid, she has practised in Portugal since 2005 and is a member of the Portuguese and Madrid Bar Associations.
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Vasco Almeida Dias is Head of Real Estate at Lexidy Law Boutique, overseeing property transactions, due diligence and investment structures in Portugal and other European jurisdictions, with a focus on real estate and investment immigration law. He is a member of the Portuguese Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados), admitted in 2018.
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Federico Richardson Alborná founded Lexidy in 2015 and is its Executive Chairman. He is also Managing Partner of Lexidy Law Boutique S.L.P. in Spain and a practising member of the Barcelona Bar Association (ICAB) since 2013.
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Clara Silva da Costa founded CSC Lawyers in Lisbon in 2009 and advises international individuals, families and businesses on Portuguese immigration, Golden Visa, nationality, real-estate, private-client, corporate and litigation matters. She is a member of the Portuguese Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados). Her biography lists a law degree, postgraduate study in Registries and Notarial Practice and in Labour Law, and earlier experience as a legal adviser and litigator.
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Sofia Paixão is an attorney at Nistal & Associados in Lisbon. She is a member of the Portuguese Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados), admitted in 2013.
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Carolina Veiga Henriques is a lawyer at Prime Legal in Lisbon. She is a member of the Portuguese Bar Association (Lisbon), admitted in 2025.
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Joana Pires de Mello is Head of Tax Portugal at Lexidy Law Boutique, a Portuguese tax adviser specialising in the NHR regime, international taxation and corporate tax compliance. She is a member of the Portuguese Bar Association, admitted in 2014.
View the record→Temporary stay visa: for stays of less than a year. It is valid for the whole stay and allows multiple entries.
Residence visa: allows two entries and is valid for four months, during which you must apply to AIMA (Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo) for a residence permit.
Choose by how long you plan to stay; a Portugal digital nomad visa lawyer should confirm which one fits before you file. Source: Portuguese visa portal, types of visa, checked 26 Sep 2026.
Employees: a work contract or an employer declaration confirming the employment. The temporary stay visa also accepts a promise of a work contract.
Self-employed: a company contract, a services contract, or a document attesting services provided to one or more entities. The temporary stay visa also accepts a written proposal for a services contract.
Income and tax: proof of average monthly income over the last three months of at least four minimum monthly wages, and a document attesting your tax residence. The consular post may ask for more.
Visa fee: €110 per national visa application. Sources: temporary stay and residence document lists and fees page, checked 26 Sep 2026.
The consulates' means-of-subsistence rules add a share of the minimum wage per family member: 50% for a second adult and 30% for each child or dependent young person. The remote-work document lists state only the four-minimum-wage test, so ask counsel how your consulate combines the two for a family file.
Family members of a temporary stay visa holder apply for an accompanying-family temporary stay visa. Family of a resident normally follow through family reunification authorised by AIMA.
Average monthly income over the last three months of at least four minimum wages. With the 2026 minimum wage at €920, that is €3,680 a month.
The temporary stay visa covers stays of under a year. The residence visa is valid for four months and is the route to an AIMA residence permit for a longer stay.
No. The digital nomad route is for professional work done remotely and uses the four-minimum-wage income test. The D7 is a separate visa built around passive income.
The national visa processing fee is €110. AIMA residence-permit charges and legal fees are separate.
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