Legal advice in Portugal

Do you have a doorman in your apartment building, or did there used to be one? Is there a flat set aside for this porter to live in but now it’s empty?

Ever wanted to be Portuguese? Have you lived in the country for a while now and are thinking of making it permanent? Or maybe you’re a British citizen uncertain of your status in Portugal after Brexit?

July has arrived and that means the second payment of the Municipal Property Tax (Imposto Municipal sobre Imóveis or IMI) is due. This notice is for anyone who has to pay this tax in three separate parts. That happens when the amount to be paid is more than 500 euro.

You just moved to sunny Portugal, tried to open a bank account and got asked for your NIF number… what exactly is that?

The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on Friday 25th May and has been generating a lot of controversy since then. That’s why we’ve prepared this practical and easy-to-understand guide to help you better understand the subject.

The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on Friday 25th May and since then has been generating a lot of controversy. We’ve prepared this practical and easy-to-understand guide to help you better understand the subject.

The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on Friday 25th May and since then has been generating a lot of controversy. For this reason, we have prepared a practical and easy-to-understand guide to help you better understand the subject.

If you’re bringing a car from overseas into Portuguese territory permanently, you may want to register it.

The Municipal Property Transfer Tax (Imposto Municipal sobre a Transmissão Onerosa de Imóveis or IMT) is a tax on onerous transfers of properties in Portuguese territory.

There’s always loads of legal stuff involved in buying any property, but as a foreigner in Portugal you’ll have extra paperwork to do.