Climate, social life, low crime rate and relatively affordable cost of living, in addition to visas for digital nomads are seen as some of the top factors for choosing Portugal.

The Algarve region has been considered by the Post Office UK as the most affordable destination for British tourists for this summer's 2022 holidays in the Eurozone. The Post Office looked at a total of 36 destinations around the world and the Algarve came out in third place.

If you have lived in Portugal for less than 5 years, and you have an EU certificate from the town hall (CREU), the expiry date on your new Withdrawal Agreement residence card may not be the date on which you will have been resident in Portugal for 5 years in total, therefore on which you are eligible for permanent resident status.

The Portal das Finanças now has an ‘online help’ feature with automated answers to frequently asked questions, where taxpayers with links to the UK, for example, can ask questions about tax implications following ‘Brexit’.

In 2019 Portugal surpassed the mark of half a million foreign residents, who now represent almost 6 percent of the country’s population, according to a report from the Observatory of Migration (OM), released in December 2020.