How To Legalize Your Documents

LEGALIZATION OF DOCUMENTS

n order to apply for the Residence Visa to Portugal, it will be mandatory to legalize your civil registration documents, such as, your Criminal Record, Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Civil Partnership and others that you may need to present to the Portuguese Authorities. Legalization is mandatory because it demonstrates that the document is authentic through the signature and stamp affixed to the document. For that, you have at your disposal two different ways that you can use:

Option 1

Option 2

utenthication + Legalization at the Portuguese Consulate

postille - Hague Convention, 5th October, 1961

• It is a much faster legal process, since you do not need to go through as many institutions. It is only necessary to issue the apostille so that your papers can be valid in another country.

• For that, it is mandatory the country where the document is issued is part of Hague Convention.

• Present the document before Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country where the document is issued.
• After the document has been legalized by MOFA, present it before the Competent Portuguese Consulate of the country where the document was issued.

ranslation of documents

Besides the legalization, all the documents must be translated to Portuguese.

• If you decide to translate outside of the Portuguese territory, the translation itself must be either legalized or apostilled, considering the country of its issue.
• On the other hand, if the translation is made inside of the Portuguese territory, no further procedures are needed.
• In any case, it is highly recommended that the translation takes place after the legalization or apostille related to the original document.

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Step 8

tart of activity

Once you are registered as tax resident in Portugal and if you are self-employed or a digital nomad working by yourself, you need to indicate to the Portuguese Tax Authority that you are working and receiving your income in Portugal. Therefore, LEXIDY can analyse your professional activity and proceed with your registration before the Tax Authority. After the registration, you are allowed to issue your invoices from Portugal.In addition, we do not recommend you working until you have registered the activity in Portugal, as this can generate fines.

Step 10

Step 9

egistration with The National Health System

egistration with Social Security

Once you already have your legalized residence in Portugal, you can request the enrolment in the Portuguese Health System and obtain the "Número de Utente". Thus, LEXIDY could proceed with your registration in the Health Centre of the parish of residence.

If you are an independent worker, digital nomad, freelancer and already have registered your activity before the Tax Authority, it would be mandatory to register yourself before Social Security. On this case, LEXIDY can assist you with the Social Security registration. On your first year enrolled at the Social Security you are exempt from it and later on, you ought to contribute with it normally..

Step 11

uropean Health Insurance Card

This card must be requested at the Social Security office and can be used in all European countries. If you don't have NISS (Social Security Number), you should apply for it, in person, by using your health insurance number on an appointment.

LEXIDY wishes you an amazing and lovely stay in Portugal and remain at your disposal to make your relocation process smoother and simpler.

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