Basic
The essentials
Includes
- Newsletter subscription
- 2 × Virtual Pal visits, 20 minutes each
- Register your permanent address
- Fiscal number for online portal access
- Certified Portuguese classes and citizenship prep
Relocation
The paperwork, in the order it actually has to happen
Address registration, fiscal number, digital key, health registration, banking, Portuguese classes. Nothing here happens without an appointment, and the order matters more than the speed.
Compare relocation packages
Basic covers the essentials. Full adds health and the digital key. Comprehensive adds banking and business discounts.
| Service | BasicThe essentials | FullAdds health and digital key | ComprehensiveAdds banking and partnerships |
|---|---|---|---|
| In every package | |||
| Newsletter subscription | Included | Included | Included |
| Virtual Pal visits, 20 minutes each | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Register your permanent address | Included | Included | Included |
| Fiscal number for online portal access | Included | Included | Included |
| Certified Portuguese classes and citizenship prep | Included | Included | Included |
| Full and Comprehensive | |||
| Trusted vendor contacts | Not included | 3 | 5 |
| Digital key | Not included | Included | Included |
| Public health registration | Not included | Included | Included |
| Private health plan options | Not included | Included | Included |
| Discount club, roadside assistance, savings and investment options, travel discounts and agent, home repairs | Not included | Included | Included |
| Comprehensive only | |||
| Business partnership discounts | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Banking contacts | Not included | Not included | 3 |
| Smart banking with free currency exchange in 200+ countries | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Choose Basic | Choose Full | Choose Comprehensive | |
Full
Adds health and digital key
Everything in Basic, plus
- 3 × Trusted vendor contacts
- Digital key
- Public health registration
- Private health plan options
- Discount club, roadside assistance, savings and investment options, travel discounts and agent, home repairs
Comprehensive
Adds banking and partnerships
Everything in Full, plus
- 3 × Virtual Pal visits, 20 minutes each
- 5 × Trusted vendor contacts
- Business partnership discounts
- 3 × Banking contacts
- Smart banking with free currency exchange in 200+ countries
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Diamond Plus
For travellers who have been to Portugal before, fallen in love, and are now looking to relocate.
- 9 attraction itinerary
- Pre-travel savings survey with a count-the-cost session: where you want to live, relocating animals, bank account, NIF and health insurance, realtor, importing a car, what to ship, work or retirement, attorney, AIMA paperwork, and which documents to bring
- Pre-travel consult: banking options, money transfer savings, car purchasing sites, housing costs, realtor, imports, shipping, taxes and accountants
- Realtor for a long-term rental or a purchase, plus local discounts
- Your first two relocation services as a potential visa holder, and a discount on post-residency-card services
Relocation services
The catalogue splits at the moment your residency card arrives. Packages answer “how much help do I buy?”; this answers “what can a Pal help with?”
We do it Expat Pal performs the taskWe assist You act, a Pal prepares and attendsWe refer Handed to a licensed professional
Before your residency card
- Banking We assist
- AIMA appointments We assist
- Rental search We assist
- Real estate We refer
- Video housing tours We do it
- Realtors We refer
After your residency card
- Bank account We assist
- Loan services We refer
- Public and private health insurance We refer
- Building credit We refer
- SNS number We assist
- NISS We assist
- Long-term address registration for AIMA We assist
- Portuguese classes We refer
- Private tutoring, A1 and A2 certification We refer
- Unemployment registration We assist
Classification draft These three labels answer the architecture note about regulated services. Confirm each one with your attorney before launch — the wording decides what Expat Pal is holding itself out as doing.
Not sure which package covers your situation?Tell a Pal where you are in the process and we will say which one fits, or that you do not need one yet.
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