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You will often hear these two expressions intertwined, but these are two different concepts. In this article we will go through the main differences:<\/p>\n
GOLDEN VISA<\/strong><\/p>\n The Golden Visa is related to the legal residence<\/strong>, provided in the Law nr. 23\/2007, of the 4th of July, which provides for the Legal Regime for the Entry, Stay, Exit, and Expulsion of Foreigners.<\/p>\n It is a residence-by-investment program, with its inception in October 2012.<\/p>\n The Golden Visa provides applicants with temporary residence permits and enables them to live, study, and work in Portugal, with minimum stay requirements of only 7 or more days, in the first year, and 14 or more days, in the subsequent years.<\/p>\n The Golden Visa can be requested by non-EU nationals and grants the right to legal residence in Portugal. NHR<\/strong><\/p>\n The non-habitual resident status (NHR) is related to tax residency<\/strong> and is limited to a 10 year period.<\/p>\n It is a tax regime introduced in 2009 in the Personal Income Tax Code (PIT) that states that individuals that provide value-added activities are subject to preferred tax rates.<\/p>\n NHR special tax rates and rules are applicable to qualifying individuals (the main requirements being having Portuguese tax residency and not have been tax resident in Portugal in the preceding 5 years).<\/p>\n The NHR status can be requested by both EU and non-EU nationals who have their tax residence in Portugal. [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_signup provider=”aweber” aweber_list=”Subscribers|6133958″ success_action=”redirect” success_redirect_url=”http:\/\/euseguros.pt\/novo-subscritor\/” title=”Subscribe to our newsletter” button_text=”SUBMIT” description=”<\/p>\n Get important specialized information to help your business<\/p>\n ” _builder_version=”4.4.3″ header_level=”h1″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_font_size=”31px” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_align=”center” result_message_font=”||||||||” background_color=”#000000″ custom_button=”on” button_bg_color=”#e02b20″ button_font=”||||||||” max_width=”100%” button_letter_spacing_hover=”0″ fields_text_shadow_style=”none” global_module=”557″ saved_tabs=”all” button_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”on” button_letter_spacing__hover=”0″ button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off”][\/et_pb_signup][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this article, we will go through the differences between the golden visa and the non-habitual resident status.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[72,76],"tags":[73,77],"yoast_head":"\n
The Golden Visa is renewed every year and after the 5th year, Golden Visa holders can apply for full citizenship.<\/p>\n
Non-habitual residents have to reside in the Country for at least 183 days or have a business that is set in Portugal that pertains to this point.<\/p>\n