A trusted partner in Portugal for international families making their move.
From the first conversation to the day you receive your residence card, every step of your move is handled with care, precision, and the local knowledge that makes the difference between arriving in Portugal and starting a new life there.
From visa applications to nationality recovery, from tax planning to real estate, we cover every legal and practical step of your move to Portugal, in coordination with our legal team and trusted network.
For descendants of Portuguese parents, grandparents, or great-grandparents seeking to recover their family's nationality. We handle the full process, from Portuguese civil registry searches to the formal application at the Conservatória dos Registos Centrais.
For clients who have lived in Portugal long enough to qualify for citizenship through residency. We prepare the application, including the language certification, criminal record certificates, and proof of integration into Portuguese society.
Strategic tax advisory in coordination with certified tax professionals. The right decisions before and after the move can shape your financial life in Portugal for years to come, and reverse engineering is rarely possible.
Assessment of eligibility, application support, and ongoing advisory for the Non-Habitual Resident regime and the new IFICI tax incentive regime, when applicable to your professional situation.
Full legal assistance in property purchases, from CPCV review to deed signing, including verification of all registry, urbanism, and tax compliance before you commit. This is where careful work prevents costly mistakes.
Managing assets, income, or investment funds across two tax jurisdictions means that decisions made before and after the move can have consequences that are difficult and sometimes impossible to reverse. We strongly recommend including it from the start.
And then, our signature service. The one that brings it all together and truly impacts your process.
More than a visa. Someone local, who speaks the language, on the ground, working on your behalf.
From the moment you decide to move until the day you feel at home in Portugal, we are your dedicated point of contact. We manage the timeline, coordinate every institution and service provider involved in your move, and identify the next step before it becomes urgent. We are physically present on the ground, visiting properties, talking to schools, exploring neighbourhoods, and gathering the information you need to make the right decisions.
When something unexpected comes up, and in a process of this scale something always does, you will not be dealing with it alone.
One person in Portugal, available throughout the entire process, who knows your case in detail and treats it as personal.
We map every step from the first call to your full integration, in the right order, with no detail forgotten.
Coordination with trusted real estate agents to find the right home for your family, with on-the-ground viewings on your behalf.
Identification and contact with schools that fit your family profile, including specialised support for children with special educational needs.
Identification of doctors, specialists, and health facilities relevant to your family, plus health insurance setup before arrival.
Coordination with our trusted accountants and tax lawyers, so that your fiscal situation is handled correctly from day one.
Bank account opening, NIF registration, NISS, residency declarations, and every administrative step coordinated end to end.
Whatever your process requires from the Portuguese public administration, we handle it on your behalf. From requesting certificates and registries, to certified translations and apostilles, to following up with public offices, you will not need to navigate Portuguese bureaucracy alone.
Coordination of pet travel documentation, customs procedures, and household goods import, including ISV exemption when applicable.
Accompaniment in your first weeks in Portugal, with regular check-ins, in-person support, and quick answers to anything that comes up.
This is what makes the difference between arriving in Portugal and starting a new life there.
For many of our clients, relocating to Portugal is also an investment decision. Buying a home, structuring a business, securing financing, and setting up a new financial life across borders are all part of the same conversation. We bring it all together, coordinating every step alongside our trusted network of specialists.
Whether you are bringing savings to Portugal, structuring a new business, or investing in financial products, every decision has fiscal and legal consequences across two jurisdictions. We coordinate with tax lawyers, accountants, and our banking partners to make sure those decisions are made with full visibility.
For clients pursuing investment-based residency or relocating with significant capital, this coordination is the difference between a clean transition and years of unnecessary complexity.
As an official NovoBanco promoter, we assist clients buying property in Portugal with the full mortgage process, from initial eligibility assessment to contract signing, with conditions tailored to non-residents.
Whether you are buying your first home in Portugal or structuring a property portfolio, we coordinate directly with the bank and legal counsel to make sure financing comes together at the right time and on the right terms.
From the first viewing to the deed signing, we coordinate every step of buying property in Portugal. Our trusted network includes real estate agents, buyer's agents, and legal counsel who specialise in international clients.
We help you understand the local market, evaluate neighbourhoods, structure the offer, negotiate the CPCV, and verify every legal and urbanistic detail before you commit.
We arrange the opening of your Portuguese bank account, with all the documentation and remote processing where possible, so that everything is ready by the time you arrive.
Cards, online banking, transfers between countries, savings products, and everything you need to live and operate in Portugal from day one.
David Legal began with a simple idea. That anyone moving to Portugal deserves to have one person they can trust, someone who treats their case as personal.
His name is David, the founder. His path into relocation began years ago, while still studying law, when he started helping clients navigate Portuguese nationality applications with the kind of careful, personal attention that would shape everything to come.
David's strongest asset has always been the ability to build genuine, lasting relationships of trust. What began as document preparation became, naturally and over time, something else entirely. The same clients who came for nationality applications would return months later with a home they were thinking of buying, a business they wanted to open, or a family they were ready to move.
So the first person clients would call when they thought about Portugal was David, and from those calls came the requests to help with transactions, legal processes, family relocations, and overseas coordination of every kind.
Around those relationships, the team and network that David Legal is today began to form. Lawyers, real estate agents, accountants, mortgage advisors, tax specialists, certified translators, and trusted professionals across every area a relocation can touch. Together, our legal team and our consolidated network became the gateway and the soft landing for families arriving in Portugal from around the world.
We are a relocation agency, in the truest sense of the word. We prepare not only the legal processes but the ground itself, so that when you arrive in Portugal, everything is ready to receive you.
Our clients' processes are as different as the reasons that bring them to Portugal. They come from across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Africa, and what they have in common is the wish to move with confidence, knowing that someone they trust is taking care of every detail.
Parents moving their entire household, often with children of school age, who need the process to feel calm and structured from the first day.
Couples choosing Portugal as the next chapter of their lives together, whether for a quieter pace, a warmer climate, or a fresh start.
Business owners and professionals establishing or expanding their operations in Portugal on a clear timeline, with every practical detail coordinated.
Clients buying property in Portugal for personal use, rental income, or long-term investment, who want a single point of contact across legal, banking, mortgage, and fiscal advisory.
Professionals and retirees choosing Portugal for the quality of life and the pace, who want the practical side handled so they can focus on the new chapter.
Those with Portuguese ancestry recovering the citizenship of their parents, grandparents, or great-grandparents, often as a meaningful step for their families.
If you are considering moving to Portugal, or already in the middle of a process, we would love to hear from you.
You will not regret it.
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