The difference between buying a house in Portugal being a resident or not depends on the purpose of the house. If you buy a house to live in Portugal, you are buying a permanent home and are a resident, but if you do not live in Portugal and you buy property there it will count as a second home. This affects the property…
You just moved to sunny Portugal, tried to open a bank account and got asked for your NIF number… what exactly is that? Most ex-pats will run into this question quite soon after moving to Portugal. The NIF (Número de Identificação Fiscal or Número de Contribuinte) is a tax identification number that you will need to deal with any sort of transaction in the country, such…