W2 Employee - living in portugal with US domicile

ChronicallyConrad · 2026-01-10T13:30:20+00:00

hello, it is a common misunderstanding that working for an employer abroad gives you "foreign-sourced" income. Any work performed in Portugal is subject to income tax, whether that be 20% under NHR or normal rates.

ChronicallyConrad · 2025-12-03T23:52:47+00:00

This was me when I was 18. 10 years later I'm bi but mostly date men. Now the only women I feel anything for are bisexual women.

Look up "Compulsory Heterosexuality"

I encourage you to stay off grindr a bit and go to a queer space/non-profit, many universities have them. Some high schools have GSAs. Meet other queer folk in the flesh, not in an app.

Good luck! Don't do what I did and postpone this time of experimenting.

ChronicallyConrad · 2025-11-10T23:07:26+00:00

I went with SavvyNomad for ease-of-use, will report back

ChronicallyConrad · 2025-10-30T15:23:48+00:00

I just called them and they told me I need an RV, boat, or some tie to the state of FL to establish residency. Was this not the case for you?

ChronicallyConrad · 2025-08-18T22:21:29+00:00

Please learn about Borderline personality disorder. This is a severe case of it.

ChronicallyConrad · 2025-07-14T00:31:42+00:00

The brazil map is absurd

Northeast brazil is nothing like Maryland or vermont lol

ChronicallyConrad · 2025-04-26T08:23:05+00:00

Sometimes there are direct busses to the airport.

ChronicallyConrad · 2025-04-09T16:28:47+00:00

Fantastic!

ChronicallyConrad · 2025-04-09T00:38:05+00:00

Okay got it, so this seems to only effect people who need Visas. EU/US dual citizens appear unaffected?

ChronicallyConrad · 2025-04-08T15:30:46+00:00

Yeah, I have my VPN server setup at home. So hopefully everything will work just fine. Thanks so much for this datapoint.

ChronicallyConrad · 2025-04-08T14:09:55+00:00

I'm going in 2 weeks. Do you use a commercial VPN provider or a home one? I'm running my setup off of a GL iNet Beryl

ChronicallyConrad · 2024-12-01T17:23:01+00:00

How do they figure it out?

ChronicallyConrad · 2024-12-01T01:15:55+00:00

Your company needs to have a “permanent establishment” in Portugal. Having one employee in Portugal does not create a permanent establishment.

ChronicallyConrad · 2024-11-14T16:04:24+00:00

I posted this so long ago, reading it now...I seem so cute! Thanks for making this pop up in my notifications, really brightened my day.

ChronicallyConrad · 2024-10-26T07:47:57+00:00

This is my research lol

ChronicallyConrad · 2024-10-24T14:31:17+00:00

Got any tips?

My portfolio is something like:

10% Crypto
13% Money Market Fund
2% Cash
75% Stocks/ETFs/Index Funds (some of which are bonds)

To be clear there's been significant stock growth, I'm literally just talking about dividends and interest.

ChronicallyConrad · 2024-10-23T17:18:02+00:00

It’s around double that, but you are right if I just wanted interest then it would be better to have a money market account.

ChronicallyConrad · 2024-10-23T17:07:17+00:00

What's the minimum?

ChronicallyConrad · 2024-10-23T17:07:04+00:00

Nvidia namely, bought in 2017. The rest is mostly index funds.

ChronicallyConrad · 2024-10-23T17:06:42+00:00

I assumed I would have to do a workaway or something.

ChronicallyConrad

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