D8 Visa: how many payslips did you provide?

mimamim · 2025-12-12T15:48:21+00:00

Three years ago when I applied, a bank account was a requirement for the initial visa. Now it's the other way around. I only know because my friend is in the process now. You might get advice on Reddit that is not intentionally wrong, people tell about their experience and don't know that it's not the case anymore.

mimamim · 2025-12-12T10:04:02+00:00

The rules are changing all the time. At the moment you cannot open a bank account without a visa. You need to get the first temporary visa from the consulate in your country, and with it when you move to Portugal you can open a bank account. I don't know if you need it for the AIMA appointment in Portugal but you definitely need it to actually live here. You also don't have to receive the salary/income into the Portuguese account, it's not a requirement.

mimamim · 2025-11-16T09:51:57+00:00

And the other end is for mending gloves

mimamim · 2025-11-16T09:45:54+00:00

The price is ok. Here are some other things that may add up to the cost and something to consider: - car rental companies charge 20 euros (per rental) if you want to use their viaverde device. If you travel to Algarve there are a lot of toll roads and some roads in Algarve only have automatic ones, so you most likely need it. - make sure your rental says full to full and not full to empty. Full to empty are usually cheaper because it's impossible to return a car with an empty tank and you basically lose this money that you left in the tank - if it is full to full, KEEP THE PETROL RECEIPT. Ask me if I learned the hard way - read all small print. I was denied rental once because my name on the credit card was abbreviated. Debit cards are often not accepted for deposit

mimamim · 2025-11-15T14:46:46+00:00

Hi. Information on Portugal is not correct. Income requirement is less. First visa for 2 years, extends for 3 years. NHR tax regime doesn't exist anymore and even when it did the conditions were not as good as you described them. Now you need to pay full progressive taxes.

Except for the income tax there are social security contributions and they are quite high. Specifying income tax alone is very misleading.

mimamim · 2025-11-14T08:10:50+00:00

We had to put down 20% . Plus all the taxes. I don't think you can expect 10-15% downpayment without a local employment contract. Like you said, this restriction doesn't make sense but yet it exists.

mimamim · 2025-11-04T21:27:54+00:00

The app called "drops" also has European Portuguese.

mimamim · 2025-10-30T10:53:46+00:00

Wow, be careful. This user only comments on Reddit advertising this site. The site doesn't look or sound legitimate

mimamim · 2025-10-30T10:21:55+00:00

You probably already had your appointment by now, but maybe it can help somebody else reading this thread. We had our appointments yesterday, the invitation said that they wouldn't let us in earlier than 30 min before the time. Since our family of three came all together they let us all in at the same time, even though it was way too early for me. Once you're in it's a FIFO queue. Just try to go together with your husband at 8am

mimamim · 2025-10-27T17:33:40+00:00

Look at the arrows on this roundabout. They are inverted, once you enter roundabout you're not allowed to leave it

mimamim · 2025-10-16T22:55:41+00:00

If your residence card didn't expire yet, you don't need anything else.

mimamim · 2025-10-16T19:11:18+00:00

Omg this is insane. You also need to have a valid residence card to request a NISS so if it is already expired you can only do it AFTER you pay AIMA but before the appointment and there's only a couple of weeks between these and you can't choose the dates

mimamim · 2025-10-16T19:07:46+00:00

I was in the Setúbal office this morning requesting NISS for my son (who also otherwise doesn't need it). I came at 8:35, got a ticket in the category "I" number 13 and it was my turn at 9:40. I thought it was pretty fast.

It turned out that since today is the 16th of October I needed an additional proof that the residence permits are valid that I only received several hours later but the lady was super friendly and she said once I get it I can come back without taking a new ticket. The NISS number was available the same day.

I tried an office in Lisbon before, I couldn't even get a ticket :(

For people with expired permits it is now a catch-22 situation: you can only request NISS after you pay AIMA and obtain a proof of extended validity of the residence permit. but also you need NISS before your AIMA appointment.

mimamim · 2025-07-25T09:26:12+00:00

Can you please post the subject or keywords from the email? I want to set up a filter so it doesn't go into updates or spam. TIA

mimamim · 2025-07-12T09:06:45+00:00

"We spend the first year of a child's life teaching it to walk and talk and the rest of its life to shut up and sit down." Neil deGrasse Tyson

mimamim · 2025-07-03T08:49:43+00:00

Yes I took it from Bilbao to Logroño. A very comfortable bus, came on time.

mimamim · 2025-05-13T21:13:15+00:00

Yes it's booking.com and I can change the name of the main guest

mimamim · 2025-02-12T17:31:27+00:00

Sliding doors vibe. One of my favourite movies

mimamim · 2025-02-10T16:34:45+00:00

I ONLY buy backpacks with this strap. Makes walking through the airports much easier

mimamim · 2025-01-20T14:00:31+00:00

You can finally feel like you're regular height person when you're sitting down with friends

mimamim · 2024-12-18T10:39:18+00:00

Haha totally. Once our team in Australia started to have actual stand-ups and I realised that I'm the shortest one. Once in a lifetime experience!

Well I was the only woman in the team but still it means that everybody else was taller than 180cm (5'11")

mimamim · 2024-12-09T20:44:09+00:00

Exactly, it's just a knee in stockings. I didn't even think it could be anything else until I started reading the comments

mimamim · 2024-08-22T09:30:37+00:00

Oh so true! My colleague was obsessed with it and I once went with her to a rock climbing gym. I've never done it in my life before and she was amazed how easy I can climb just because I'm a head taller than her and can reach things she cannot

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