Areas of Practice
At MARQUES PINTO & CALDAS PATRÍCIO – ADVOGADOS, SP, RL, we provide advice to individuals of foreign nationality with a view to obtaining visas and residence permits for the broadest range of purposes, namely for study, employed work, research activities, amateur or professional sports activities, tech & start-up visa, incorporation of companies, self-employment, and in particular for investment activities.
In particular, we provide services for the acquisition of a residence permit for investment – Residence Permit by Investment Activity (ARI), also known as a Golden Visa – assisting in the preparation of the investment, ensuring that all legal requirements are met, and, subsequently, submitting the application to the Immigration and Border Control Service, including all procedures necessary up to issuance of the residence permit.
We also advise on obtaining Portuguese nationality, by acquisition and assignment (through marriage or civil partnership, from parents or grandparents), in particular for Sephardic Jews, and on related procedures and processes, such as the transcription of marriages or the recognition of judgments of foreign courts.
Our services include:
- Residence permits for employed work;
- Visas for entrepreneurs;
- Autorização de Residência por Investimento (ARI) / Golden Visa;
- Work visas;
- Student visas;
- Tech & Start Up Visas;
- Nationality;
- Family reunification;
- EU/EEA Residency;
- Asylum and Refuges;
- Permanent Residences;
- Marriage Transcription;
- Recognition of judgments of foreign courts.