Expression of Interest | Residence permit for self-employed workers without a residence visa

residence permit for self-employed workers without a residence visa | Article 89, paragraph 2 | Expression of Interest | Manifestação de Interesse

Expression of Interest (Portuguese: Manifestação de Interesse)

The expression of interest is preferably submitted through the electronic platform (SAPA Portal) and the application is submitted personally on a standard form signed by the applicant or his/her legal representative and may be submitted at any SEF’s directorate or regional delegation, which, after proceedings and decision, will forward it to the directorate or regional delegation of the applicant’s area of residence.

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED

Necessary documentation as follows:

• Passport or any other valid travel document;
• Evidence of regular entry in Portuguese territory (holder of a valid visa, when required, or entry into Portugal within the period of the visa waiver);
• Evidence of sufficient means of subsistence, as per the provisions of Order Number 1563/2007, of 11 December (read below: green receipts);
• Extract from the criminal record from the country of origin;
• Extract from the criminal record from the country of residence for more than one year (when not Portugal);
• Permission for SEF to check portuguese criminal record;
• Evidence that the applicant has adequate accommodation;
• Evidence of having registered with the Social Security
• Evidence of registration in the tax authority;
• Evidence of having set a company according to the law, having declared the starting up of a business within the tax administration and social security as a legal person; OR
• Contract for services for the carrying out of a liberal profession and statement by the professional association with evidence of the registration (whenever applicable); OR
• Green Receipt (Recibo Verde)

Recibo Verde (Green Receipt)

You can make the expression of interest (manifestação de interesse), through green receipts. In that case, you don’t need a contract. It is good news for many people.

In addition, green receipts are useful to prove your income, that is, what in Portugal is called subsistence (Portuguese: Subsistência).

In Portugal, green receipts are used as invoices, receipts, or invoice-receipts that self-employed workers are required to issue anytime they offer a service to a customer or sell products.

To issue a green receipt, you must request an authorization from the Portuguese Tax Authority. After that, you can issue the receipts through the Finance website and print them.

Adriano Martins Pinheiro is a Lawyer in Portugal.

With information of from the Foreigners and Borders Services – SEF