Butze
Swiss expat in Portugal
Forum posts
19
About me
Swiss
Lives in Setúbal
Registration: 23 January 2020
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Cost of Living in Portugal in 2021 by Cheryl
Hello everybody, We would like to take stock of the changing cost of living in Portugal, particularly in your city or region. The aim is to measure the impact that the health crisis may have had on your expenses. This will help other expatriates ...
ACristina, Should you consider moving into my area, please do contact me. I will gladly give you my contact info. I agree that corruption and nepotism are rampant in Portugal. Still it’s not as bad, by far, as in Asian countries. Italy and ... Read More
Cost of Living in Portugal in 2021 by Cheryl
Hello everybody, We would like to take stock of the changing cost of living in Portugal, particularly in your city or region. The aim is to measure the impact that the health crisis may have had on your expenses. This will help other expatriates ...
ACristina, Have you considered moving away from the Algarve? The Silvercoast seems largely untouched by what is happening in the Algarve. We are only a handful foreigners here. There are places more frequented like Caldas da Rainha, which seems to ... Read More
Cost of Living in Portugal in 2021 by Cheryl
Hello everybody, We would like to take stock of the changing cost of living in Portugal, particularly in your city or region. The aim is to measure the impact that the health crisis may have had on your expenses. This will help other expatriates ...
Hi ACristina, So very sorry to hear your disappointment. I felt the same negative attitude from people towards foreigners in Porto and for that reason I didn’t move to Porto. The apartments there are small, in not so nice neighborhoods, ... Read More
Cost of Living in Portugal in 2021 by Cheryl
Hello everybody, We would like to take stock of the changing cost of living in Portugal, particularly in your city or region. The aim is to measure the impact that the health crisis may have had on your expenses. This will help other expatriates ...
Hi Cheryl, Your letter describes the situation accurately for most parts of Portugal where foreigners congregate. I did not move to the Algarve for exactly the housing problems you describe. I moved to the Silvercoast, Figueira da Foz. The ... Read More
Making Friends in Portugal by maxvictor
Me and my wife moved from Goa to Portugal in 2018 December. I always heard Portuguese people are very nice people. But we don’t seem to meet anyone who we can call friends. It’s quite frustrating especially for my wife as when I go to ...
Hello Johnny PT, That bus ride was in the summer of 2019, before COVID. From their choice of words I took them all for ‘young socialists’. They were all quite fluent in English. I was wondering then if that same socialist ... Read More
Making Friends in Portugal by maxvictor
Me and my wife moved from Goa to Portugal in 2018 December. I always heard Portuguese people are very nice people. But we don’t seem to meet anyone who we can call friends. It’s quite frustrating especially for my wife as when I go to ...
Hi, I live on the Silvercoast in a smallish town with only a handful of Expats. People are reserved, but very friendly. They will not approach you, you will have to make the first steps. In my experience most react very positively and I have made ... Read More
Testament making in Portugal
Hello Everybody, I need to change my will and am unsure of the Portuguese laws. I am Swiss and German citizen, residency in Portugal since 1 year. My daughter is married in the USA and has Swiss and American citizenship, the same for my ... Read More
Expat loneliness - Does it get any better? by PamDakan
Posted from my blog: papillon-pam.blogspot.pt/2014/11/expat-lonelinessdoes-it-get-any-better.html#more The rains have started here in Portugal. It's funny, when I first moved here two years ago, all I kept reading about was how good the ...
Hi, I just moved back to Portugal in September after being gone for almost 2 years. I lived here before that for 2 years. My experiences then were much better then they are now. There is clearly a new vibe of hostility and condescension that was ... Read More
New members of the Portugal forum, introduce yourselves here - 2020 by Julien
Hi all, Newbie on the Portugal forum? Don't know how to start? This thread is for you ;) We invite you to introduce yourself on this topic, to share with us your expat story if you are already living in the country, or to tell us more on ...
Hello, You would have to have a job first before you get a work visa. The company will have to prove that no local can fill that job and your qualifications will be needed. You will need to provide proof of source of income, you say you are semi ... Read More
UK Citizen seeking Portuguese Residency Help by Jaydinker
Hi Friends, I'm Just putting this out there, I'm a UK citizen applying for my residency here in Porto, I understand I need to present 2 witnesses at my Local Parish which is Parish Council of UF Centro Histórico It's very ...
Hi, I am a Swiss citizen and have residency in Portugal. Unsure now if different laws apply for Brits. I rented an apartment, presented the contract at the Finanzdepartment to receive my NIF number and with that I went to the city to apply for ... Read More
Mobile phone problems with I ternational calls by Butze
Hi Everybody, I need the help of those who are a bit longer here. I am experiencing great problems and can’t figure out just where the problem lays. I have a pre-paid SIM card with NOS, because I don’t want that whole package with ...
thank you much for your response. I will try to call CS. Kindly Butze Read More
Mobile phone problems with I ternational calls
Hi Everybody, I need the help of those who are a bit longer here. I am experiencing great problems and can’t figure out just where the problem lays. I have a pre-paid SIM card with NOS, because I don’t want that whole package with ... Read More
Expatriation to Portugal: border updates by Cheryl
Hello everyone, in Portugal as elsewhere, the current pandemic has changed our way of life but also our mobility, due to the state of borders of nearby countries or countries we wanted to visit. Today we would like to take stock of the current ...
Hi Everybody, Just recently, 1. Sept. 2020 I moved from Spain, Costa del Sol, Malaga to Portugal and experienced absolutely no problems. Although the Spanish Government just forced more restrictions on the people of Andalusia. I drove twice the ... Read More
Which area has good living conditions
Hello Everybody, I would like to ask for help and advice. I live in Figueira da Foz and love it there. However I am living alone and in the off-season (+/- 9 month) Figueira becomes very quiet. I was looking to move closer to Lisbon for access to ... Read More