Family relocating in Porto

Hi,

We're also in Cape Town and hoping to move to Porto in 2019. We just came back from a visit to Porto yesterday. We've got four kids - two are 13 and the other two are 15. If you want to chat or swap info, please drop me an email.  (Sorry about the spam-avoiding email)  ***
Regards,

Stuart

Hi Marie

My wife, two children and I are also relocating from Cape Town to Porto in August 2018.  We have just returned from a two week house shopping expedition and we had the honour of dealing with Era while we were there. 

We dealt with Rita because she speaks fluent English.  Here are her details :-

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She does not work directly in the domestic market (shes a Commercial property specialist) but she'll be able to help you. 

PS, we bought a house in Foz Do Doura and got both children in CLIP School.  Good luck and let me know how it goes.

Rgds
Zane

Hi There

My wife and I like to relocate in Portugal. we are from Canada.  We have a 9 years girl, and another one on the way.  We love the weather and beauty of Portugal.

could you please advise what area , or city is suitable for family, kids education and schooling?

we also like to know the cost of living in terms of rent (or buying an apartment) and roughly monthly shopping costs for a family  of 4?

Lastly, how the health insurance look like if a family member get ill?


We greatly appreciate any input 


Best Regards

Salah

Salah_k wrote:

could you please advise what area , or city is suitable for family, kids education and schooling?

we also like to know the cost of living in terms of rent (or buying an apartment) and roughly monthly shopping costs for a family  of 4?

Lastly, how the health insurance look like if a family member get ill?
Salah

Private school or public school?

Cost of living is highest in Lisbon and Porto, due to tight rental markets as the inventory is being eaten by tourism. See Numbeo.com for cost of living indices (user-contributed data).

Health insurance must be private insurance to receive a residency visa, unless the income-earner is paying into Portuguese Social Security through local employment or voluntarily (indexed to foreign income if that is the source). Social Security payments via the employer cover a variety of social benefits (not just health care) and is at a rate of about 33% of income with some variance, two-thirds of which is paid by employee and the rest deducted from the employee. You'll need to search worldwide insurance providers for coverage in Portugal to satisfy visa requirements.

Note that Social Security deductions are SEPARATE from income tax and include healthcare, unlike in Canada where the provinces manage healthcare and the federal government manages social benefits like unemployment insurance.