The 2024 State Budget included a tax regularisation programme allowing taxpayers to settle outstanding obligations with reduced penalties, offering expatriates a chance to correct historical reporting gaps.
The EU's Entry/Exit System, updated on 5 December 2023, will replace passport stamps with biometric border control, automatically tracking the 90/180-day rule for third-country nationals.
The proposed 2023 revision to the EU Long-Term Resident Directive introduces greater mobility across member states and allows aggregating residence periods accumulated in multiple EU countries.
Portugal completed its immigration administration restructuring on 29 October 2023 by creating AIMA, dissolving SEF and redistributing competencies across multiple entities.
Decision (EU) 2023/2409 extended temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees until March 2025, granting residence rights, healthcare, education and employment access across the EU.
Law 56/2023 effectively ended new real estate-based Golden Visas from 7 October 2023, limiting future residence-by-investment applications to productive investments while protecting existing holders.