Country comparison tool for relocation
Compare countries side by side for personal income tax, residency requirements, visa routes, minimum stays and long-term pathways using the same scenario.
Decision summary
Compare relocation trade-offs side by side
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| Metric | 🇵🇹PortugalOpen residency guide |
|---|---|
| Modeled income tax at 100000 | 36.61%€36,613 |
| Model depth | Tax estimate only |
| Corporate tax | 19% |
| Dividend withholding | 28% |
| Employee social rate | 11% |
| Documented routes | 5 |
| Minimum-stay baseline | Not available |
| Tax-residency baseline | 183 days |
| Permanent residency | Available after 5 years |
| Citizenship timeline | 5 years |
| Visa difficulty | 4 / 5 |
| Data confidence | highVerified 2026-02-09 |
| Evidence-backed fit | Accessible visa options with low income thresholds (D7 at €920/month for retirees; D8 at €3,480/month for remote workers)Short path to permanent residency (5 years) and citizenship (5 years, though potentially extending to 10 years) |
| Main trade-offs | Rising housing costs in major cities (Lisbon, Porto) creating affordability pressure; prices up 40%+ over past 5 yearsComplex bureaucracy and slow administrative processes (visa processing, residence permit renewals, business registration) |
Comparisons are modeled from the stored residency-guide data and are general information, not personalized tax, legal or immigration advice. “Not available” is never treated as zero. Each column shows that country’s own currency and model depth; no currency conversion is performed, and a shallower model is never ranked below a deeper one as a saving.