Portugal D7 Passive Income Visa
The passive-income residency route: proof of stable income, somewhere to live and a clean record. 9 required documents, 0 conditional. The checklist is free to read. Pro matches your files to it and builds the bundle.
Drop the whole folder in
Every PDF you have for this application, in any order, named however your bank and employer named them.
See what matches and what's missing
Each file is read in your browser and placed against a checklist slot. Anything mandatory that's absent is called out before you file.
Build the submission bundle
Files come out in the order the authority reads them, named to match, and checked against the portal's size limit.
What the Portugal D7 Passive Income Visa actually asks for
In the order Portuguese consulates and AIMA works through them. Output format: One merged PDF in consulate order, with a cover sheet.
- 01
Passport bio page
Required1 pageValid at least three months beyond the intended stay.
- 02
Passport-size photograph
RequiredTaken in the last 6 months1 pageTwo recent passport photographs.
Image-only files carry no text, so match this slot by hand if it lands in the wrong place.
- 03
Portuguese tax number (NIF)
RequiredYour NIF document, needed for the bank account and the lease.
- 04
Portuguese bank account proof
RequiredAccount opening confirmation and a statement showing the transferred funds.
- 05
Evidence of passive income
RequiredLast 12 monthsPension statements, rental income, dividends or annuity letters, covering twelve months.
- 06
Bank statements
RequiredLast 6 to 12 monthsStatements from your home-country accounts showing the income arriving.
- 07
Proof of accommodation in Portugal
RequiredA twelve-month lease registered with the tax authority, or a property deed.
- 08
Criminal record certificate
RequiredIssued in the last 3 monthsFrom your country of nationality and anywhere you've lived over a year, apostilled and translated.
- 09
Health insurance
RequiredCover valid in Portugal for the initial period, until you're in the national health system.
Compiled from Portuguese consular guidance on the D7 residence visa. Consulates differ in what they additionally require; AIMA governs the residence-permit step after arrival. Last reviewed 2026-08-05.
What actually goes wrong
Apostille takes longer than everything else
The criminal record certificate has a short shelf life and a long apostille queue. Start it first and build the rest of the pack around its issue date.
Income must look recurring
The D7 tests stability, not size. Twelve months of the same amount arriving on the same day reads far better than one large lump sum.
Free, forever
- The complete checklist on this page
- What each document must show, and how recent it has to be
- The portal's size limits and naming convention
- Every other PDF tool on the site
Pro: the pack builder
- Drop your folder in and have every file matched to its slot
- A gap report before you file, not after it's refused
- Size checks against the limits this submission enforces
- One assembled bundle, in order, correctly named
- A cover sheet listing what's inside and what isn't
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Portugal D7 Passive Income Visa questions
How much income do I need to show?
The benchmark is tied to the Portuguese minimum wage, with increments for a spouse and children. It moves each year, so check the current figure with the consulate handling your application rather than relying on last year's number.
One folder in, one submission out
The Portugal D7 Passive Income Visa checklist is free to read above. Pro matches your documents to it and assembles the bundle.
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