Tools
The numbers before the paperwork
Every tool here is free and complete — no partial results, no teasers. Each one reads from a single table of reference figures with a source and a verification date. When a rule changes we change one row, and every page updates.
Guided setup
FreeSix short questions on your passport, income, household, priority and timing. Fills your profile once, so every tool below is already answered.
Open the tool →My move plan
FreeAnswer once and get the route, the income to prove, the monthly cost in your city, the cash the move needs and a dated timeline in one page.
Open the tool →Milestone calendar
FreeYour move date turned into dated milestones and document deadlines, with alerts for anything late or due soon, and an export to your own calendar.
Open the tool →Visa Finder
FreeSeven questions on nationality, income source and household. Returns the routes that fit and the ones that do not, with reasons.
Open the tool →Compare residence routes
FreeD7 against D8 against D2, side by side: income to prove for your household, work rights, processing time and validity.
Open the tool →Tax estimate
FreeYearly income tax and social security on a pension, remote salary or freelance income, under the standard bands or the new-resident rate.
Open the tool →Income requirement calculator
FreeThe monthly and annual income a D7 or D8 file must show for your exact household, itemised line by line.
Open the tool →Compare cities
FreeUp to three locations side by side: rent, monthly total, rent as a share of income and what is left over each month.
Open the tool →Cost of living calculator
FreeRent, groceries, utilities, transport, health and lifestyle for six Portuguese locations, adjusted for household size.
Open the tool →Moving budget calculator
FreeVisa fees, documents, flights, shipping, deposits, furnishing and a living buffer — the cash the move itself eats.
Open the tool →Document checklists
FreeRoute-specific paperwork with the date each item has to be in hand, and a warning on the ones that expire.
Open the tool →How we calculate
No estimates dressed up as facts. Thresholds derive from the national minimum wage and the published multipliers; costs come from dated local observations; fees come from official schedules. Every figure shows when it was last checked.
Read the editorial policy →Premium, opening soon
What premium adds on top of all of it
- ◆Every letter and declaration drafted for you, in English and Portuguese, with your figures already in place
- ◆Expiry warnings when a document would lapse before your consulate or AIMA appointment
- ◆Email reminders on each milestone date, in the right order
- ◆Change alerts when a rule behind your route moves, with the effect on your numbers
- ◆Unlimited saved scenarios, compared side by side instead of three
- ◆Tax comparison across regimes and household splits, year by year
- ◆Renewal and permit-expiry tracking after you arrive
Get the rule changes that affect your move
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