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 →NHR 2.0 eligibility checker
FreeWhether you qualify for the 20% new-resident rate that replaced the NHR, what the employer has to prove, and the yearly saving on your income.
Open the tool →Apostille & validity checker
FreeWhich documents need a Hague apostille, which need a certified translation, and whether yours still hold on the day of your appointment.
Open the tool →D7 / D8 refusal risk checker
FreeSix questions, one readiness score, and the three weak points to fix before your consulate appointment.
Open the tool →Visa move roadmap
FreeEvery step from NIF and bank account to the consulate appointment, in order. Tick them off and see what comes next.
Open the tool →FBI check & apostille timeline (US)
FreeWhen US applicants should request the FBI record and State Department apostille so it is still valid at the appointment.
Open the tool →Accommodation proof checker
FreeWhether your lease, host letter, property or booking is likely to be accepted by your consulate, and exactly what to attach.
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
- ◆Expiry auditing: every dated document checked against your consulate and AIMA appointments, with the re-issue date
- ◆Rule-change alerts for your own route, with the effect on your numbers in euros
- ◆Your first 120 days in Portugal, step by step: NIF, lease registration, bank, NISS, SNS and the AIMA appointment
- ◆Absence tracking against the 6-consecutive and 8-interpolated month limits, so residence is never at risk
- ◆Countdown to permanent residence and citizenship, from your arrival date
- ◆Renewal and permit-expiry tracking after you arrive
- ◆Unlimited saved scenarios, compared side by side
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