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Tech Visa residence with a certified company

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

The pathway is designed for highly qualified workers recruited by companies certified under the Tech Visa programme that operate in technology and innovation or other areas covered by the applicable ordinance.

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  • Documentos Necessários
    O programa “Tech Visa” – em vigor desde 1 de janeiro de 2019, procura tornar mais eficaz e eficiente a concessão de visto de residência/atribuição de autorização de residência para imigrantes altamente qualificados recrutados por empresas que desenvolvam atividade na área da tecnologia e inovação (ou outras, atento o disposto na Portaria n.º 328/2018, de 19 de dezembro).

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The applicant must be recruited by a company certified by IAPMEI, IP, and the company must issue a term of responsibility (termo de responsabilidade) that is mandatory for the application.

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  • Documentos Específicos
    Termo de responsabilidade (obrigatório, a apresentar junto com os documentos gerais/comuns a que se alude supra), emitido pela empresa – certificada pelo IAPMEI, IP, que utilize a atividade do requerente.

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The distinctive professional characteristics are: the worker must be highly qualified, demonstrated by having at least ISCED level 6 qualification, or ISCED level 5 with a professional higher technical course and at least 5 years of specialised technical experience of exceptional character; and the worker must have a minimum salary equivalent to 2.5 times the IAS and a contract of at least 12 months.

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  • Notas
    O trabalhador altamente qualificado deve ainda exercer atividade altamente qualificada demonstrada através do cumprimento de um dos seguintes requisitos: possuir um nível de qualificação mínima de nível 6 de acordo com o ISCED – 2011; ou, no caso de trabalhador com um nível de qualificação 5, curso técnico superior profissional, de acordo com o ISCED – 2011, deve demonstrar possuir competências técnicas especializadas de carácter excecional, obtidas através de experiência mínima de 5 anos;
  • Notas
    Ter um vencimento mínimo equivalente a 2,5 vezes o Indexante de Apoios Sociais (IAS);
  • Notas
    Contrato de trabalho ou de prestação de serviços com a duração mínima de 12 meses;

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

The permission is for the exercise of a highly qualified activity for a certified company. The official source does not state whether the holder is tied to a specific employer, occupation or sector, nor whether family members can accompany.

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Limits of the record
  • The document does not specify whether the residence permit allows work only for the certified company that issued the term of responsibility or for any certified company.
  • The document does not state whether the holder may change employer, occupation or sector.
  • The document does not mention family accompaniment rights.
  • Notas
    A autorização de residência temporária para o exercício de uma atividade altamente qualificada exercida para empresa certificada é válida pelo período de dois anos contados a partir da data da emissão do respetivo título e é renovável por períodos sucessivos de três anos.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the permission duration, renewal and longer-term residence direction.

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Limits of the record
  • Not established: the correction failed a second independent check (NAO_RESPONDE: not_found wrong: the Tech Visa page sentence 'valida pelo periodo de dois anos... renovavel por periodos sucessivos de tres anos' (d8700b5884d5eb2d.txt line 87) answers exactly R5 (duration/renewal); it was parked under R4 (work rights), which is the wrong box.)

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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