Golden Visa / ARI
Legal support for ARI holders seeking to include family members in the Portuguese residence process.
Legal support
Legal assistance helps organise family evidence, check requirements and coordinate family members’ procedures with the investor’s main process.
Family reunification in the ARI context should be prepared in light of the main holder’s status and procedural stage.
Certificates and documents issued abroad may require translation, certification or legalisation depending on the country of origin and purpose.
Family members’ residence cards may require specific support, especially where deadlines, documents or communications differ from the main holder’s process.
When to contact us
The information on this page is general and should be checked against the specific facts, documents available and legislation in force. It is not a substitute for legal advice.
You wish to include a spouse, children or other eligible family members.
Foreign documents may need certification or translation.
Family members are at different procedural stages.
There are questions about renewal of family members’ residence cards.
AIMA has sent a family-related communication.
Revisão de certidões, documentos de identificação e elementos de relação familiar.
Articulação com o processo principal e organização da informação necessária.
Apoio em pedidos de elementos ou notificações relativas ao agregado familiar.
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Main page
Legal support for investment residence permits, renewals, family reunification and AIMA procedures.
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Legal assistance in preparing, organising and following investment residence permit procedures.
View serviceRenewals
Legal support for ARI holders and family members in preparing, submitting and monitoring renewals.
View serviceAIMA
Received an AIMA notification? The response should be reviewed quickly and prepared according to the documents and grounds involved.
View serviceNext step
Send us the essential information. Our team will review the initial context and indicate the appropriate next steps, including a legal consultation where required.
FAQ
The regime may allow family reunification, but eligibility depends on the specific family situation, relationship and applicable requirements.
This depends on the family composition and applicable requirements. Documents, age, dependency, marital status and other elements may be relevant.
It should usually be coordinated with the main holder’s process, but each family member may require separate documentation and review.
Foreign documents may often require translation, certification, legalisation or apostille. This should be checked document by document.
It should not be presented as automatic. The family relationship, documents and applicable requirements should be assessed before filing or replying.
Coordinated support for the holder and family members may be possible, while keeping an individual review for each person.
Yes, document review and preparation can often be carried out remotely, without prejudice to in-person steps or specific authority requirements.
Gather the full notification, the family member’s documents and elements of the main process so the deadline, grounds and response can be reviewed.
Send us the essential information. Our team will review the initial context and indicate the appropriate next steps, including a legal consultation where required.
Send initial information