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niland

2/14/2012 19:22 EST

Hi all,

I have been offered a job in Portugal, and now I have to secure a work or residence permit (I have a PhD, and I am Non-EU). My company has not done this before, so I think I will have to gather the correct information (they have not posted the job on labor website or anything like that).

1) Can someone elaborate on the process? From google, I have found that there could be two types of permits I can go for: A) work permit for job, B) highly-skilled permit.

2)Can you also tell me what my company needs to do, in order to have the work permit granted to me.

3) What I need to do should essentially be simple enough once the company takes the right steps. I should just take the contract and the proof company provides that why they need me, and that should be enough

4) Is this true that I will first get a 6 month visa, and once I am in portugal, I apply for work permit? This seems so risky, for instance if I odn;t get it then I am screwed.

Niland

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craigandmicki

2/15/2012 05:07 EST

Niland:
I forwarded your questions to an HR director in Lisboa. However, let me address a few points now: You can NOT WORK HERE without getting the work permit first. You CAN LIVE in an EU country for 90 days, apply for a 90 day extension, to reach 180 days total. Then you must leave the EU and restart this timing 6 months later (not to exceed 6 months in a rolling 12 months). How did you 'get a job' with your company without them posting the role and without them knowing how / getting for you a work permit? I have an attorney with whom you can work; she has excellent English skills and is a Portuguese attorney. Do you need her info?

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niland

2/15/2012 07:05 EST

Well, the job was posted on the website and that's how I applied and got it. I have been living in EU for past 5 years (studying), so I don't really have to go out and come back.

The problem is that the company have not done work permits for Non EU before, so they don't really know what process is to be followed. I am afraid that if they don't do it right, may be I will lose the job.
I think there are things like posting the job somewhere (to prefer EU, etc.: however I have a PhD and it is a highly skilled job, so I am sure there is a work around based on my skills), and also about writing to vocational agency or ministry of science. Are you familiar with teh process?

Also, you may fwd. attorney's information. I may use it at a later stage. Thanks!

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craigandmicki

2/16/2012 06:12 EST

Niland:
Your latest note dispeled a number of assumptions I'd made. I have done, and my colleage has done, hundreds of expat assignments to the EU. Need to know your nationality, name, size and location of employer, and where you are now. As you've been in the EU for some time, under what type visa and when does it end? What country are you living in, and for how long? Each EU country can name its own terms, that's why these details all matter. You are right to be concerned about the risks, and to know that Google isn't going to be your best, current resource.

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