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Portugal: Financial Means Test/Subsistence:

OldPro, your postings are so obnoxious that you have single-handedly convinced me that I do *not* want to live in the same country you do.

Portugal: US Physician planing to move to Algarves,Portugal.:

Have you looked at this website? It appears to lay out the requirements for transferring a non-EU medical license to Portugal. http://www.medicalmobility.eu/portugal One thing, though - it appears you need to be able to communicate in Portuguese to get the certificate. You would also have to jump through the normal hoops, discussed throughout this forum, to obtain (country) residency.

Portugal: Long term Portugal resident's comments to me:

I'm with terrig123. It is most helpful to receive the kindly input from expats who have been through the expatriation process - that's what we're here to get. But input is one thing and browbeating is another. Please offer your advice, but then subside if it is not adopted. People have a zillion different personal reasons for wanting to live abroad, and no one expat's "solutions" or insights or personal experience will fit every newcomer's situation, and it is arrogant and unhelpful for commenting expats to think otherwise.

Portugal: Why I joined:

OldPro, that was just unnecessary.

Portugal: Ideal area for ecovillage:

All of Portugal is chemtrail-free, because there are no such things as chemtrails.

Portugal: Initial scouting tour:

OldPro, I agree with your advice up to a point - trying a place out by renting for a period of time before sinking roots is very prudent. But it is also important to recognize that today's visa constraints make this impossible for many of us to do in most of Europe these days because of the "Schengen Area" requirements, which include Portugal. See the following should you need an explanation of Schengen. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area Stripped to its essence, if you are coming to Portugal as a retiree from a non-Schengen country (such as Canada and the US), and have no family or job in the area and do not meet the other narrow visa exceptions, then you're limited to staying three months in *all of Schengen* before having to leave Schengen countries for three months. It was lovely in the days when it was easy to hop from France to Spain to Italy, and stay in each for extended periods. But now, without a long-stay visa (which for retired Americans most likely means a residency visa), Americans must leave the whole 26-country area for three months before returning. Britain and Ireland are not part of these Schengen constraints, nor - for the time being - are Croatia, Bulgaria, Cyprus or Romania, although each of those countries has their own visa restrictions and limitations. In short, if you are not prepared to get a residency visa for Portugal (which, as detailed many other places on this forum, is a process you must start in your home country), you must be prepared to dip in and out of Portugal (and all other Schengen countries) on a 90 day revolving basis, going to, perhaps, Ireland for 90 days, then back to Portugal, then Croatia for 90 days, then back to Portugal, etc. My point here is not to be discouraging of the "try-it-out-first" message, because I agree with OldPro about it. Rather, I am suggesting that the "take all the time you need" idea that accompanied the message really does not work in Europe any more unless you are prepared to obtain residency, or are willing to hop in and out of the Schengen Area every 90 days. This recent article by a well-known travel blogger lays out the Schengen limitations at greater length. http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/how-to-legally-stay-in-europe-for-more-than-90-days/

Portugal: Importing Car:

craigandmicki, I feel your pain. I used to have a lot of knowledge on a dfferent (traveler's) message board. The more helpful I was, the more insane the questions became, either in their incredible complexity or their mind-boggling simplicity. It eventually seemed that nobody could research anything by themselves. I finally gave it up, as I had turned into an unpaid travel agent. I hope it doesn't come to that for you, because I have greatly valued your insiders' knowledge of the residency and acculturation processes for non-EU citizens. Please hang in there, and know your efforts are genuinely appreciated!

Portugal: where on the Silver Coast?:

Hi - wilsonworld, curious to hear what *you* found in your explorations. We too are looking at possible places to settle, and would appreciate learning what did (and did) not fit your bill, and why, if you care to share. Thanks!

Portugal: Retire in Lisbon or Cascais?:

Has anyone used this online rental service? http://www.m.longtermlettings.com/find/rentals/Portugal/

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