# Can a Portal das Finanças password be sent abroad? **URL:** \ **Category:** Tax and legal\ **Tags:** portugal\ **Created:** [November 18, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/can-a-portal-das-financas-password-be-sent-abroad/74862 "2025-11-18T16:05:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nomouxid](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/3be4f8/32.png) [@Nomouxid](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/Nomouxid)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/can-a-portal-das-financas-password-be-sent-abroad/74862/1 "2025-11-18T16:05:40Z")
Hi all! I have a question regarding the NIF process. I am going to Portugal, and using the occasion to kickstart the process. I have an appointment to get my NIF, in which I will register to a foreign address for now. The thing is, once I get my NIF, can I request the letter with the password from Portal das Finanças, to be sent to a foreign (EU) address? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![PTbound](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/dbc845/32.png) [@PTbound](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/PTbound)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/can-a-portal-das-financas-password-be-sent-abroad/74862/2 "2025-11-18T16:14:26Z")
I do hope you’re reading all the bad experiences many have had with the PT GV (e.g. [here](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/portugal-golden-visa-is-a-scam-endless-waits-misleading-information-and-outright-lies/51216/171) and [here](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/ate-logo-portugal-why-im-cashing-out-of-optimize/74709)), but to answer your question… Having just logged into Finanças to pay my property taxes today, yes when we got our NIFs\* the portal access code was posted to our UK address (don’t think we had any choice). \*that was 3 years ago, and we’re _still_ waiting for our GV approval and cards 😭 ---
**Author:** ![Nomouxid](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/3be4f8/32.png) [@Nomouxid](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/Nomouxid)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 8:58am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/can-a-portal-das-financas-password-be-sent-abroad/74862/3 "2025-11-19T08:58:09Z")
Hi, Thanks for the insight. I do not need visa, and my move is unrelated to this type of topics, so hopefully I will be fine on that side haha! But good to hear that they can send it abroad, would you actually remember ± how long it took to reach UK? ---
**Author:** ![PTbound](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/dbc845/32.png) [@PTbound](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/PTbound)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 10:41am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/can-a-portal-das-financas-password-be-sent-abroad/74862/4 "2025-11-19T10:41:52Z")
3 years is a long time ago (so much Portugal BS and disappointment since!), but I think it took about 2 months to get the portal code in the post. Christmas was in the middle of that, and nothing happens during that period.