Getting A Bank Account In Portugal from United States without traveling to Portugal

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The NIF is a Portuguese taxpayer ID. There is an article on the main site and there are a couple discussion threads about this, e.g.:

NIF Portugal

Yes, nifonline worked fine for me; I am pleased with the service and the value. The document verification call was scheduled promptly and completed smoothly. It took about a month to get the NIF because of government processing delays. I received my NIF document as expected. They assisted me with getting my online account set up with the tax authority (since I mixed up my NIF with the representative’s NIF.) They promptly forward scans of any documents received by postal mail.