I swear I have met more āGarrettā's in this whole portugal business than ever before in my life.
Welcome!
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Hello everyone,
My name is Marko and Iām from Serbia. Currently looking into obtaining my very own NIF and moving to the Azores later this year. NG seems like a treasure trove of information, and I will come back later to share my experiences as I make progress on my journey.
Peace 
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Hi my name is Ralph Jaggi.
I currently live in Northern California, am single, fun loving, and grateful.
I am new to this forum, but looking forward to interacting with you all.
I am currently working in the US, doing GIS with Caltrans, but am planning to retire in Portugal in 2 to 3 years.
I heard I will need a NIF to do much of anything in Portugal
I am looking for ways to obtain that.
Hello community 
Thank you for welcoming me here!
My name is Cristina Afonso, I live in Lisbon, Portugal, and work, at CMS Law firm, as a Business Developer & Client Manager at the Immigration Team.
Will try to be of a help with the questions the community here presents, everytime I see my knowlegde of different related issues, can be a solver.
Love people, cultures, diversity, bring solutions, art, music, dance, Love the outdoors, my pets, nature and life itself!
All the best for everyone!
Hello - Iām Margaret from the UK. I recently bought a house under the Golden Visa scheme in Castro Marim. The documents were submitted on 6 December 2021 and weāre waiting approval. Then I suppose itās going to be a long wait for the biometrics. Anyway, we are retired and studying here, and hoping that the SEF stuff gets sorted so that we can stay longer than the 90 days currently allowed post-Brexit. If anyone is near Castro Marim Iād be interested to hear from them - or anyone else for that matter! Thanks! Margaret
Hi all! My nameās Mike and I currently live in Nova Scotia with my wife and son. We moved here from the UK a few years ago but have decided itās time to move on. Weāre seeing out the school year here then heading to Lisbon in July. Iām a programmer and designer, working remotely for 4 or 5 years. Iāve been nomadic for spells but less so once having kids!
Iām Matthew from Australia. I am retired looking to do what I love most ie visit other countries and see how people live.
Favourite book: ā100 years of Solitudeā by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Favourite country: Indonesia
Came to nomadgate because I am looking how to manage money effectively whilst travelling.
Regards
Hi I am Graham. I am from the UK originally. I have lived in the U.S.A for 25 years, and Spain for 5 years. Considering Portugal , probably an investment in the interior to renovate.
Happy to have found this lovey community! My name is Fernando and am from Canada, but also a Portuguese Citizen (my parents are both from there). I am just getting started in acquiring properties in Portugal to run as short term rentals, specifically targeting digital nomads and families looking for a quiet place to get away and recharge themselves. Coming from a long career in business, it became important to me to create these space, when I was recently in Portugal visiting family and working remotely there. I want to simplify the process for anyone looking t get away and prioritize their wellness and self and living the best way they can.
I hope I can learn from all of you what is important to a nomad on the move, to help me in creating the best spaces and experiences, and hopefully I can provide some value in the community as well, answering any questions anyone has.
Best,
Fernando
Hi everyone! Iām CĆ©sar, from Brazil, discovering Europe. Iāve recently moved to Malta. Iām still figuring it out the basics on residency here.
Hi 
, I would like to know the latest news for moving to Portugal 
Hi there,
Iām Sarah from Germany but living in various countries across Europe since 2014.
Iām a content writer for science-related topics and coach scientists to communicate and disseminate their research findings. 
Currently, Iām in Alicante, Spain, which is probably one of my favourite places so far, but others include Valencia and Gran Canaria. Yes, I love Spain and their beaches 
and I generally spend my days playing beach volleyball 
and my nights writing 
Looking forward to meeting you all here!
Hey all nice to be a part of the community.
At offchain.city we run Portugals first fully CMVM regulated and GV complaint Crypto fund. Happy to help!
Hi Friends,
My name is Kristen and I am currently in BogotĆ”, Colombia. Iāve been on the move in South America for the last 6 months after losing my home in the Northeastern US to Hurricanes Henri/Ida flooding. Lost my university job in 2020 to Covid. Iām traveling and writing a book about my own experience being displaced due to a climate change weather event, interviewing people about their experiences with changing climate, and how the human relationship with the landscape changes as the landscape changes. Heading to the Amazon soon.
Grateful to be here because Iām new to living long term on the road, yet eager to continue in this way as long as I can while I write. Thanks for the welcome!
Hi everyone, my nameās Kevin but most people call me Frosty, or rather my nameās Frosty but my passport still says Kevin. Iām writing this from Budapest, Hungary, but on Monday Iāll be in the US.
I donāt think of myself as a ānomadā but I do live in five countries at the moment so maybe other people see me that way. Trying to reduce it to three!
Iām a visual artist (painter, mostly) and a technologist (software, mostly) ā and after 15 years at a big company (13 of them remote in Europe) and one year reshuffling my geography, I am getting back into software consulting and might also make some apps and things. If I had more free time Iād write a detective novel but that might have to wait until āretirement.ā (Artists never retire anyway.)
Happy to be here and learn from other peoplesā experiences. I found this site while looking for info on ānomadā business stacks, e.g. LLC + bank + mail forwarding, that sort of thing.
Hey there!
My name is Steff 
Quick intro:
Spending most of my adult life in Asia, now thinking about going back to Europe (for some time, but location independent)
Topics I am interested in / working on:
- Sustainable Change
- VR
- DAO (Distributed Autonomous Organization)
- Organizational Psychology
Currently, I am working on setting up the needed infrastructure for Europe.
Happy to join this community 
S.
Hello all! Ron here. Currently going through the Golden Visa process for Portugal. Submitted Oct ā21 and got acceptance on April 27, ā22. Trying to get a feel for the Biometrics appointments with SEF. Happy to stand in line for the Ukrainians to find refuge.
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hi everyone - thanks for adding me.
I am Canadian
and Belgian 
living in Scotland 
wanting to retire in Portugal 
working from home with international team 
now looking into how to move from Scotland to Portugal
have been looking at posts on this site and already helped! thanks guys 
OlĆ”!
Iām American 
working as a freelance Chinese-to-English translator and copywriter
but have lived half my life in Hong Kong 
and more recently in Berlin 
i became a nomad in the summer of 2019, and then covid hit and found myself living back in the US for the first time since '93
iāve just started the process of applying for a golden visa in Portugal , only to find out that the system hasnāt been accepting applications since the beginning of the year 
when thereās no global pandemic travel restrictions in place, I like spending my time in:
Europe 
ā Berlin , Lisbon , Bansko 
anywhere by the Adriatic or Mediterranean Sea 
when itās warm and in the Alps 
when itās cold 
Asia 
ā Hong Kong , Singapore 
, and Japan 
as well as exploring new places
interests include: regenerative villages, intergenerational coliving, regenerative economies, cryptocurrencies and distributed ledger technologies/web3, psychology and therapies, helping people heal from trauma, exploring places on foot (i donāt drive), and a lot moreā¦currently, trying to learn to play go and get started on writing a novel 
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Hi I am Agustina I am Indonesian and married with Italian who has just moved to Lisbon. I am happy to join this community, I have read some useful info regarding NIF etc. I still have doubt how to apply NIF myself directly to the finance office in Lisbon.
Hope to find somebody who can share their personal experience
best regards
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