# Moving entire house and car from Canada to Portugal

**URL:** <https://community.nomadgate.com/t/moving-entire-house-and-car-from-canada-to-portugal/75998>\
**Category:** Portugal Golden Visa\
**Tags:** portugal\
**Created:** [February 3, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/moving-entire-house-and-car-from-canada-to-portugal/75998 "2026-02-03T14:36:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![tommigun](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@tommigun](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/tommigun)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 12:10am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/moving-entire-house-and-car-from-canada-to-portugal/75998/3 "2026-02-04T00:10:37Z")

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> [@layover\_guy](#):
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> I read somewhere that if you own the car for more than 1 year and import it within 6 months of moving to Portugal you do not have to pay any duties or import tax

> [@Car import in Portugal](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/car-import-in-portugal/29307):
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> Hello fellow Portuguese GV applicants! I am moving to Portugal soon and I want to import my car from the Netherlands (where I lived before that). As some of you might have noticed, car prices in Portugal are ones of the highest in EU thanks to [ISV](https://impostosobreveiculos.info/isv/simulador-isv/) import tax and VAT. Ownership is not that expensive though comparing to eastern EU countries such as NL. Thanks to the fact that ex-emigrants and expats are exempt from these taxes, importing previously owned (at least 6 months) car is a good idea! T…

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