NHR 2.0 - Discussion and Optimization

Sorry, all the time I have to worry about how Portugal (mis)treats investors (and sadly it’s been a lot of time) is consumed by its current doubling of years required for citizenship from 5 to 10 (huge thread for that topic here). So I haven’t been following what’s happened with IFICI.

But I find it interesting that someone who seemed quite excited about IFICI in March 2025 is posting in April 2026 about US GV investors suing whoever sold them PT GV funds based on 5 years to citizenship.

I know GV funds and IFICI are different things, but they’re both about foreign investment in Portugal. Having experienced Portugal’s broken promises, arbitrariness and retroactive changes the past 3+ years, I personally don’t trust this country anymore. 10 years is a lot of opportunity for Portugal to mess with IFICI like they have with other foreign investment schemes.