# Permanent Residency application, switching from GV

**URL:** <https://community.nomadgate.com/t/permanent-residency-application-switching-from-gv/60444>\
**Category:** Portugal Golden Visa\
**Tags:** portugal\
**Created:** [July 24, 2023, 11:14am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/permanent-residency-application-switching-from-gv/60444 "2023-07-24T11:14:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![PTbound](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/dbc845/32.png) [@PTbound](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/PTbound)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 6:52am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/permanent-residency-application-switching-from-gv/60444/47 "2026-04-04T06:52:51Z")

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PR was also discussed in the [Prime Legal webinar on 2-April](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/i-need-your-help-to-protect-our-future-in-portugal/75732/27). From my notes (but verify for yourself!):

- Only GV PR allows the same 7d/year as GV Temporary Residency. With Regular PR you can’t be out of PT for \>2 consecutive years/36 interpolated months.
- GV PR is far more expensive than Regular PR, as you know. So that 7d/year freedom has a price.
- Sara advised against disposing of your investment until you _actually have a GV PR card in hand_ (which at AIMA speed is not just 5y - add maybe another year for PR processing). In _theory_ you can dispose after 5y, but what if at 5.8y some bureaucrat finally gets to your PR application and thinks you should should still be owning it?

I need to make some updates (namely new, higher fees for 2026) to [this comparison table I produced](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/portugal-permanent-residence-permit-for-investment-purposes/25438/54), but hopefully it helps illustrate the differences.

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