Jiffijaw

"Portuguese residency does bring a requirement to register and/or exchange your licence and generally restricts you to a Portuguese car."

Help! New to this forum and Portuguese residency. I'm doing up a ruin in the Algarve. Bought myself a Portuguese registered Jimny and am now trying to import a Motorhome and change its matriculation to Portuguese. I'm planning on changing my UK Driving Licence to a Portuguese one (I'm 68). My wife hasn't changed her UK residency. She has a UK registered Fiat 500 (currently in UK) that she brings down.

I've been looking at various forums and threads and am confused whether as a Portuguese resident I'm legally allowed to drive any non-Portuguese registered cars while in Portugal? For instance, my wife's car, or my son's car when he drives it down here?

morro

This is the most confusing thread in Portugal! And I started it!!
So that I can now drive my Portuguese car and when I drive over in my UK car, I went to the tax office and had myself officially made an Estrangeiro!!!
I will now pay more IMI, council tax.
And do not need to make a Portuguese tax return.
But God knows what will happen after Brexit.