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Forum: Portugal
Sep 4th 2019, 3:10 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,721
Posted By DiDAN

Re: Health Registration Advice

Ricko, which document are you referring to? We've been issued only with A4 papers stating our Numero de utente, did you received any plastic card? Anyway, nobody asked for it. Giving Numero de utente...
Forum: Portugal
Aug 25th 2019, 11:37 am
Replies: 27
Views: 2,466
Posted By DiDAN

Re: residency / health

But utility bill thing works as proof of address for banks worldwide, as well as in the UK, it's not just Portuguese thing...
Forum: Portugal
Aug 23rd 2019, 12:24 am
Replies: 18
Views: 2,792
Posted By DiDAN

Re: Hills and Sea

Forgot to mention Sesimbra :-)
Forum: Portugal
Aug 22nd 2019, 1:58 am
Replies: 18
Views: 2,792
Posted By DiDAN

Re: Hills and Sea

Look into Arrabida (close to Setubal) and/or Palmela, close to Lisbon, amazing views, top infrastructure.
Forum: Portugal
Aug 21st 2019, 12:01 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 2,466
Posted By DiDAN

Re: residency / health

:thumbsup:
what documents they asked for?
Forum: Portugal
Aug 20th 2019, 9:35 am
Replies: 27
Views: 2,466
Posted By DiDAN

Re: residency / health

The Residence Certificate you get is valid for 5 years, so no need to apply each time you come to Portugal.
Forum: Portugal
Aug 20th 2019, 3:13 am
Replies: 27
Views: 2,466
Posted By DiDAN

Re: residency / health

You should not trust everything your local Camara say. Most of people working in local authorities are not familiar with the law and not been trained to give any advise.
It's better check the laws...
Forum: Portugal
Aug 20th 2019, 3:06 am
Replies: 27
Views: 2,466
Posted By DiDAN

Re: residency / health

It's also a good idea to check the info provided by gov.uk

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-portugal#visas-and-residency
Forum: Portugal
Aug 20th 2019, 3:03 am
Replies: 27
Views: 2,466
Posted By DiDAN

Re: residency / health

It's clearly stated that pensioners must do the same. There's no exceptions. If you're staying more than 90 days you must register.
...
Forum: Portugal
Aug 19th 2019, 11:23 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 2,466
Posted By DiDAN

Re: residency / health

By law you MUST register within 30 days if you already in Portugal for 90 days. There's nothing about TAX residency. It's EU free movement law.
You may register any time earlier (the same day you...
Forum: Portugal
Aug 19th 2019, 11:03 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 2,466
Posted By DiDAN

Re: residency / health

It depend on while you have a long term rental contract on hands or not. If not - Atestado de Residencia issued by Junta is easiest way to get a proof of address. I usually takes no more than a week...
Forum: Portugal
Aug 19th 2019, 10:07 am
Replies: 27
Views: 2,466
Posted By DiDAN

Re: residency / health

Most of Camaras want a "proof of address" issued by local parish. Your rent contract might work as well, but it will depend on your Camara.
Forum: Portugal
Aug 19th 2019, 5:58 am
Replies: 27
Views: 2,466
Posted By DiDAN

Re: residency / health

There'a no need to wait until 90 days has passed. If you intend to stay longer than 90 days you HAVE TO register. So just head to Junta de Fraguesia to obtain Certificado de morada (residencia) then...
Forum: Portugal
Aug 19th 2019, 4:38 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,721
Posted By DiDAN

Re: Health Registration Advice

It took us finally one day to get Numero de Utente, it all depends on particular centro de saude. We insisted to meet an administrator and she made it within minutes on a computer. Sometimes they...
Forum: Portugal
Aug 16th 2019, 12:02 am
Replies: 34
Views: 5,149
Posted By DiDAN

Re: EHIC

Portuguese government confirmed (by law) that any Brit who registered a residence in Portugal (got residence cert) will benefit from all EU granted perks in Portugal no matter if Brexit happens or...
Forum: Portugal
Aug 15th 2019, 12:53 pm
Replies: 34
Views: 5,149
Posted By DiDAN

Re: EHIC

She’s non-EU with 5 years residence and EHIC expiry date has nothing common with “theoretical” Brexit day.
I’m Brit and they issued me EHIC till 2022 (I have my residence certificate for 5...
Forum: Portugal
Aug 15th 2019, 12:10 pm
Replies: 34
Views: 5,149
Posted By DiDAN

Re: EHIC

We’re still quite young for pension )))) several tens of years... and brexit has nothing common with EHIC as she has 5yrs residence already.
Forum: Portugal
Aug 15th 2019, 9:17 am
Replies: 34
Views: 5,149
Posted By DiDAN

Re: EHIC

You know what? We've received our EHIC cards...
Mine expiring on 2022, but my wife's expiring 10/2019
Nonsense! :banghead:
Forum: Portugal
Aug 14th 2019, 7:07 am
Replies: 14
Views: 3,566
Posted By DiDAN

Re: Car hire from Porto airport advice wanted

I personally use centauro all the year long. Customer service is definitely not their top, so many bad reviews and I had a lot of issues with their policies (one of the stupidest is you MUST use the...
Forum: Portugal
Aug 7th 2019, 10:25 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,476
Posted By DiDAN

Re: Electricity contract

As far as I know they are not interested in checking the fuse box.
My friend had a contract with Endesa and when he decided to rent via AL and commission asked for electricity cert he called...
Forum: Portugal
Aug 7th 2019, 9:04 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,116
Posted By DiDAN

Re: CGD bank

You can deposit in any Millenium branch as they are in the same group of companies.
Forum: Portugal
Aug 7th 2019, 4:18 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,476
Posted By DiDAN

Re: Electricity contract

PS If you have any previous electricity bill for your property (may be in the documents provided on purchase) you can find CPE in the bill.
Forum: Portugal
Aug 7th 2019, 4:16 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,476
Posted By DiDAN

Re: Electricity contract

I suggest Endesa because when I did a research I found them cheaper than EDP and had no any problem with them. The switch was smooth, I contracted everything online.
Some of my friends also...
Forum: Portugal
Aug 6th 2019, 11:17 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,116
Posted By DiDAN

Re: CGD bank

Why don't switch to Activo? They charge nothing for account/debit card etc.
They have a decent app and you visit them only once to set up account and get your cards (within a few minutes of opening...
Forum: Portugal
Aug 6th 2019, 10:59 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,476
Posted By DiDAN

Re: Electricity contract

I suggest you to pop in to the nearest EDP office, provide your address and ask for CPE (your electricity point number)
With this number you can contract any company (I suggest endesa.pt), they will...
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