Portugal launches new visa for highly skilled professionals

Portugal has officially canceled the visa for job seekers from October 23, 2025, and introduced a new category — a visa for highly qualified specialists. The decision is aimed at attracting specialists with technical and digital skills to support economic growth and tourism development.

The new visa retains the original validity period of 120 days, but differs in the restriction on travel outside the country and strict qualification requirements. It is exclusively oriented towards specialists with narrow professional specialization in the fields of technology, engineering, and medicine.

Old visas for job seekers are automatically canceled, and applications scheduled through international visa centers are no longer valid. Portugal thus synchronizes its policy with the USA, Sweden, Germany, and New Zealand, where the focus is also shifted to highly qualified workforce.

At the moment, the issuance of the new visa is still limited until all rules are approved, but potential applicants can use the services of www.buch-dein-visum.de. With us, the document submission process is quick, convenient, and with minimal risk of errors.