Relocate to Portugal

28/09/2026

** UPDATED OCTOBER 14 **

DC, Newark, San Francisco, and Boston have published the 𝐎𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐃-𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐞. (See the 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 for the links to the fee pages; national visas are on line 58.)
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D-VISA FEE: 𝐔𝐒$ 𝟏𝟐𝟔.𝟎𝟔 (down $2.44 from September)⁣⁣
VFS SERVICE FEE: US$ 48.13 (plus $0.13 from September)
COURIER FEE: US$ 47.00 (unchanged)
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Currently, VFS-NY/DC/Houston/Miami/Chicago collect ALL fees by credit or debit card, including the visa fee. VFS-SF collects the visa fee by money order or cashier's check, and the VFS fees by credit/debit card.

24/09/2026

We don't normally post media here, but we found the practical guides much more thoroughly researched than even many news articles translated from Portuguese to English.

We wanted to share this resource as we know many would find it helpful:

Daily English-language news and analysis about Portugal for expats and digital nomads.

02/09/2026

DC, San Francisco, Newark, and Boston have published the 𝐒𝐄𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐃-𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐞. (See the 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 for links to the fee pages by consular post; national visas are on line 58.) ⁣
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VFS SERVICE FEE: US$ 48.00 (unchanged)⁣
COURIER FEE: US$ 47.00 (plus $12)⁣

DC (PT) / Newark (EN):⁣
D-VISA FEE: 𝐔𝐒$ 𝟏𝟐𝟖.𝟓𝟎 (plus $2.81 from August)⁣⁣⁣
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SF (EN) / Boston (EN/PT):⁣
D-VISA FEE: 𝐔𝐒$ 𝟏𝟐𝟖.𝟒𝟗 (plus $2.80 from August)⁣⁣⁣
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Currently, VFS collects ALL fees by credit or debit card, including the visa fee.⁣

21/08/2026

VFS USA has published new fees for Premium services:

COURIER FEE: US$ 47.00 (plus $12)
VFS SERVICE FEE: US$ 48.00 (plus $4.43 from July)

Currently, VFS collects ALL fees by credit or debit card.

VFS Global

27/07/2026

** UPDATED AUGUST 10 **

DC, San Francisco, Newark, and Boston have published the 𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐃-𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐞. (See the 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 for links to the fee pages by consular post; national visas are on line 58.)
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D-VISA FEE: 𝐔𝐒$ 𝟏𝟐𝟓.𝟔𝟗 (down $0.45 from July)⁣⁣
VFS SERVICE FEE: US$ 48.00 (plus $4.43 from July)
COURIER FEE: US$ 35.00 (unchanged)
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Currently, VFS collects ALL fees by credit or debit card, including the visa fee.

23/06/2026

** UPDATED JULY 1 **

DC, San Francisco, and Newark have published the 𝐉𝐔𝐋𝐘 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐃-𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐞. (See links to the fee pages in the 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, line 58.)
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D-VISA FEE: 𝐔𝐒$ 𝟏𝟐𝟔.𝟏𝟒 (down $1.46 from June)⁣⁣
VFS SERVICE FEE: $43.57 (down $0.51 from June)
COURIER FEE: $35
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Currently, VFS collects ALL fees by credit or debit card, including the visa fee.

26/05/2026

** UPDATED JUNE 1 **

DC, Boston, San Francisco, and Newark have published the 𝐉𝐔𝐍𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐃-𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐞. (See link to the fee pages in the 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, line 58.) ⁣⁣
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D-VISA FEE: 𝐔𝐒$ 𝟏𝟐𝟕.𝟔𝟎 (down $1.76 from May)⁣⁣
VFS SERVICE FEE: $44.08 (down $0.62 from May)
COURIER FEE: $35
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Currently, VFS collects ALL fees by credit or debit card, including the visa fee.

28/04/2026

** UPDATED MAY 4 **

Boston, Washington DC, San Francisco, and Newark have published the 𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐃-𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐞. (See link to the fee page in the 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, line 58.)
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D-VISA FEE: 𝐔𝐒$ 𝟏𝟐𝟗.𝟑𝟔 (plus $2.25 from April)⁣⁣
VFS SERVICE FEE: $44.70 (plus $0.79 from April)
COURIER FEE: $35
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Currently, VFS-NY/DC/Houston/Miami collect ALL fees by credit or debit card, including the visa fee. VFS-SF collects the visa fee by money order or cashiers check, the VFS fees by credit/debit card.⁣⁣

24/03/2026

** UPDATED APRIL 2 **

San Francisco, Washington DC, Newark, and Boston have published the 𝗔𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗟 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗗-𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝗲. (See link to the fee pages in the 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, visa fee is 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝟱𝟴.)

D-VISA FEE: 𝗨𝗦$ 𝟭𝟮𝟳.𝟭𝟭 (down $2.33 from March)
VFS SERVICE FEE: $43.91
COURIER FEE: $35

Currently, VFS-NY/DC/Houston/Miami collect ALL fees by credit or debit card, including the visa fee. VFS-SF collects the visa fee by money order or cashiers check, the VFS fees by credit/debit card.

01/03/2026

The Embassy of Portugal in Washington, DC has published all of the visa checklists on their website for download.

The link is in the FIRST comment, scroll to the bottom of the page.

Pay particular attention to the highlighted visa names for Digital Nomads/Remote Workers (D9) and Accompanying Family Members (D8). These have been the names since Q3/2024. Previously, Digital Nomads were DR and Accompanying Family Members were DF, from the time of their initiation in Q4/2022 until Q3/2024.

The Temporary Digital Nomad/Remote Work visa is E11, previously named ER, also changed at the same time as the others.