Portugal residence through professional courses 🇵🇹
Portugal residence through professional courses is one of the simplest ways to get a residence permit in the country. It suits those who want to gain a profession or improve their skills in a particular field.
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12–18 monthscourse duration
Portugal residence through professional courses (article 92)
One of the simplest ways to get residence in Portugal: courses cover specialties from technology to the arts, give practical skills and help you integrate into Portuguese society.
The easiest way to move to Portugal in 2026
No Portuguese needed, start any time of year
All classes are in English. You can start studying at any time
Online learning!
Almost all classes are online and don't take much time, so they're easy to combine with remote work
Easy to renew your residence permit
While in Portugal you can renew your residence permit by registering as self-employed or getting a job
Minimal document package for the residence permit
No need to prove income or show contracts. Just a bank statement showing €11,040
Affordable tuition
Courses cost from €1,450 per year, and some schools offer installment payments
Apply via a D visa or E9 visa
First you get a study D visa or an E9 visa at the Portuguese consulate, then you enter the country and apply for the residence permit
List of required documents for Portugal study residence
- Proof of legal entry into Portugal. If Portugal was your first country of entry, a Portuguese border stamp and boarding passes are usually enough
- Proof of financial means based on the Portuguese minimum wage x 12 months (for 2026 — €11,040)
- Rental accommodation in Portugal. To apply for the residence permit you'll need a long-term lease
- Health insurance, or a numero de utente (Portuguese public health number)
- NIF — Portuguese tax number
- Proof of enrollment at the educational institution, the study program and course payment. Students enrolling in Portuguese educational institutions must provide proof of enrollment and course payment.
- Criminal record certificate with an apostille and a Portuguese translation. The certificate is valid for 3 months
Course examples and tuition fees
🔥 Digital marketing
The digital marketing course was designed to meet the current needs of companies and brands for audience reach and results, certifying qualified specialists in SEO, social media management, AI tools, content creation and data analysis.
The course will help you understand strategic brand promotion, customer acquisition, online advertising performance analysis, implementing SEO strategies for websites, managing digital assets and tracking results, and give you experience creating innovative marketing strategies.
The course includes the following modules:
your manager will provide the full description
language of instruction — English
format — online
start any time of year
cost: €1,880
The course will help you understand strategic brand promotion, customer acquisition, online advertising performance analysis, implementing SEO strategies for websites, managing digital assets and tracking results, and give you experience creating innovative marketing strategies.
The course includes the following modules:
- Fundamentals of digital marketing and artificial intelligence
- Content creation with artificial intelligence
- Social media with artificial intelligence
- Email marketing and relationship automation
- Paid traffic and intelligent SEO
- Marketing automation and data analytics
- Portfolio building and future trends
- Soft skills and entrepreneurship
your manager will provide the full description
language of instruction — English
format — online
start any time of year
cost: €1,880
Web design and development
The web design and development course offers a comprehensive dive into the digital universe, combining theory and practice to train versatile specialists.
No prior knowledge required. You'll study and explore the basics of interface design, usability, web programming and development.
You'll learn to develop projects — from websites to mobile apps. By the end of the course you'll be ready to take on industry challenges and help create impressive digital products.
The course includes the following modules:
Tuition fee: 3220€
Lisbon
Language of instruction ENG+PT
No prior knowledge required. You'll study and explore the basics of interface design, usability, web programming and development.
You'll learn to develop projects — from websites to mobile apps. By the end of the course you'll be ready to take on industry challenges and help create impressive digital products.
The course includes the following modules:
- Fundamentals of web design, UX and UI
- Creating website layouts
- Visual design (typography, color and identity) in Illustrator, Photoshop
- Prototyping in Figma
- Web development (programming) languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP/MySQL
- Digital marketing methodology and tools
- Social media integration
Tuition fee: 3220€
Lisbon
Language of instruction ENG+PT
Chef and pastry chef
This enjoyable and interesting chef course covers running a kitchen, introduces food safety standards, teaches menu planning principles and builds your cooking skills.
Tuition fee: 3475€
- Kitchen and pastry — restaurant work
- Technical sheets and menus
- Table setting
- Preparing and serving fish and seafood
- Preparing and serving meat
- Preparing and serving traditional Portuguese dishes
- International cuisine
- Preparing the main types of dough, fillings, creams and pastry sauces
- Preparing traditional Portuguese sweets
- Portuguese bread and baking
Tuition fee: 3475€
Interior design and decoration
The interior design and decoration course will develop your skills in decorating interiors, organizing space and choosing the right materials.
The course covers current design trends, textures, shapes, colors and details.
You also have the option of a 200-hour internship (optional) at a partner company.
The program includes the following modules:
On completion, all students receive a course certificate confirming their professional skills and the qualification needed to work in the field
Tuition fee: 1880€
The course covers current design trends, textures, shapes, colors and details.
You also have the option of a 200-hour internship (optional) at a partner company.
The program includes the following modules:
- Basic principles of interior design and decoration
- Geometry, dimensions and functional layout
- Residential and commercial spaces
- Working with color, texture and lighting
- Decorative objects
- Furniture, building materials and finishes
- Feng shui
- 2D and 3D layouts and rendering
On completion, all students receive a course certificate confirming their professional skills and the qualification needed to work in the field
Tuition fee: 1880€
HR manager
- The HR specialist course covers document management, recruitment and selection, labor law and payroll.
- It's a dynamic and interesting course that prepares you for one of today's most in-demand professions.
- The course starts with a module to develop new soft skills.
- This is followed by 8 modules focused exclusively on administrative and HR work, with active mentoring.
- In the final stage you'll gain skills in communication, emotional intelligence, entrepreneurship and job-search techniques.
- You'll also be able to put your knowledge into practice in a 300-hour internship.
- This course is for anyone interested in administration and HR, for HR, social sciences and humanities professionals, and for those who want to start a new career in administration.
- Graduates receive an official SIGO vocational training certificate.
Tuition fee: 1880€
Professional barber
This course is for anyone who wants to start a career in beauty and men's haircuts.
The program includes the following modules:
The training includes theory and practical classes. On completion, all participants receive a SIGO professional certificate
Tuition fee: 2366€
The program includes the following modules:
- Health, safety and hygiene in the barbershop
- Basic trichology (skin, hair and beard)
- Basic cosmetics (products for hair, scalp and beard)
- Barbershop tools — using and handling equipment
- The art of hairdressing — cutting techniques
- Classic barbering techniques
- Hair coloring and bleaching techniques and practice
- Personal image, plus communication and sales techniques in hairdressing.
- Styles and trendy men's haircut techniques
- Entrepreneurship
The training includes theory and practical classes. On completion, all participants receive a SIGO professional certificate
Tuition fee: 2366€
Professional hairdresser
- The unisex hairdresser training covers hair anatomy and physiology, washing and scalp massage techniques, drying and styling. It also explains the importance of hair care and coloring and bleaching techniques.
- You'll get 2-in-1 professional training, because alongside theory you can do an internship (optional) at a partner salon.
- This course is for the general public wanting to start a career in beauty, and for anyone interested in hairdressing.
- After completing the course, graduates can pursue the following opportunities:
- Working in beauty salons/barbershops;
- Working as a sales assistant for professional products;
- Starting your own business.
- On completion, all participants receive a SIGO-format training certificate that recognizes and confirms all the professional skills acquired, providing the qualification needed to work in the field.
Tuition fee: 2366€
🆕 Teaching assistant for children
A great option for teachers, educators and other specialists in children's education. The main goal of the course is to provide skills for educational work with children up to 12, including children with special educational needs. No Portuguese required.
COURSE CONTENT
COURSE CONTENT
- Child development
- Basic rules of nutrition, hygiene, safety and rest
- Animation techniques
- Childcare and kindergarten — teaching techniques
- Dysfunctional behavior and children with special educational needs
Physiotherapy and massage
- The physiotherapy and massage course meets current demand in health and beauty. It teaches massage techniques and physiotherapy procedures and enables specialists to work on restoring patients' motor functions.
- This technical support course in physiotherapy and massage is for people interested in health and massage who want to deepen or update their knowledge of physical rehabilitation.
The course includes training in the following modules:
- Introduction to the massage profession and massage basics
- Anatomophysiology and pathophysiology
- Therapeutic massage / massage therapy
- Physiotherapy resources and mobilization techniques
- Sports rehabilitation massage and functional taping
- Physiotherapy clinics;
- Rehabilitation centers;
- Private practices;
- Natural medicine clinics;
- Gyms and sports clubs
On completion, all participants receive a SIGO professional certificate
Tuition fee: 1880€
Administrative and accounting assistant
The administrative and accounting assistant course is for anyone interested in developing skills or gaining knowledge to pursue a career in administration and/or accounting.
The course includes the following blocks:
On completion, all participants receive a SIGO professional certificate
Tuition fee: 1880€
The course includes the following blocks:
- Customer service techniques and document management
- The company and accounting
- Accounting standardization system
- Accounting I: Accounting classification
- Accounting II: Specialized accounting and current operations
- Accounting III: Consolidation of accounts and year-end operations
- Accounting organization and tax obligations
- Taxation: Compliance with tax and reporting obligations
On completion, all participants receive a SIGO professional certificate
Tuition fee: 1880€
Veterinary assistant and working with animals
This course provides skills and knowledge used in working with animals. You'll be able to advise clients at clinics on care, prevention and treatment of animal diseases.
The program includes theory and practice.
The course is for those interested in veterinary medicine and animal grooming, for healthcare workers who want to deepen or update their veterinary knowledge, or for those who want to start a new career in this field.
The course includes the following modules:
On completion, all participants receive a training certificate confirming their professional skills
Tuition fee: 1880€
The program includes theory and practice.
The course is for those interested in veterinary medicine and animal grooming, for healthcare workers who want to deepen or update their veterinary knowledge, or for those who want to start a new career in this field.
The course includes the following modules:
- Ethics and customer service
- Pets: characteristics and specifics
- Observation and primary care
- Animal diseases
- Veterinary clinic and hospitalization: medical procedures
- Reproduction
- Basics of animal grooming
On completion, all participants receive a training certificate confirming their professional skills
Tuition fee: 1880€
Dental assistant
No prior medical education required.
This course provides knowledge of dentistry and the dental assistant's work, medical technologies and administrative procedures at dental clinics.
The course includes the following modules:
On completion, all participants receive a training certificate confirming the qualification needed to work in the field
Tuition fee: 1880€
This course provides knowledge of dentistry and the dental assistant's work, medical technologies and administrative procedures at dental clinics.
The course includes the following modules:
- Professional dentistry: the role of the dental assistant in the clinic's daily work
- Dental anatomy
- Clinical activity
- Anesthesia
- Surgical treatment
- Pharmacology
- Pediatric dentistry (preventive dentistry in childhood)
On completion, all participants receive a training certificate confirming the qualification needed to work in the field
Tuition fee: 1880€
Portugal residence through studies
through professional courses
We work with citizens of any country
Package SMART Language courses
€750
- Introductory consultation, case analysis, Q&A
- Checklist for preparing the document package
- Unlimited manager support in chat
- Selection of language courses
- Document package review before submission
- Personal manager
- Unlimited additional consultations
- Visa insurance (for the main applicant)
- Preparing the visa document package
- Appointment booking and all communication with the consulate
- Remote support during your consulate application
Package SMART Professional courses
€1250
- Introductory consultation, case analysis, Q&A
- Checklist for preparing the document package
- Unlimited manager support in chat
- Selection of and admission to an educational institution
- Document package review before submission
- Personal manager
- Unlimited additional consultations
- Visa insurance (for the main applicant)
- Preparing the visa document package
- Appointment booking and all communication with the consulate
- Remote support during your consulate application
Package FULL SUPPORT Professional courses
€1690
- Introductory consultation, case analysis, Q&A
- Checklist for preparing the document package
- Unlimited manager support in chat
- Selection of and admission to an educational institution
- Document package review before submission
- NIF for the main applicant
- Personal manager
- Unlimited additional consultations
- Visa insurance (for the main applicant)
- Preparing the visa document package
- Appointment booking and all communication with the consulate
- Remote support during your consulate application
- Preparing the document package for the immigration service (AIMA) appointment
- Filing a Portuguese legal request on your case, if needed
For families: +€400 per person, children under 5 free.
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Pay in stages
Payment for the chosen program is split into comfortable stages*
the SMART package is paid in one go
Transparent contract terms
Personal support from a lawyer, a preliminary assessment of your chances and work under a contract
Specialists on the ground
Our team brings not only our own relocation experience but also years of work on hundreds of client cases of all levels of complexity
The fastest way to residence in Portugal — faster than D7 or Digital Nomad
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- What types of courses you can take
- How long the process takes and how fast you get residence
- How to get residence for family members
- How much everything costs
Who will work on your case:
Ilya Gorodetsky
Head of Portuguese department
Ilya heads our Portuguese visa service and knows almost everything about the digital nomad and passive income programs. He lives in Portugal and has been helping clients relocate since 2020, with more than 100 successful relocation cases last year alone.
Anna Bugaeva
Education program manager
Candidate of Legal Sciences / PhD specializing in European Union law and international law.
Anna is an expert in legalization in Portugal through study courses and higher education (bachelor's, master's, PhD)
Vitoria Valente
Portuguese lawyer
Vitoria is a licensed Portuguese lawyer. License number: Advogada (OAB-SP 368.030) e (OA Portugal 60690L). She represents our clients in Portuguese courts, obtains AIMA appointments for them through legal action and accompanies them when submitting documents
Portugal residence through study courses.
Step-by-step plan
Step 1
First you need to find suitable courses. Courses must last at least a year
Step 2
As a rule, schools ask for payment for the full course; per-semester payment is also possible, but such courses are harder to find
Step 3
After payment, the school will send you enrollment documents. These are what you'll need for the residence permit.
Step 4
To enter Portugal you first need to get a D visa or E9 visa at the Portuguese consulate — applying for residence on a tourist visa is currently not possible
Step 5
Next you need an appointment to submit documents on study grounds. An appointment can only be guaranteed through legal action, which takes 2–4 months. During this time you stay in the country and settle in
Step 6
To legalize in Portugal you need a local tax number. It can now be obtained online
Step 7
On the appointed date you'll need to go to the immigration service in person and submit your residence permit documents
Education in Portugal
Education is a key part of life in Portugal. The country offers a wide range of educational opportunities, from secondary to higher education.
There are many educational institutions providing quality education and diverse study programs. Whether you're interested in language courses, professional courses or higher education, Portugal has something to offer. Getting study residence opens the door to new opportunities in this beautiful country.
There are many educational institutions providing quality education and diverse study programs. Whether you're interested in language courses, professional courses or higher education, Portugal has something to offer. Getting study residence opens the door to new opportunities in this beautiful country.
The school system in Portugal
School education in Portugal is compulsory for all children aged 6 to 18. It's divided into three stages: primary (grades 1–4), basic (grades 5–9) and secondary (grades 10–12).
Primary education builds the fundamental knowledge and skills needed for further learning. Basic education expands this knowledge and prepares students for more complex subjects. Secondary education provides in-depth knowledge and prepares graduates for higher education or a professional career.
Portuguese educational institutions offer diverse programs that meet high quality standards. Private and international schools are also available, offering a structured curriculum and high-quality education. After secondary school, graduates can continue at universities or polytechnics, opening wide opportunities for professional growth.
Primary education builds the fundamental knowledge and skills needed for further learning. Basic education expands this knowledge and prepares students for more complex subjects. Secondary education provides in-depth knowledge and prepares graduates for higher education or a professional career.
Portuguese educational institutions offer diverse programs that meet high quality standards. Private and international schools are also available, offering a structured curriculum and high-quality education. After secondary school, graduates can continue at universities or polytechnics, opening wide opportunities for professional growth.
Higher education in Portugal
Higher education in Portugal is one of the most popular options for international students. There are many universities and polytechnics offering a variety of academic programs, divided into three cycles: bachelor's, master's and doctorate. Portuguese universities are known for high-quality teaching and research, attracting students from all over the world.
Portugal residence through professional courses
Portugal residence through professional courses is an option for those who want to gain a profession or improve their skills in a particular field. A course may include language programs and specialized training aimed at specific goals and professional development.
The benefits of residence through professional courses and the educational opportunities include:
The benefits of residence through professional courses and the educational opportunities include:
- The opportunity to gain a profession or improve your skills in a particular field;
- The opportunity to get a residence permit in Portugal;
- The opportunity to work in Portugal after finishing the course.
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Office in Portugal
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4651 Roswell Road, Suite 309-D
Atlanta, GA 30342
Office in Portugal
Alameda Dom Afonso Henriques, 2-A, Escritório B, 1900-181, Lisboa
E-mail us