Moving to Portugal from UK - What I've Learnt
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
- Thinking about making a move to Portugal or already living the dream? Look no further! Join me as I share the incredible highlights and invaluable lessons I've learned throughout my 6-year journey in Portugal. From turning my dreams into reality with my apartment in Lisbon to finding love and becoming an entrepreneur, I've documented every step of the way. Get inspired for your own Portuguese adventure! - Filmed in Lisbon, Portugal by Liz Sharma, a Portuguese teacher in Lisbon and founder of Talk the Streets.
By the way... my successful mortgage was with Novo Banco and I do not recommend Santander!
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What have been your highlights and lessons learnt moving to Portugal? Or are you yet to make the move? Tell me your story!
That you have to be realllllly patient when it comes to bureaucracy :) Aside from that I really do enjoy living in Portugal! Coming from cold Canada the weather here is a blessing.
@@vommir.haha yep, that was one of the first things I learnt too!
We arrived 3 weeks ago. Yep, exhausting.
Please stop promoting Portugal internationally as an ideal place to buy homes🇵🇹 as it is negatively affecting my people. There is a direct link with the Airbnb, Golden Visas and Digital Nomads and the prices of homes all over Portugal. Proof of it is the fact that even the Portuguese government pretended to fix it with a new bill that they passed last July called “home for all” which still favours Golden Visas and Digital Nomads holders over their native Portuguese. Portuguese are now starting to see rich foreigners who are buying our homes on the international house market as the source of the rising houses and rental prices. How can we compete with rich foreign who are buying our homes with our minimum salaries of €760 a month?!!!! The sad reality that Golden visa holders know that they benefit of free movement all over Europe when they buy a Portuguese home above a certain price, so the house prices were forcefully inflated to accommodate the value that guarantee them the status of Golden visa. Furthermore, as they all automatically get a Portuguese passport after 5years , which grants them free access to many countries without any commitment, really. They only have to stay 7days in the country a year to apply for a Golden visa, but they are allowed to affect the house market, our life style and our power of acquisition permanently. We live in a country with portuguese salaries, but our houses are on an international market, that is problem. In addition to this, our elderly people were forced out of their rental properties in the historic centres of cities such us Lisbon, Sintra, Porto, Faro, Coimbra , Braga, Funchal, Ponta Delgada,Setubal, etc. This has killed our heritage, culture and social fabric to accommodate a superficial postcard tourism that has nothing to do with us Portuguese.
Omg! We were discussing with my husband yesterday how much we used to travel and how much we were suffocating if we didn't go anywhere at least once in 3 months! We were also moving to a different country in about every two years. But now we've been in Portugal for 4 years, we live in Algarve, we don't crave other countries anymore! We love exploring Portugal! We are soooo comfortable here even though our Portuguese is far from fluent still ❤❤❤
Yessss I hear you, so much to explore and enjoy here that we don’t travel far anymore either!
For me, as Portuguese, I think your Portuguese citizenship is so deserved. The way you work for the Portuguese language (The European one) is just amazing. Thank you for being a Portuguese ambassador, thank you for speaking of Portuguese culture to the world. It really is a lot, and means a lot. You deserve it all.
Thank you so much for your kind words!
Oi, Paulo. Peço desculpas por entrar em polêmica mas tenho escutado de luso-brasileiros que a cidadania portuguesa não lhes confere plenos direitos. Em outras palavras, são vistos como cidadãos de segunda classe. Minha esposa (filha de pai e mãe portugueses) sabe bem o que foi isso ao viver 23 anos em Portugal, sendo vítima de todo tipo de alcunha depreciativa. Claro, Portugal é um país pequenino que não comporta tanta gente vindo de fora. Pelo menos eu vos considero um povo irmão que sempre será bem-vindo no Brasil.
@@fabiolimadasilva3398 aqui há de tudo, tal como no Brasil, pessoas boas e más. As más para mim não contam. Quem tem cidadania Portuguesa, independentemente da sua origem, tem plenos direitos tal como qualquer outro.
@@fabiolimadasilva3398 Para acrescentar, eu vejo o Brasil bem como todas as outras ex-colónias Portuguesas como Países irmãos. Temos séculos de história juntos, para o bem e para o mal. Claro que há racismos e ódios de parte a parte, mas é muito mais o que nos une do que o que nos separa. Eu por exemplo, participo em fóruns de língua Portuguesa e vejo também muito ódio de Brasileiros contra Portugueses, e o preconceito está sempre lá, o colonizador, devolvam o nosso ouro, o Tu Gay, o padeiro, o país mais pobre da Europa etc etc etc. Não podemos odiar a rosa, só porque o seu espinho nos picou.
@@paulo50001 infelizmente existem brasileiros com esta linha de pensamento. Afinal, isto aqui era território português. Enfim, passado! Convivo diariamente com portugueses porque meus enteados nasceram aí. Dessa experiência passei a entender um pouco o modus operandi de vocês. Um abraço!
We moved to Madeira in October and I couldn't believe how tired we were months later. I couldn't agree more to your point about giving yourself grace and not expect too much.
Yes definitely!
THANK YOU! I love what you said about giving yourself one small task each day and no more, for a while. Our default is go-go-go-go, do-do-do-do. One reason I’m moving there is to shift into a lower gear, and this is a good reminder of that! Obrigado!
So glad this was helpful!
Congratulations to you and Mike!!! It's been so much fun to watch you and your courses grow! Angela
Dogs are always THE highlight in life! x
True!!
Uma das coisas que me fascina no canal da Liz é encontrar tantos estrangeiros de países diferentes, países extremamente avançados, que acham que Portugal é espectacular. Porque como a Liz já deve ter percebido os portugueses, nós ;), ocasionalmente somos um bocado depressivos. E infelizmente com bons motivos acho eu.
Ask, believe, and receive
Beautiful video Liz, thank you for sharing. Congratulations on your citizenship. We retired here in Porto in August 2021 after my last assignment with FedEx in Jakarta Indonesia. We made several trips earlier to Lisbon and Porto and made the decision watching the sunset in Miradouro Park at the café. We still pinch ourselves that we are here. We also bought our home in early 2020 just before the pandemic lockdown after seeing numerous properties because we knew what we wanted. It has been so exciting and we are so grateful.
That's wonderful!!
Re-watching this as my move date to the Minho in North Portugal - 1st April! edges ever closer - less than four weeks, Yikes!!! To be honest I am already feeling pretty drained with finishing work, final logistical arrangements, visa stuff etc but the excitement, curiousity and challenge inspires me too! Thanks Liz - your videos have been very encouraging - I have also signed up to Portuguese Pro! Maf in Brighton ( not for long) ☺
Woooop so exciting!!
Dear Liz, how inspirational! Thank you for sharing. I say inspirational, because I am in the process of building a house on the land (near Óbidos) I purchased a year ago. My plan is to move to Portugal and grow an ecological tourism business from my new home. Bravo to you for all your achievements. Big hugs, Anouche.
Sounds INCREDIBLE! Boa sorte!
I’ll be moving there in roughly a few months scary hours ahead.
Exciting!! It's normal to feel scared but you've got this!
Thanks dear for sharing.❤
Happy 6 year anniversary!🎉
Thank you!!
I love this😍 Its my dream to move to portugal but im still in the planning years 😁☺️ thank you so much for your amazing videos 🙏🏼❤
Best video yet Liz, Gold star!
wooop thank you!
'crying in the bank, I think did actually help'.
Thanks for sharing your useful tips and experiences in such an amazing naration. As a new commer they are definitly very useful and I've learned a lot beyound language tips from your channel. So carry on the good job badass Lisa :)
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for that,I moved to north of Porto in February and there's been times when I wonder if I've made a mistake.Generally loving it,but not the bureaucracy which I keep having to remind myself is the same for everyone 😱.Next hurdle is finding a home -could you advise which bank is to be avoided 😉 ?
I used Novo Banco in the end!
Thank you so much for sharing the update about your citizenship, congratulations!!! I’m dreaming of being an EU citizen again (fellow Brit!) one day and Portugal looks like me if the best options 🙏
Thank you!! :)
Lots of Brits still coming over, even after changes to the Golden Visa program...that program made it easy to buy and only spend a week a year in Portugal for the visa, but there are still lots of options to buy/invest in Portugal and move here the more traditional way
@@starveartist thanks for sharing that’s great to hear! 🙏
@alistairrobinson3865 it might mean you are required to spend at least 6 months a year or something, whereas before with the "golden visa" people only needed to come for a week every year for 5 years.
@@starveartist yeah that’s fine, I’d be looking to relocate, learn language etc and spend most of the year there anyway, so golden visa never really interested me so much 🙏
Great life strategies!
Thanks!
No começo do vídeo eu pensei que a surpresa era que você estava grávida. Apesar de eu ter errado, parabéns pela cidadania portuguesa. 🎉
I find your lessons to be extremely helpful BECAUSE you’re not a native speaker-we’re coming from the same place so I trust your directions on the road, so to speak 😊
Nice video! your channel appeared around the time I moved to Portugal, when there were almost no ressources to learn European Portuguese. One thing I disagree with is that it´s easy to have a dog in Portugal. If you don´t have your own house, it´s very hard to find an appartment to rent that accepts pets! (Lisbon)
Thank you!!
Liz I just want to say Thank You =) I paused the video to write this comment because I am full of feelings. I was dreaming to move to Portugal for more than 7 years. And my dream became a goal a year ago as I started to do something for it. I am trying really hard, and there are a lot of rocks on this path. Now I am waiting of the response from the embassy! And it's so healing to see such a happy person who did what I'm dreaming about for so many years. I am so happy for you. I am gonna buy my own plate Home sweet home you know =) Thank you for your story! I hope I will be your student one day =) Please wish me good luck=)
Thank you so much for sharing this! Best of luck, you've got this!! 😊
Muito obrigado/ desde india abracos 😊
I just came back from Portugal, my very first visit there. I live in NYC and I can’t wait to go back. I was super impressed by the kindness of their people and maybe I look Portuguese because I was spoken in their language everywhere 😂 now I’m considering learning European Portuguese and maybe visiting for longer time. I was there for 13 days on a tour from the US and it was super awesome! Thanks for your clear video about your own experience 🎉
So happy you enjoyed the video - you should for sure come back for longer!
Amazing, your positive, caring nature no doubt opens many happy doors for you! 👌💕
Would you be able to let me know what you feel/think of the area 20mins from Coimbra called Lamas, (there's a little house I'm thinking about buying, I have a Europassport) :) 🙏
Moving to Portugal is a dream of mine. Even a vacation would be out of this world!! Definitely on my bucket list.
Thanks so much for the video Liz!!!❤
Hope you make it here soon!
What an absolutely lovely and heartwarming video liz ❤. You deserve it all and more. Happy anniversary to yee two from West Cork in southern Ireland 😎🥰.
So glad you enjoyed!
This was an absolutely fantastic video and really resonates for planning a similar move. Thank you for sharing!
I love to hear that! Thank you so much for stopping by, BOA SORTE!
I love these videos you do about your life in Portugal they’re super interesting! I’m hoping to move to Porto in January!
So glad to hear it! It is nice to share ❤️ Good luck with you move and defo check out my free lesson for beginners to get you started with Portuguese!
Há quasi cinco anos, que vivo em Lagos. Foi sempre o meu sonho de viver em Portugal, mas só realisou-se quando reformei-me. O país não era desconhecido para me, porque tive muita sorte em ter bons amigos portugueses em cuja casa passava férias todos os anos e que me mostravam o país. Foi já em Alemanha e nas conversas com os meus amigos portugueses, que aprendei português. Não me arrependo nem por um segundo de ter emigrado para Portugal. E o melhor: o meu irmão com a minha cunhada e o filho dele com a sua família também vivem em Lagos. E mesmo a minha vizinha mais perto já foi a vizinha da minha mãe, que vivia antes de mim no meu apartamento.
Incrível!!
O seu português escrito é muito bom, quase nem se nota que não é nativo.
O mundo é uma aldeia
Mais uma tuga na área! Meu enteado, que é tuga de Castelo Branco, virou brazuca no início do ano.
O que é uma tuga?
@@starveartist é o apelido que os portugueses dão à nacionalidade portuguesa. Exemplo: "Carlos é tuga." Corresponde a "brazuca", ao referir-se a brasileiros, mas tem um certo tom depreciativo.
@@fabiolimadasilva3398 Obrigado pela explicação
Hi Liz, thank you for the video. I am considering portugal, current i live in London. My fear is salary being low in general (i know cost of life is also lower than other countries, usually, but still scares us out a bit). What about moving with family? I have 2 kids, anyone you know that moved with kids and are happy with the move? I know everyone's experience and expectations arw different, but i am trying to gather as much information as I can. 😃 congratulations on the anniversary 🎉
Hi Liz, I wanted to comment because yesterday I passed my A2 exam. And I have been following this channel since somewhere in 2019. Your videos on CAPLE exam really gave me so much confidence as you told to stick to the basics. And thanks, for putting out so much great free content online. I wanted to ask if someone is eligible 5 years from the date they moved to Portugal, or when they were first issued resident permit? Obrigado!
wow loved to hear this, well done!! You'll need proof of the 5 years spent living there. For me I used my residence permit, yes.
Any recommendations for universities where European Portuguese can be your major? I never finished my degree in the US and would love to finish it remotely from Portugal but in the US they all teach Brazilian and I live in Lisbon!
Please tell us which bank to avoid, and which one was the easier one to work with.
Added to the description ;) I used Novo Banco in the end!
Hi! So i've just been on a binge of moving-to-portugal videos. This might appear nosey but are you from a Portuguese family ethnically? or did you simply have a strong interest in Portugal? Greetings from London/Bristol :D
Nop, no Portuguese family! I did study Portuguese at university
Hi, nice video.. I wonder of my husband can work as first electrician in Portugal. Online sales is his second skill but he prefers his first skill electrician he was self employed in the Netherlands. We now live in andalucia spain and it's very bad living here. Is there someone who can help us out? Its actually urgent. I didn't want to ask for help but I must. Thank you for the video
What, a birth certificate? So jealous of you regaining your EU citizenship. If only I'd thought about this pre 2020. I'm back for my 2nd visit this year in June, missed out Lisbon last time so 3 nights there and back to Coimbra. Got a couple of houses to look at. Hoping to make the move by next year.
Great plan, boa sorte!!
been thinking of moving there if things go bad in canada. im half azorian. maybe work at a pastelaria
I love the Azores! We went for our honeymoon ❤
@@TalktheStreets i only went once years ago to see the village my father was born. sadly i didnt know any portuguese at the time
Eu mandei email para vc
Conhecer os vizinhos?! Pode ter certeza que vai ter um sistema de vigilância gratuito, 24 horas... 😂😂😂😂😂
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