IFICI eligibility checker

What this checker tests

IFICI is narrower than NHR was: it turns on your new tax residence, the activity you perform here and the official route that supports it.

1. 01

   Recent Portuguese tax residence

   No Portuguese tax residence in the five calendar years before your first year as a resident, and no NHR or IFICI before.

2. 02

   Income from work in Portugal

   Employment or self-employment carried out here. A pension or investment income on its own does not qualify.

3. 03

   Professional activity

   Research and university teaching, work in a certified startup, R&D staff, or a listed qualified profession such as engineer, IT specialist, doctor or manager.

4. 04

   A qualifying Portuguese company

   Each route runs through a Portuguese entity: a university or research centre, a certified startup, an exporting company in an eligible sector, or a company recognised by IAPMEI or AICEP. Remote work for a company abroad has no route by itself.

Job titles, contracts, CAE codes and proof from the competent authority can change the outcome.

How to use your result

A positive result is not enough on its own to register. IFICI needs evidence linking your first year of tax residence, no Portuguese residence in the five years before, your income category, the activity you perform, its legal route and the competent authority. If you become tax resident in Portugal in 2026, the IFICI registration deadline is 15 January 2027; a later registration takes effect only from the year in which it is made, for the remaining years of the ten-year period.

For an employee, the contract, the duties actually performed, the employer and any certification decide; for the self-employed, the activity actually provided, its CAE code and how the income is declared. A job title rarely settles it.

Understand the regime before you apply

• IFICI: the regime, the 20% rate, and who qualifies
• IFICI vs NHR: eligibility and tax differences
• IFICI qualifying sectors and CAE codes