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D7 Visa Secrets & Relocation Tips: Your Insider Guide to VFS, AIMA, and a Seamless Move to Portugal
I'm not a travel expert or a visa consultant. I'm just a guy who knew there was something better than what the U.S. currently had to offer me. Little did I know that a trip I took back in 2001 that covered sixty cities, fifteen countries, and a bucket list of adventures would spark an entirely new journey twenty years later.
Retirement was knocking at the door and the reality was it would be unaffordable and unrealistic where I was sitting. But I figured out that a move to Portugal could change all that. Getting there was going to be the easy part. Staying there legally took a little more figuring out.
One year later, I'm sitting in Portugal doing what I always dreamed about. I've traded the nine-to-five grind for work I actually love and chose to do, writing and telling stories about how I pulled it off. If your wondering how I made it happen or maybe just want to read a funny story about the mistakes I made getting here, click on over to my "About the Drifter" page for a complete run down, Thanks for stopping by...
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Trying to Figure
Out the D7
Visa Process?
I built the Free D7 Visa Starter Kit so you're not digging through embassy websites at midnight trying to figure out what you actually need. It also clears up the confusion once you see these documents side by side.
This kit has the official application form, the embassy and VFS checklists, and my own D7 Document Checklist, the same one I used to plan and pull off my own move to Portugal.
Ready for the Next Step of the Journey?
This is where you can find answers to many of your questions, understand how to set up your schedule with a plan in four phases, and be well prepared for your VFS appointment with all the correct documents.
My How-to-Guides show you where I found all the forms, in what order they need to be completed, and why they matter. I also explain every document in plain English so you understand not only what you're doing, but why you're doing it. Everything you need to prepare for the VFS appointment with confidence.
Questions I Get Asked All the Time
With lots of Government documents and numerous sources you need to contact and coordinate with, there are always going to be questions. I am going to try to answer as many as I possibly can in this section.