Anyone thinking of emigrating?

Does the NHR scheme mean you'd pay income tax in the country you're company is in and them none in Portugal? Thanks

I've been living in Seville for nearly 7 years and it's got up to 44/45 degrees here before. It's too hot in July/August but I still love living here.

Yeah I always recommend from October to May for people to visit. You should see the city at weekends in July and August, almost completely empty, everyone is at the beach. But I agree it's a lovely city and the people are fantastic, great sense of humour and love a good laugh.

Great Post and I think if more had the realisation that all you really need is enough to keep you going and keep life simple there would be a lot less dissatisfaction in people's lives, fair play to anyone that does well and can afford the finer things in life and anyone that wants to move away as I did in my youth and see the world but to be blaming all your problems on being born in one of the wealthiest safest countries in the world is nothing short of moronic, anyone with their head screwed on from mid 20s has great opportunities to make to make good go of it

I was thinking of moving to Spain just before Covid but pretty much put it out of my mind because of that. I don't have a second language but I did study Spanish for a year intensively in 2019 so have a good grounding. My tutor said I should pick it up easily living there with what we covered. Apparently I roll my r's better that most she's ever heard, which I put down to having a talented tongue. :P

Now that we have minimum alcohol pricing here maybe it's time I look at it again, as I heard red wine is really cheap there :P

I totally forget about it till last Saturday I noticed the perfectly fine €5 bottle of wine I usually get was gone from the shelves. I'd usually get 2 so that's a tenner. Had I bought 2 of their now cheapest bottles that would be €15. I left empty handed as I was pissed, not the kind of pissed I was hoping for.

I’ll be continuously evaluating.. life… scores for my / our..

• Personal wellbeing 8/10
• Overall quality of life 8/10
• fairness of society 4/10
• safety and security 5/10
• health services 4/10
• levels of opportunity 6/10
• cost of living 5/10
• general public services 6/10

guesstimates obviously but if in years to come post pandemic the scores and experiences nosedive I’d look at options abroad…I’ve experienced the best of living abroad in France..

• felt much safer
• public transport 1000% better
• One of the best rated healthcare systems in the planet, top 10 according to OECD and other sources and figures.
• less political shîthousery in workplaces.
• Weather much better

I think you are right that negative reasons are not a good reason for emigrating. Its the wrong mentality and you are not emigrating into a void but into a specific country with fallible people and you'll always be an outsider (be careful criticising your host country in front of the natives).

A positive reason for going because some foreign country has a particular quality is better. It might sound airy-fairy to some here but certain countries like France, Italy and others have a real regard for art and beauty that you don't get in Northern European/Protestant countries. If you are an artist it gives you a boost because you see what you value being given such prominence and importance.

Whereas US, UK, Ireland, Australia and similar have an almost sulking regard for commerce at the expense of everything else. I find it a bit suffocating myself. They all have good art galleries obviously but its not the same.

But then a French person might be attracted to some quality or virtue that English-speaking countries have in abundance that they feel they've been lacking their whole life. Germans fall in love with the natural beauty of the Irish countryside.

Come off it, whats wrong here and better somewhere else are literally two sides of the same coin. The principle of relativity applies: things being judged relative to each other. 'More sunshine' only has relevance when you have a context - relative to what? You can't get past local references. The only exception is wanting things elsewhere that have no local equivalent at all.

I want more sunshine, a warmer climate, lower motoring costs with greater freedom of choice, lower taxation for my situation and better health care. These things can be found elsewhere, so that's where I intend to go.

Nope. It has a few different sides to it. I, as a freelancer, invoice the foreign (Finland) company i work for. They pay me. I tell my accountant. The account submits the invoice as paid to the revenue portal. My tax is calculated at a reduced rate of 20% income tax + social security (much higher here). I pay that to the Portuguese government.

The NHR scheme does allow you dividends from foreign countries, but i have no such thing.