I'm an English UX designer, been based in Lisbon for some time now. The lifestyle works ok.. the city, remote work culture, cost of living, etc. But I've been coasting a bit on the assumption that things would sort themselves out on the residency front eventually.

I saw a webinar this week kind of about living abroad for Americans but the content covers residency by investment routes and long-term residency programs that aren't US specific at all. For me whats interesting is that I've been treating residency as an consequence of my years here, when it's probably the most important thing to get right if you wanna stay somewhere, no?

After the Brexit the options for us, British nationals in the EU require more active management than I think a lot of us initially expected when we made the move.

Has anyone gone through the process of formalising long-term residency in Portugal specifically?