Americans Moving to Portugal 🇵🇹 Covid Tests, Flights, & Arriving to Porto (2020) | Expats Everywhere
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- Josh and Kalie from ExpatsEverywhere have been stuck in The United States due to Covid-19 and the travel bans. Things are easing up and they are finally able work on their documents to move to Portugal. They vlog along the way to share their journey with everyone to see how it's done. Subscribe to join the journey!
In this vlog, Josh and Kalie give information on getting their Covid tests done in Miami and actually show you the process. All three of the tests are negative so they are good to go. They show and explain the new process at the airport as there are different checks and security takes a little longer, especially with all of their items for the baby. They then take their first flight to Paris, connect there, and take a shorter flight to Porto. Watch as they take those flights and arrive in Portugal. They are tired but excited as they show you around and move into their new apartment.
Josh and Kalie have been laying out the step-by-step process to get a residency visa for moving to Portugal. Watch the whole journey here: • 3 Month Journey to Por...
Now that Josh and Kalie have finally moved to Portugal, they are shifting their vlog to living in Portugal where they will share how to set up things like your NIF and cell phones and what life is like there. See how they navigate this new adventure and be on the lookout for the next chapter of the journey!
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So glad that you made it! Congratulations! Welcome to Portugal !!!
Thanks, Rafael! Hope to connect soon. Let's see if those COVID numbers drop in Lisbon soon. - Josh & Kalie
Yay! I was thinking about y'all earlier this week and wondering how the move went. Glad everything moved along smoothly and can't wait to see more videos of you in Portugal. Also, I'm happy to see that you're settling in Porto. I'm about a year out from my move to Porto and I've noticed that there definitely seem to be more expat videos on Lisbon than Porto. So I'm looking forward to seeing more of the city through your eyes. Have fun and thank you for taking us along on your journey, it's been very informative.
Hi Charlene, thanks for this edifying comment. It's such a blessing to have subscribers like you interested in our journey and content. You're definitely right about the Lisbon vs Porto thing. It seems to be a numbers thing with jobs. End of the day, we've visited both and found Porto to be more our style.
We're looking forward to putting out more content about Portugal and it's our pleasure taking you along the journey.
Again, thanks for watching, being a public subscriber, and avid commenter. - Josh & Kalie
Just binge-watched your Moving to Portugal series. That was fun! Thanks for sharing your journey!
Thanks for the binge-session. 😁 Keep us posted on your journey. - Josh & Kalie
Welcome to Portugal! I hope everything turns out just how you want it! Sejam bem-vindos!
Obrigad@, Paulo! Thanks for following this journey! You've been a faithful subscriber of our for a month now. It's surreal to think/know that Portuguese people are taking an interest in what we're doing. :-) - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere Cheers, guys!
Your content is always upbeat and relatable, keep it up! Boa sorte!
@@paulogarciadesousa Cheers back at you. We appreciate that feedback. We don't try to become characters for the camera, we just are what we are. I'm a terrible videographer and editor & Kalie is a wonderfully organized person, that's what makes it work. :-)
We'll def. keep it up. Obrigad@ - Josh & Kalie
Congrats! I feel like I went on that whole ride with you guys! Can't wait to be doing the same myself in the next couple of years!
Woah! You all were binge watching while we were away. 😁 We definitely tried track the journey as best as possible. - Josh & Kalie
Love following along on your journey! Thank you for sharing everything you've been doing - it's been so helpful! Looking forward to your next video on life in Porto!
Thanks so much!! It's been fun to share. Thanks for coming along with us. :-) - Josh & Kalie
So glad you guys made it to Porto without any problems. Can’t wait to follow your adventures in Portugal!!
Thanks for the love and following, William! Every time we leave the apartment at the moment an adventure awaits. :-) - Josh & Kalie
Congratulations and kudos for embarking on this adventure, moving during a pandemic and flying with all those carryons, a baby and a doggie! I would LOVE to move to Portugal someday! Y’all are inspiring! 🙌
Thank you so much, Sarah! What a journey. We really enjoy the expat life and appreciate your support. - Josh & Kalie
Congratulations on getting through that journey! You make the best videos Ive seen on detailing things about your entire process.So helpful to those of us wanting to do this in the near future. Can't wait to see your upcoming videos on your next phase.
Wow, thank you! That's a huge compliment! There's a lot out there. This has been a fun process for us too and it's been great reading the feedback from subscribers like you. :-)
We really, really appreciate it. - Josh & Kalie
OMG!! You guys!! I was in tears watching you land in Portugal! 🇵🇹 So excited for you!!!
Whaaaat, thank you so much for the support! That's so kind of you. We love it here and are working hard on getting you all content. - Josh & Kalie
Glad you made it safely to Portugal, Josh and Kalie. Looking forward to your living in Portugal videos. So excited for you guys!
Thank you, Simply Jean. We're loving it here.
How are your videos in Singapore going? Singapore is hot on our channel right now! It's pretty weird - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere It’s going! I’m excited to finally have some time to post more content. That’s awesome! Loved your Singapore videos. Wish you guys continued success on your channel! Stay safe in Portugal!
5:50 Baby is looking around like “ok, something is about to go down! “. 😆 SO proud of you guys!!
LOL She wasn't wrong. :-) Thanks for the support, Sandra! We appreciate it. #feelingloved - Josh & Kalie
So glad to know you guys made it to Porto successfully ! Good luck with your life in Portugal !
Thank you, Fred! You've been a great supporter of ours. Hope to still see you around the channel and into the next phase of this particular vlog. - Josh & Kalie
YAY!!! Thanks for this awesome video...I can hardly wait to see you in Portugal.
Let's go! :-)
Thanks for the support and comment. - Josh & Kalie
Welcome! Bem-vindos! Hope everything turns out for the best!
Obrigad@, Mafalda! Are you here in Porto? - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere yes. I am portuguese.. I am from Coimbra. I have been following your experience. I hope you will like my country as mutch as I do. Whish you all the best🍀
@@mafaldacarvalho72 Awesome! Coimbra is a place that we're really curious about and wanting to visit soon. Thanks for following our journey. Thanks for wishing us well and we do like Portugal and are very happy to be have been given the opportunity to migrate here. - Josh & Kalie
Thanks for bringing us along on your journey - enjoyed it!
You're welcome, Sharon. May it continue as well ;-) - Josh & Kalie
So happy for you guys! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Can’t wait to see what living in Portugal looks like....looking forward to the next episode 😃
Thank you so much!! We appreciate the support. The next episode should be about NIFs, cellphones, and banking if we can fit it all in. :-) - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere I’m soaking up all your info like a sponge. Love the detail you have shared...it’s been so helpful. We’re still sitting on the fence about moving while COVID is so high in Europe (Australian here), but plan to make our move 2021 rain, hail or shine 😊 Thanks again and wishing you all the success you so deserve ✨
@@donnadecarne8133 Woah! We've reached some Aussies?! We love Australia. Two Christmas breaks ago, we spent several weeks there driving from Cairns to Brisbane then a flight to Sydney.
We can see your hesitation moving from a country that has it under control to one that has higher case counts. We decided to make this move long before Covid and then Covid hemmed us up.
Thanks for the support and helping our channel grow. - Josh & Kalie
@@donnadecarne8133 One advise if you want to live in a farm (i have clients from Australia that want to buy farms in Silver coast or Castelo Branco), be aware they are being sell like crazy and the prices are on the rising. Portugal is the only European country where the cost of houses/farms are rising even with this virus. Crazy how the market is right now, where i live 10 years ago i find a small apartment T2 (it's 2 bedrooms) for 200€/month, right now they cost 800€.
@@arturjcrebelo3275 I have been following the real estate market in Portugal and I am surprised at the cost of rent compared to the average income! Thankyou for this advice...I will definitely keep all you have said in mind 👌🏼
Abraços de um brasileiro em Portugal!
O Brasil 🇧🇷 !!! Tudo Bom?! Thanks for watching the video and the support. - Josh & Kalie
Congrats! Very happy for you, & pl. keep the vlogs coming...
Thank you! We appreciate the encouragement. We will! There will be another one this coming week. - Josh & Kalie
OMG! Congratulations! It looks like great minds think alike! You moved to the City of Porto! It's either that or the Farm for me, like I mentioned in the last video I commented on today in Utrecht. (SP?) I am so glad you made it and can't wait to watch "Living in Porto!" Have a nice week getting all settled in! What a smart move and a great life for your family! I am so ready to be an Ex-Pat!
Thank you! Porto is awesome and we're loving it. So much content for us to put together. - Josh & Kalie
Boa sorte! Can’t wait for your next adventure. Learning so much. Thx!
Obrigad@! That's awesome, Sandra. If you don't mind us asking, what did you learn from this video? We're learning a ton. We had some funny language moments the past few days. Portuguese people are so nice and forgiving. - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere what did I learn? One very important thing- to be patient during the actual moving trip. You guys had the baby (who is a cute little saint) and all her stuff and you just put one foot in front of the other until you arrived at your hotel. Even your dog is a good traveler! We will have just 2 cats who have never traveled before so I am beginning to figure that out. We consulted our vet and know about the travel health certificate we have to get 10 days prior, etc. You don’t know how much easier this will be due to you guys forging the way!
@@SandraMarksWebster Thank you for the response. Kalie is going to make a Moving to Portugal with a Pet video. We'll try to get that done ASAP, but it might take a week or three ;-) Yes, this was the first time for us traveling with a baby (thank you btw). We've moved internationally several times with and without a dog. Normally, we're more geeked up, but this time, we had no choice but to be chill and patient. We knew it wouldn't be easy moving so much stuff, but we had to just take it step by step knowing that we'd get to our destination in the end and it worked.
Really enjoyed the newest video. Would love to know why you chose Porto over Lisbon, or other cities in Portugal!
Hi David, thanks! We appreciate it and thank you for the question as well! That was actually one that we got just recently in our Live Q&A that we did last week on Sunday. Did you have a chance to see that? Our answer is a bit long and we might be able to actually do a full video on it or a collaboration with another person living in Lisbon so that we can really hash out the differences for you all. In short, we've visited both in the last and we like the laid back and less capital city/cosmopolitan vibe of Porto. Porto feels more down to earth. :-) Does that make sense? Would you be interested in watching a video comparing the two? - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere Would definitely love a video comparing the two. I've made it about 1/2 way through the Q&A video but should be finishing it up today! There's not a lot of "Living in Porto" videos that we've found but we've fallen in love with what we read about the temperature over there along with the lower cost of rentals vs Lisbon as well.
@@dginsb1213 Yup and the people are nicer too ;-) The lifestyle in our opinion isn't as rushed. We're working on doing a collab with another vlogger. We'll keep you posted. Thanks for watching our stuff. - Josh & Kalie
Hi Guys, I'm so glad you all made it to Portugal. I've been following you guys from the beginning and you've given us hope... We live in Australia but seriously looking at moving to Portugal end of 2021.
Big congratulations 👏
Hi, thank you. That's awesome, Kevin! Are you from Australia or just live there right now? - Josh & Kalie
Hi Josh & Karlie,
Wow many thanks for your speedy reply guys 🙂
Both my partner and I live in Australia. I'm an Australian citizen but my partner has dual nationality (UK and Australia).
We've both been to Portugal twice and both times we just fall in love with the country and the people.
Portugal would be great for our retirement, plus we've got friends and family in the UK and France.
I would miss my family but hey it's just 24 hours away by plane...
I love to correspond with you guys! Please keep me posted 😃
@@kab17 You're welcome. We try to get back to people on these vlogs as quickly as possible, which is generally a day or less, unless we're traveling.
We love Australia, but understand your desire for an adventure abroad. We love our country too, but life overseas is vastly more interesting.
Retirement here seems to be en vogue and your story sounds similar to ours in that you visited a couple of times and fell in love with the country and people.
24 hours on a plane...no problem these days ;-)
We're going to try to do weekly vlogs to keep people posted. Otherwise, feel free to drop by the comment section.
One quick question-Where do you think you'll migrate to in Portugal? - Josh & Kalie
Hi Josh & Karlie, once again thank you for your reply.
Without a doubt Porto... Don't get me wrong Lisbon us fantastic and the Algarve is amazing but Porto has captured our hearts.
My partner's sister holiday near Faro for 8-9 months of the year to escape the cold winter weather of the UK.
I've been in contact (via email) with VFS Global in Australia, unfortunately they don't deal with Visa for Portugal which means I have to deal directly with the embassy in Sydney.
It should be ok (fingers crossed) but you guys have given us plenty of information (health insurance, place to rent for 6 months, useful websites etc) to get started and things you need to do before your departure.
Once again many thanks and please keep in touch! Hopefully we'll meet up when we arrive into Portugal.
Cheers Kevin
@@kab17 If you be quick (because we dont know this Brexit process), going to be easy because one of you guys is from UK. More easy and smooth process.
For now:
"""As a member of the EU, you are able to move to Portugal from the UK and stay for 3 months without registering.
For people intending to stay for longer, you will need to register at your local Câmara Municipal (town hall) within 4 months of arrival. Here, you will be granted a residency certificate for 5 years or however long you intend to stay if less than 5 years. Registering will allow you to access services like social security, healthcare and education.
In order to obtain this certificate, you will need to show proof that you’re either employed (pensioner) or self-employed in Portugal, in possession of sufficient funds to support yourself (bank account with money) and your family, or enrolled to study in an approved institution (with sufficient funds to support yourself and your family).
Once your temporary residency certificate expires (5 years), you will be able to apply for permanent residency from the Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (Immigration SEF)."""
The other person that dont have UK citizenship need a family reunion visa in Portugal (very easy process to).
""If your relative or spouse has a temporary residence permit in Portugal (issued for a maximum duration of five years) you can apply for family reunification in Portugal for the same duration of their stay. You’ll receive a renewable Portuguese residence permit.
To qualify for a family visa, your relative will be required to prove they have sufficient funds or means of subsistence for you and all family members, as well as be responsible for providing accommodation.
Highly skilled non-EU workers living in Portugal on the EU Blue Card are also entitled to family reunification in Portugal. "
for UE residentes they can make the process in city hall after they stay in Portugal, dont need to go to embassy. But asking in the embassy is always good advise, to know all the details even for UE citizens.
Congratulations! It must have been tough traveling with a young baby and a dog (I will be on the same boat). Thanks for sharing your journey
Hi. Thank you! You know, it wasn't actually that bad. We just gave ourselves time and took that time getting through the airports and it was okay. Kaliie was very organized and people were very nice in the whole process. Thanks for the support and watching our journey. We hope you continue. :-) Josh & Kalie
I’m excited to see some Vlogs about you guys in Portugal it’s in my top 3 places I’m looking to move to next year.
Thanks! We appreciate the support. We've gotta know, where are the other two? Can't wait to hear back! - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere I was going to go to Thailand but it’s to long of a flight for my dog. So I’ve been looking at Portugal, Spain and Poland
@@oreospeedwaggindoesamerica6078 Brilliant! We would live in all 4 of those places. We've lived in Spain and had a great time. Thailand is a place we've visited a ton while living in SK and Singapore. Our first time in Poland was last year but despite the cold weather, we think we could make it work. Let us know if you have an questions. - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere I’ve lived in Thailand and love it. I don’t think you can go wrong between Spain and Portugal and I’ve watched your videos for awhile and knew you had lived there. I haven’t been to Poland but my family came from there to the US on my dad’s side and I have a buddy working there and he loves it. The great thing about Europe is you pick a country and it’s easy to travel to all of them.
Thanks for the video. We've recently decided to immigrate to Portugal as well. We are packing up right now. Our flight is on Nov 14th. We are taking our two pups with us. They are bigger than your little love, so they have to go in with the cargo, but it was still nice to see someone successfully navigate the paperwork.
Who did you use for your COVID test? Was it part of a chain or something local? We are still trying to decide where to get our test done.
Hi Cindy, thank you for watching and your comment here.
Congrats on the move to Portugal. Where are you going?
Is this your first video of ours that you've watched? We would recommend starting at the beginning ruclips.net/p/PL25TVkE0JZWllC7WG25lwqosk7NV2w-wy as we've documented step by step what we did. That should answer your questions here. The Covid-19 test was in Miami as we said in the video. It was at a place called BioCollections. www.biocollections.com/about.asp There are a few locations.
Kalie is preparing the pet video to come out next week too so be on the look out for that.
Hope this helps. We'd love to have you as a subscriber and positive force in the comment section, such as this. Thank you. - Josh & Kalie
Amazing country youre living but... you are going to a much better place
Hey, Bruno. We're already here! 🇺🇸 to 🇵🇹 - Josh & Kalie
Happy to hear you arrived safely in Porto! Hope you've caught up on some sleep. Can't wait to see how you're setting up and settling in. Are you in a very hilly part of town?
Hi Georg D, thank you. We've all caught up and our little one is also back on her sleep schedule. We'll be working on NIFs and bank accounts and such this week and we'll be showing you all that. Not sure what you consider hilly, but yes, we would say that we're in a hilly part of town. - Josh & Kalie
Love the trip, made me more excited to get started. I have 9lb Maltese that I can put in carry bag. How did you fed your dog or let him out to do his business? 2 Nd question what Covid test was required, was that CPR Covid 19 and how long to get results back. Thanks guys, I found your first ones so up to date with your venture. Be safe
Great to hear that, Cheryl! Have you ever traveled with your pup? Generally, Kalie will take ours to the bathroom, put a pee pad (puddy training pad) down and see if he'll go. Sometimes he does and most of the time he doesn't. We might unzip and offer food or she'll offer it in the bathroom with the pad down first. Does that make sense?
Our Covid test was the RT-PCR test. They say it can take 24-48 hours, but like we wrote in the video (sorry that title slide might have been to quick or unclear; I was worried about that) it only took them 12 hours! Basically, that afternoon, we all went to visit Kalie's grandfather who lives just north of Miami and then my grandmother who lives just north of him near Ft Lauderdale. On the way back to the hotel, we got messages that came in saying that our results were in and we had to check the accounts that we had set up to see the negative results and download the .pdf to our phone to show at the airport.
Hope that helps. Thanks for the support. - Josh & Kalie
We're moving with a 90 lb lab/Pitbull mix & that is the thing I'm MOST worried about. I've never traveled with a pet before, let alone moved one overseas. I hope it goes as smoothly for us as it seems to have gone for Josh & Kalie!
@@twopeasonaspoon That's completely understandable. From what we know KLM is a great airline for flying with pets in cargo. Choose a reputable airline for pet travel and that might help with some anxiety. We know it won't relieve it all because flying with a pet can be stressful due to worrying about them. As you've seen, our dog is small and fragile so we won't even consider putting him in cargo. He would either freeze in the air or get to hot on the tarmac. :-/ We hope it goes smoothly for you too. (FYI on these videos either me or Kalie will be checking and responding) - Josh & Kalie
@@twopeasonaspoon did y'all make the move with the lab? We also have a large pup and are most stressed about this process!
@@daedge304 unfortunately we couldn’t find an airline that would fly him for less that $8000. He lives with my stepson now. We adopted 2 homeless dogs from the local shelter here.
I’m excited for you guys. Would be interested in knowing what you took to Portugal with you other than your clothes. Also did you use any containers for your stuff other than suitcases? Good luck!
Hey, thanks for the question. We're not sure if we've seen you comment on our other videos before. If you have, sorry for our bad memories and if you haven't, welcome to the channel and vlog series. :-)
Mainly clothes and baby toys. In the video when we showed the carry on bags, it was a lot of baby related items that were allowed. I mean, normally, get you a carry on and a personal item. But, the baby also get that even though she's not ticketed the same as us. We just had to pay her taxes. She got a bag (the grey baby bag) and her pack and play was checked. We were also allowed to check her stroller, and car seat and base at the gate. Then we had to pay for the dog. He was in the faux LV bag. In our personal items, we had all of our electronics gear. That's 3 laptops (2 personal and 1 work), our new Rode mic, our small Canon mirror-less camera in bag, a Joby smartphone gimbal that I always forget to use, hence the shaky videos, and a few other things. Lastly, Kalie needed to bring pumps for milk, which were medical devices, and milk that she pumped and froze for the baby, and those were considered medical as well. What a blessing! Apart from that and I know it sounds like a lot (it kind of is), I brought a few things for coffee (a metal pour over and an Aeropress with filters), and some dope Branded Bills custom ExpatsEverywhere hats. :-)
We really try to avoid shipping stuff due to either the time it takes or the cost and we're also kind of nomadic in a sense. 5 countries in 11 years and several short-term stays back in the US in between. We don't like to take too much. This was our first move with a baby and we think we could have done with less (less baby clothes for sure).
Sorry this is so long. - Josh & Kalie
Welcome to this small rectangle by the sea.
Thank you! It's a beautiful rectangle, that's for sure! - Josh & Kalie
Congrats guys! You definitely got lucky with your COVID testing person as they were loads nicer to you than my ajumma! Let us know how things are going when you get the chance.
Thank you! Yep, our lady was super nice despite sticking a q-tip to the back of our skulls. :-) We'll keep you posted. - Josh & Kalie
bela zona turistica, é lisboa?
as galinhas são para oferecer aos turistas...
Congratulations 🎉 all the best !
Thank you so much 😀, Ricardo! - Josh & Kalie
I've watched all of the moving to Portugal series but nothing since, although I do plan on it. Could you estimate how much "stuff" and some items you could have done without or some things you wish you would have? I'm planning to move without ever having been. Just trying to get an idea of what all I can bring, like how many bags, boxes (if applicable) my boyfriend and I can bring.
Hey, Erika. We made a video about it. Long story short. We traveled with one suitcase each and one 60L Osprey backpack along with some camera gear, computers, and the baby's stuff. We didn't ship anything. We travel pretty light. - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere I went back and found the video. I tried to see what all was in the back of the van! Haha. Thank you
Hey guys.
We just arrived in Lisboa Portugal.
Finding it hard to navigate the news.
Wanting to no if any updates in relation to the sickness.
Cheers
Hey, congrats on your arrival.
What we've seen is that covid is on the rise, people are panicking on the news aways, and the government seems to be stepping efforts/laws/regulations. Masks in public are what we're hearing will be required soon. Is that what you're hearing? - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere That’s what we are hearing. What sources to yo use to keep yourselfs updated ?
Cheers
@@77FINNBEAR We're actually just watching the news. It seems to be on everyday and we're trying to listen. Our Portuguese is decent enough to get the gist especially with graphs and numbers and such. You know? We also have a British friend that we've recently started talking to about this stuff. Is that what you mean? - Josh & Kalie
Tomorrow-Masks in the streets are obligatory.
I would love to see another video where you are living in Portugal.
Thanks for the comment! More to come. Our next vlog will be on the first few days here trying to set stuff up. We will do a dedicated apartment tour soonish. - Josh & Kalie
Congrats guys. Do you know if your Covid test was RT-PCR or just PCR?
Thank you. It was the RT-PCR test. - Josh & Kalie
I dream of a better world! A world where chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned... :)~
That’s true, we just don’t live in that world yet. One can dream though. - Josh & Kalie
I have a question about baby & feeding :) the issue that’s holding us back is that we got pregnant and I don’t know what food options they have
Food options in Portugal? - Josh & Kalie
All the best !!
Thank you!! We appreciate the comment and view. Hope see you around the comment section of other videos. - Josh & Kalie
Is Portugal open for travel now? I thought Europe was closed for US 🇺🇸 citizens. I am so happy for you guys! I can't wait to get out of this Maddnes.
American tourism is still closed. Things are okay for people who have residency or business visas to travel to Europe.
We've been told by some others living in different parts of Europe that they've been warned by their employers to not go to certain place because of covid cases and central & north Portugal are two of those areas, but the south is still okay. - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere I dont understand this. Because right now all Europe have very high numbers. And Portugal is bad but a lot of better than most countries in UE. The worst numbers right now is Porto and Lisbon metropolitan areas. Castelo Branco and Guarda in the center are very, very safe.
@@arturjcrebelo3275 It's individual company's decisions. For example, we have old colleagues in Singapore and they were completely forbidden to travel outside of Singapore during their last holiday break.
We're not saying that Portugal is "bad", we're saying that certain companies are trying to do risk assessment with their employees and asking them to not travel to "hot spots", which seems to be basically everywhere in western Europe right now. - Josh & Kalie
Do you have any recommendation for Portugal visa? Thank you! 🙏
Hi, what kind of recommendations are you looking for? - Josh & Kalie
I think you answered this below, but looking for clarification. We are beginning the process to retire to Portugal. We are a few months off. Probably Feb or March. All that I read says we cannot fly from the US to Portugal. You mention below if you are a resident or a business Visa it is okay. We have neither... is there a way to travel to Portugal from the US without either? Thank you!
Thanks for the question.
As of two weeks ago when we left, you couldn’t leave the US for Europe without proper documentation. Since you’re retiring there, you can start the visa process for that on VFS Global and they’ll submit your paperwork to the consulate which will in turn give your visas allowing you to live in Portugal. You will not be able to do that process from Portugal. Americans are not currently allowed to come to Portugal for tourism. Hope that clarifies. - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere Thank you so much for the reply. So you are saying once we have the visa we can fly into Portugal from the US?
@@richardpeterson2147 You’re very welcome. Glad to help.
Yes. That’s the current regulation. - Josh & Kalie
What an amazing lifestyle you guys have! How long do you usually spend in each country? 😊
Thank you!
Madrid, Spain - 2 years
Busan, South Korea - 2 years
Al Ahsa, Saudi - 1 year
Singapore - 4 years
There are gaps of time between countries where we traveled or lived short term back in the US expect mid 2019-2020 because of the baby and Covid. - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere That sounds awesome! Love your channel btw, super informative and helpful. Love the different perspectives on the channel too!
@@morgan5471 We've (Josh & Kalie) been blessed for sure. Thank you so much. We really love doing this and we're hoping to be full-time in the next 6-12 months so we can put out more content for our awesome audience like you. We just want to do more for you all and interview more people to get even more perspectives! You know? - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere That would be terrific! Can't wait!!
@@ExpatsEverywhere how did Madrid compare to living in Porto? I'm debating Spain vs Portugal now. How is your Portuguese? That is one deciding factor for me.
Pullman-- I parked my car there when I went overseas 😎
How much did they charge you? We heard that when it was the Sofitel, it was better. Have you heard that too? - Josh & Kalie
Do you need a Covid test to go to Portugal just the airport
The best thing we can recommend at this point is to check two things, your final destinations requirement and the airlines requirement. Thanks for the question.
Great video! So glad I found you....I know I said that before, but I am! All info, just give it to me! LOL! THANK YOU!🙏🙏🙏❤🇺🇸⛵⚓
Thank you, Melinda. Glad you found us too! - Josh & Kalie
Congrats on the move to Portugal! I’ll be moving there in a few weeks and this will give me some idea what to expect. Just curious: Were you guys required to fly via Paris or there were no direct flights to from the US to Porto? I get mixed messages from the consulate in Australia and planning to fly direct from Dubai to Lisbon.
Thank you! Keep us posted on your move. We hope you stay with us in the journey even though you'll be moving too. We're unsure what's going to happen to this audience. LOL
We didn't have anything direct to Porto. We didn't have great options from MCO (Orlando) to anywhere in Portugal. All we saw were higher prices and longer layovers so we looked at MIA (Miami). It was a faster and cheaper option. We could have flown direction to Lisbon but then the layover the rest of the way to Porto was longer than going MIA to CDG to OPO. It would have been slightly cheaper but also the flight time for the flight to CDG was awesome for the baby. Long flight through the night. We probably saved $200 bucks at the end of the day flying out of MIA rather than MCO even factoring in 3 days of car rental, 2 nights hotel, and parking fees. Seeing our grandparents in MIA before we left and introducing them to their great grand daughter for the first time (Thanks to Covid) was priceless. - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere The Consulate in Australia initially said I have to enter an EU Schengen country before arriving Portugal while another person said I could fly direct from Dubai. My only ways are via Dubai or Doha. It'll be almost a 24-hour flight for me but looking forward to that. That's nice the grandparents got to meet the little one before you guys start your new chapter. A nice way to end that chapter. I'm sure you guys will be able to retain and gain a bigger audience. Not many vloggers I see starting a life in Porto and sharing that perspective living in Porto. And I'll definitely be making trips to Porto every now and then. I enjoy being in the city and have done day trips from Lisbon. Rest well guys and look forward seeing future vlogs.
@@WeaveTheStory Thanks for the message of encouragement.
It's really odd they're saying you need to enter the Schengen before entering Portugal. We're not sure why that would matter at all. Nothing special happened in Paris that we know of or were made aware of.
All the best on the move and flight. Keep us posted.
We're editing the next one right now and preparing for the Thursday's video about Utrecht in our Review/Preview series. - Josh & Kalie
@@WeaveTheStory Isn’t Portugal one of the EU Schengen Countries?
@@as-1982 Yes it is.
So cool welcome to peace
Feeling very peaceful, Antonio. Thank you! - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere just take it nice and slow rememer to leave the American fast pace of life behinde
LOL "Bamos" like a portuense/tripeiro (it´s "vamos" but in Porto they say "bamos"))
LOL - Josh & Kalie
Congrats on making it to Porto! I can’t imagine what you went through with a baby and a dog! I just learned that you need to have newly issued marriage and birth certificates and they must be apostilled from the state of issue to submit for your D7 visas?? I thought you could just submit old ones! Is this something you had to do? How did I miss this in my piles of research!
Hey Kathryn, thank you very much. You know, it wasn't that bad. People seem to have empathy and help out more when there's a baby involved and the dog got a ton of attention at security checks.
We didn't have to and we started the process about 9 weeks ago and were accepted about 2-3 weeks ago. So unless it's super recent, it's probably not accurate.
Another thing it could be is that there doesn't seem to be a standard on certain things and it's very whimsical based on who you get at VFS or the embassy. It's pretty standard bureaucratic stuff.
Is someone at the embassy or VFS saying this? If not, we recommend proceeding normally and then if they come back and say that they need different docs, you should be able to email them. The marriage license and birth certificates should really just be used for SSN and passport for the kiddo. You know?
Let us know what you decide to do. All the best. - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere Well, you guys are seasoned travel pros, you make it look easy! We're all just happy you're sharing your process with us. It's been super helpful. Several mentioned on one of the Portugal FB groups today that they needed those docs. but nowhere had I seen that so I think it must be a fluke. Just thought I'd ask since you just went through the process! We're in San Francisco so who on earth knows what's going on there but at least they're processing visas again, whew!! Looking forward to watching 'y'all' settle in (former Floridian here from Tallahassee). Thanks again!!
@@NorCalMom :-) It's all in the selective editing of clips LOL Nah, it was pretty easy. I mean, lugging bags around wasn't fun, but it was very short in the scheme of things. You know? Kalie is very organized so we didn't really miss a beat with any paperwork.
I see about the paperwork thing. I've been interacting with people about the NIF process because Covid has messed that up and there are conflicting statements and it seemingly coming down to when people did their process. Pre-covid, early-covid, full-blow-covid-messed-everything-up! LOL
We're glad SF office is open and running too because it was really sad to get so many messages and emails from you west coasters that couldn't get the paperwork going and us on the east were just kind of breezing through. Kalie is the Floridian, she says "Heyyyyy". I'm from the border of VA/TN and I completely support your use of "y'all".
Thanks for the message. Blessings! - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere lol, Heeyyyy. I remember that all too well, the multisyllabic hey. Born in Knoxville so know that area well too. Thankfully Portugal seems to have more of our CA climate which is Waaayyy better than Florida’s! Have fun!
Hey Kathryn, I missed this comment. Sorry. Interestingly enough, my dad lives in Knoxville now. He has for the past 20 years. - Josh
If you were given a million dollars to live in Portugal, and the Covid situation was over, where exactly would you chose to live there?
What a brilliant question! Thank you. Kalie and I love these "dreamer" questions.
Josh-At this stage in our life, I would still choose Porto. I would personally love to be a part of a rehabilitation project of a historical building. If that could be done for less than 1 million and I had to use the million on housing, that's what I would do. If you're saying, I got a million and I could spend it however I wanted, we'd probably be in a slightly better apartment with an extra room for visitors since theres no Covid. Then, I would take the rest of the money and invest it elsewhere along with funding a large media project we're trying to do at ExpatsEverywhere.
Kalie-I'd still live in Porto in a nice big apartment. I'd get a house cleaner. I would want a good view whether that's of the Douro, the old city, or the ocean. But definitely a bigger place like a T3. I wouldn't want our daughter's room so close the living room. Oh, and a better sports package on TV.
Super fun question, Jeremy! Thank you. Porto for the win. We've spoken to several people now about how Porto just has this vibe that's unlike the other places in Portugal and granted we haven't been to Coimbra, for example, but we've been to the Algarve, Lisbon, and Braga so we have a decent sampling.
Retirement age, we might choose a different spot, but for now Porto FTW- Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere Thanks for the really fun answer! So it seems you feel Porto is the best spot in Portugal no matter what choices you had. It seems the major negative of Porto as opposed to Lisbon is Lisbon is much warmer and for longer periods, right? You don't feel Lisbon is a step up? Another question I have, is to live in a truly great T3 apartment in a great location of Porto, how much does one have to spend furnished and unfurnished?
@@Acujeremy You are most certainly welcome. We've not been hit with such a fun question (ever) so we thought we needed a full answer.
Porto is a little smaller (we like that) and the people (despite the weather) are warmer. Arguably, both cities have everything you would need on a regular basis. If we were in it for the weather and that was a major decision, we would opt for the south! Our daughter isn't schooling age, so we don't need to consider that Lisbon has better international schools. Bang for buck in Portugal and you probably shouldn't choose Lisbon or Porto. LOL
By the way, we've yet to do a winter here so we'll let you know in March or April if we still prefer Porto because of the weather variance.
T3 in a great location in Porto furnished as low as €1,100 per month but that inventory is pretty low. More realistic is €1,500 plus.
Unfurnished €700 to €1,000 per month.
@@ExpatsEverywhere I am asking you these questions because I am seriously going to move to Portugal. I am just waiting for the Covid situation to drop off. Ok, so you never spent a winter there yet. But what about the summer, is Lisbon that much warmer or is it generally the same as Porto? €
why you moved
Great question. We (Josh & Kalie) love living abroad. We find it a lot more interesting. We enjoy the challenge of it. - Josh & Kalie
Nice videos always ...keep it up.plese use your channel to help Nigerians at this time .We are under serious police brutality, killing, extortion ,dehumanisation and had governance #Endsar#Endswat#reformpolice#stoppolicebrutality#
Thank you, Urum Dan! Not sure how to thumbs up or heart the comment and not seem like we're happy to hear about the plight of Nigerians. We appreciate your comment and we'll search for Nigerians to interview about their expat experience in different places to hopefully inspire others. - Josh & Kalie
@@ExpatsEverywhere thank u
@@urumdan5370 You're welcome - Josh & Kalie