Portugal Junkies Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Want to move to Portugal but hesitant to leave your adult children in the USA?

In this episode, we chat with our friend Heather about her move to Portugal from Florida - and how she and her husband navigated this huge life change with adult children in college back in the US.

You can find her on Tiktok as @mindfulmigrant - follow for more about her journey to Portugal!

Mark + I talk through why we are leaving Porto and moving to Tavira in a few short weeks, hoping that others who have aspirations of living in or moving to Portugal will get insight about Porto as a city in comparison to the small fishing village of Tavira in the Algarve.

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Learn More About Tavira:

https://algarve-south-portugal.com/tavira-portugal-algarve.html

We experience our first loss while abroad and needed a great therapy session via this episode. The truth is, moving abroad comes with certain sacrifices, like not being near your family or friends when you (or they) experience loss.

Loss is inevitable, but ironically, the very reason WHY we decided to quit our jobs, move to Portugal + focus on living for RIGHT NOW. Because y'all, we aren't guaranteed tomorrow.

***NEW UPDATE AS OF DEC 2024*** FBI background checks need to be apostilled going forward. If you're looking to move to Portugal + need to know more about how to get here on the D7 retirement (or passive income) visa, look no further.

As a follow up to our last episode overview, Mark + I go in depth on the actual application requirements one-by-one and give you some big picture perspective about WHY they are asking you for this stuff + how to best position yourself for an approval on your visa application.

Please note:  This was our personal experience in Fall 2023-February 2024.  We are not providing legal advice but merely sharing our own experience.

Key Resources:

⁠⁠Portugal Junkies Resources⁠⁠ (1:1 Calls, Free Templates, Referrals for NIF, Bank Account + Lease Reviews)

⁠⁠VFS Global Website⁠⁠

D7 Documentation Checklist

D7 Application

⁠⁠AmericansandFriends PT Facebook Group⁠⁠

⁠⁠Idealista Website⁠

⁠FREE D7 Personal Statement Template

***NEW UPDATE AS OF DEC 2024*** FBI background checks need to be apostilled going forward. If you're looking to move to Portugal + need to know more about how to get here on the D7 retirement (or passive income) visa, look no further.

As a follow up to our last episode overview, Mark + I go in depth on the actual application requirements one-by-one and give you some big picture perspective about WHY they are asking you for this stuff + how to best position yourself for an approval on your visa application.

Please note:  This was our personal experience in Fall 2023-February 2024.  We are not providing legal advice but merely sharing our own experience.

Key Resources:

⁠Portugal Junkies Resources⁠ (1:1 Calls, Free Templates, Referrals for NIF, Bank Account + Lease Reviews)

⁠VFS Global Website⁠

⁠AmericansandFriends PT Facebook Group⁠

⁠Idealista Website

FREE D7 Personal Statement Template

***NEW UPDATE AS OF DEC 2024*** FBI background checks need to be apostilled going forward. If you're looking to move to Portugal + need to know more about how to get here on the D7 retirement (or passive income) visa, look no further.

Mark + I give a high level overview of the process, timelines and how to prepare to put your best self forward in your application.

Stay tuned for the next two episodes where we go in depth on the actual application requirements one-by-one and give you some big picture perspective about WHY they are asking you for this stuff!

Please note:  This was our personal experience in Fall 2023-February 2024.  We are not providing legal advice but merely sharing our own experience.

Key Resources:

Portugal Junkies Resources (1:1 Calls, Free Templates, Referrals for NIF, Bank Account + Lease Reviews)

VFS Global Website

AmericansandFriends PT Facebook Group

Idealista Website

It's our first Q+A episode - where we answer questions crowd-sourced from our listeners! In this episode we touch on our biggest highs and lows, the biggest cultural differences we've experienced so far + how remote work and income opportunities are playing out for us as expats who left great jobs and businesses to build something for ourselves.

It took us almost an entire year to REALLY decide to move abroad from Charlotte, NC to Porto, Portugal. In this episode, we talk through what that year really looked like, the emotional ups + downs of trying to decide if we could really do it, and what factors we considered when choosing to move to Portugal.

In Portugal Junkies Podcast's inaugural episode, Mark + Meredith have a candid conversation about their move from Charlotte, NC to Porto, Portugal in late 2023 and how they are adjusting today. As relatively new expats from the USA, they look back and talk about all the things - good, bad and ugly - and talk about their goals for starting Portugal Junkies to help others experience life abroad and hopefully learn from their mistakes!

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