This new immigration law, voted by the Parliament in July and promulgated by the executive this Thursday, foresees a temporary visawith a duration of 120 days, extendable by 60 days, for foreigners looking for a job.
It will also facilitate visa procedures for digital nomads, workers who carry out their activity thanks to the possibilities offered by the telecommuting.
Controversy in Parliament
The text was approved on July 21 with the votes of the Socialist Partywhich has an absolute majority in Parliament, and the opposition of left.
The social democratic partya center-right political formation and the main opposition party, abstained, while the far-right party chega did not participate in the vote.
“Portugal needs immigrants for its demography, its economy and its culture,” he explained. Ana Catarina MendesMinister of Parliamentary Affairs.
Immigrants for economic recovery
The amendment to the immigration law should particularly benefit the tourism sector, one of the most affected by labor shortages in Portugal, as in other European countries.
The sector, one of the main engines of the Economic recovery Portuguese and severely hit by the health crisis, would need some 50,000 additional employeesestimated on Tuesday the Secretary of State for Tourism, Rita Marques.
According to the last census of the Portuguese population carried out in 2011, the number of foreigners residing in Portugal increased 40% during the last decade, to more than 550,000 people out of a total of 10.3 million inhabitants.
But that figure was not enough to reverse the demographic decline during this time.
Source: Ambito
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