Co-founder, immigration and relocation
Master of Business and Communication, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis
Maxime Roseau is a French entrepreneur and co-founder of EasyFranceNow and EasyPortugalNow. His work covers immigration and residency procedures for U.S. citizens moving to Europe: long-stay visa applications, the residence card that follows arrival, appointment systems, permit renewals and changes of status, and the operational side of relocation that decides whether a move settles smoothly or wobbles in the first months.
He studied at Université Nice Sophia Antipolis and comes from a communication background centered on structuring practical information, administrative coordination and client-facing operational support. Over the years his work became specialized in guiding international residents through European immigration systems and the administrative dependencies that follow them: the sequence in which documents have to be issued, what a consulate reads beyond the official checklist, and what to do when a file is delayed or refused.
For Portugal, he applies the same method he built on the French side: every step is taken from the competent authority's own pages and dated. He writes the visa and residence guides on this site.
His work is procedural, not legal advice. When a situation calls for an immigration lawyer, he says so and helps you get to that appointment prepared.
Writes on: Portuguese visas and residence permits, Consulate procedures, Appointment systems
An American applies for the Portuguese residence visa in person, at the office that covers the state where they live. Which one, what to bring, and how to get the FBI check apostilled.
A Briton in the UK applies for the Portuguese residence visa through the London or Manchester consulate, at a VFS centre, by appointment. The steps, documents, fees and timing.
A student route to Portugal means a residence visa from a consulate, then a residence permit from AIMA. Documents, money, admission and fees, from the official pages.
The D7 suits people who live on a pension or other income and do not work in Portugal. The D8 suits people who work remotely for clients or employers abroad. Side by side, from the ministry's pages.
What an American needs to know before moving to Portugal: when a visa is required, which type fits, where to apply in the U.S., what follows after arrival and what the IRS still asks.
Portugal has one residence visa for ordinary employees and another for highly qualified ones. What each asks of you and your employer, and what happens after the visa.
The Portuguese job seeker visa for skilled workers is written into the Foreigners Law, but consulates cannot take applications yet. What is in the law and what is missing.
The Golden Visa is the residence permit for investment activity, article 90-A of the Foreigners Law. Which investments the law still lists, what AIMA asks, the fees and the minimum stays.
People search for it as the D2 visa; the official pages call it the residence visa for independent professional activity or for emigrant entrepreneurs. What they require.
One date, 1 January 2021, splits Britons in Portugal into two groups. What each group needs, from the UK and Portuguese government pages.
Americans and Britons can stay in Portugal 90 days in any 180 without a visa. How the days are counted, what the new EU border system records and what happens after 90.
There is no separate retirement law, only the general residence visa with its own proof of income. What the ministry lists, how pensions and investments are proved, and what follows.
Two versions exist, one for stays under a year and one for residence. What the law says, which documents the ministry lists and how the income test is worded.
Portugal sorts long stays by purpose, not by nationality. How the visa types are organized, which routes exist, where you apply and what follows the visa.
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