Tailored Expertise with Attentive Support
Boots on the Ground Portugal LLC guides you through every step of the visa process — D2, D7, and D8 Digital Nomad visas and more. From customized digital documentation to FedEx-delivered visa packages, we make sure your application arrives complete, polished, and ready for submission. We support you from the first question — is Portugal actually right for you? — through getting settled and well beyond. We help you exchange your driver's license, register for a health number, update your tax address, secure your residency card, and renew it when your two years are up. Along the way we advise on the dozens of smaller decisions that surface during your first years here, most of which nobody warns you about. With team members in both the U.S. and Portugal, we pair local insight with international perspective. Our Operations Manager, based in Phoenix, Arizona, coordinates with our vetted partners and consultants in Portugal. Heather Binder, our Founder and Head of Client Services, leads client strategy and oversees every engagement. Sara Lourenço, our Local Bureaucracy Consultant, lives on the Silver Coast near Caldas da Rainha and stays close to Portugal's shifting realities on the ground. While that region is our base, we assist clients relocating to every corner of the country. We're a multicultural, inclusive team of Americans, Brazilians, Canadians, and Portuguese professionals — open-minded, LGBTQIA+ positive, and globally aware. As immigrants, expats, and locals ourselves, we understand the challenges you're facing, and we're here to make your transition smooth, supported, and genuinely enjoyable. Let Boots on the Ground Portugal be your trusted partner in making it real.
