Browse 3 Gruv blog articles tagged Remote Work Visa. Coverage includes Global Mobility & Visas. Practical guides, examples, and checklists for cross-border payments, tax, compliance, invoicing, and global operations.
Start here. You are choosing between two different qualifying assets. If you can deploy capital, you are likely looking at an investor residence lane. If you can prove stable remote income, you are likely in a telework or digital nomad lane.
Plan this move like a filing project, not a travel wish list. The goal is simple: make verifiable decisions in the right order so you avoid delays caused by stale advice, mismatched documents, or visa-type confusion.
**Treat Portugal D7 vs D8 as an operating decision first, then choose the visa that matches your income narrative and proof quality.** If you treat this like form-filling, you will collect the wrong evidence and end up in a rework loop. If you treat it like operations, you set a default path early, sequence documents on purpose, and keep a fallback ready.