Portugal's 2026 subsistence reference is €920. It is not every visa's price.
The foreign ministry pegs long-stay means to the minimum wage. Your exact file can still ask for something else.
Checked 7 Oct 2026 · Rule date 1 Jan 2026 · Anchored, Overthinker
- Program
- Means of subsistence for long-stay visas
- Threshold
- €920 in 2026, net of social security. Additional adult: 50%. Child or dependent under 18: 30%.
- Who
- Applicants using the ministry's general means test for a long-stay visa.
What changed
The Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the 2026 means-of-subsistence reference is the minimum monthly salary of €920, net of social security, under the decree it cites as No. 139/2025 of 29 December. The first adult counts at 100%, each additional adult at 50%, and each child or non-adult dependent at 30%. On another page of the same portal, a residency visa is two entries and four months. In that window you apply to AIMA for the residence permit.
What this does not change
€920 is the reference printed for the general long-stay test. It is not a personal budget, and it is not automatically the remote-work figure if your consulate's checklist says otherwise. AIMA's remote-work residence page starts from a valid remote-work residence visa. The visa and the card are two queues. The family weights on this page do not pay the rent in Lisbon.
One next step
Open the means page, then the residency checklist for your exact purpose, and write down which number that consulate is using.
Sources
This is not legal advice. A ministry page and the consulate that stamps your passport can read the same rule differently. Use the sources, then ask someone who is allowed to advise you.