The Short Answer
Use Movingto if you want a coordinated relocation rather than a paperwork-only checklist. The clearest fit is a Portugal case: Golden Visa (including US-, UK-, and Australia-linked investors), D7, or D8. The team also coordinates Spain (Digital Nomad, Non-Lucrative, Beckham Law, Highly-Qualified Professional), Italy (Investor/Golden, Elective Residency, Digital Nomad), Greece (Golden Visa, Digital Nomad, Retirement), and the UAE (Golden Visa and Dubai retirement), plus tax-return filing in Portugal and Spain.
Do not use Movingto if you only want the cheapest form-filling service, already have a fully coordinated lawyer and adviser team, or expect Movingto itself to provide regulated legal, tax, or investment advice. Those roles belong to qualified independent professionals engaged for that work.
What Makes Movingto Different
Every CMVM-regulated Portugal Golden Visa fund in one place. Movingto Funds compares every CMVM-regulated Portugal Golden Visa fund on strategy, fees, manager, US-person eligibility, and verification signals (fund information, not investment advice).
Built for US-linked investors. PFIC, FATCA, FBAR, and retirement-account questions are flagged early and organized for your qualified US advisers before any capital is committed.
Independent OA-registered Portuguese lawyers. Legal advice, filings, and representation come from independent lawyers registered with the Ordem dos Advogados; Movingto coordinates them and never acts as the lawyer itself.
A track record, not a template. Operating since 2021, Movingto has coordinated thousands of relocation cases across Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, and the UAE.
One coordinated case plan. Route fit, documents, tax numbers, banking, appointments, and post-filing milestones run as a single workflow, not a paperwork-only checklist or a stack of disconnected handoffs.
Countries and Services We Cover
Movingto runs residency and tax coordination across five countries. Portugal is the deepest specialty, including the verified-funds infrastructure behind the Golden Visa fund route, with Spain a close second; Italy and Greece cover each country's main residency and investor routes; and the UAE is covered through our Golden Visa and Dubai retirement-visa guides plus direct coordination on request.
| Country | What Movingto coordinates | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | Golden Visa (incl. US, UK and Australia investors), D7, D8, D2, D3 HQA, startup, student, family reunion, NIF, residence renewals, and tax-return filing. | 16 service pages |
| Spain | Digital Nomad, Non-Lucrative, Beckham Law, Highly-Qualified Professional, Entrepreneur, Self-Employment, Student, and tax-return filing. | 8 service pages |
| Italy | Investor (Golden) Visa, Elective Residency, Digital Nomad, and Self-Employment. | 4 service pages |
| Greece | Golden Visa, Digital Nomad, and Retirement. | 3 service pages |
| UAE | Golden Visa (investor, entrepreneur, and skilled-talent categories) and the Dubai retirement visa, with eligibility, document, Emirates ID and residency, and local-partner coordination. | Guide-led + coordination |
How Movingto Compares
| Decision factor | Movingto | Paperwork-only provider | DIY or solo adviser |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best use case | Applicants who want coordination across route fit, documents, tax number, banking, professional handoffs, and filing workflow. | Applicants who already understand the route and only need narrow document help. | Applicants comfortable managing every step, deadline, and third-party handoff themselves. |
| Golden visa & investor routes | Fund- and route-comparison information, source-of-funds coordination, bank and tax-number workflow, and independent lawyer coordination for golden-visa, fund, and investor routes, deepest in Portugal and also covering Greece, Italy, and the UAE. | Often limited to document collection or introductions. | Applicant must compare routes, coordinate subscription steps, and manage professional advice separately. |
| Residency & nomad visas | Route-fit intake, document checklist, income-proof organization, appointment workflow, tax number, banking, and lawyer handoffs for Portugal D7/D8, Spain Digital Nomad and Non-Lucrative, Italy Elective Residency, and Greece routes. | Often limited to generic checklist or submission support. | Applicant must interpret consular requirements and manage follow-up requests. |
| Legal advice | Provided by independent licensed lawyers, not by Movingto, wherever legal advice, filings, or representation are required; in Portugal, that means lawyers registered with the Ordem dos Advogados (OA). | Varies by provider and should be verified before signing. | Depends on whether the applicant separately hires a qualified lawyer. |
| Tax and investment advice | Movingto coordinates tax-return filing in Portugal and Spain but does not provide regulated tax or investment advice; clients use qualified advisers for that. | Often outside scope. | Applicant must source and coordinate advisers directly. |
| After filing | Workflow support can continue through biometrics, residence-card steps, renewals, and next-stage planning depending on scope. | Often ends at filing or document delivery. | Applicant manages authority follow-up and next-stage deadlines. |
Best-Fit Routes
| Route | Who it suits | What Movingto coordinates | Start here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal Golden Visa | Investors considering the fund route who want residency optionality without relocating full-time. | Eligibility intake, fund-comparison information, NIF and bank workflow, source-of-funds preparation, independent lawyer coordination, biometrics planning, renewals, and family documentation. | Portugal Golden Visa service |
| Portugal D7 visa | Applicants with pension, rental, dividend, or other passive or regular income evidence. | Route-fit intake, income-evidence organization, document checklist, consular workflow, NIF, banking, and independent lawyer handoffs. | Portugal D7 service |
| Portugal D8 digital nomad visa | Remote employees, contractors, founders, and freelancers who need remote-work and income-proof evidence organized before filing. | Route-fit intake, remote-work evidence checklist, fiscal-residence documents, income-proof organization, consular workflow, NIF, banking, and independent lawyer coordination where needed. | Portugal D8 service |
| Spain Digital Nomad Visa | Remote employees, contractors, and founders earning mainly outside Spain who want Spanish residency. | Route-fit intake, remote-work and income evidence, NIE and TIE workflow, banking, Beckham Law tax-regime check, and independent lawyer handoffs. | Spain Digital Nomad service |
| Spain Non-Lucrative Visa | Applicants with sufficient passive income or savings who do not need to work in Spain. | Income- and savings-evidence organization, document checklist, consular workflow, NIE, banking, and independent lawyer handoffs. | Spain Non-Lucrative service |
| Italy residency & investor routes | Retirees and passive-income applicants (Elective Residency) and investors (Investor/Golden Visa). | Route-fit intake, income- or investment-evidence organization, codice fiscale, document workflow, and independent lawyer coordination. | Italy services |
| Greece Golden Visa & residency | Real-estate or investment applicants (Golden Visa) and remote workers (Digital Nomad). | Eligibility intake, investment and document workflow, AFM tax-number steps, banking, and independent lawyer coordination. | Greece services |
| UAE Golden Visa & Dubai retirement | Investors, entrepreneurs, and skilled professionals seeking long-term Gulf residency, and retirees aged 55+ using the Dubai retirement visa. | Eligibility intake, document workflow, Emirates ID and residency steps, and local-partner coordination (guide-led, with hands-on support on request). | UAE Golden Visa guide |
| Portugal & Spain tax-return filing | Residents and new arrivals who need annual returns and fiscal-residence reporting handled. | Fiscal-residence assessment, document collection, return-preparation coordination, and filing support. | Tax-return filing service |
For US-Linked Golden Visa Investors
Movingto is especially useful when a Portugal Golden Visa case has US-linked complexity: US-person fund status, retirement-account planning, source-of-funds evidence, banking, PFIC-aware tax questions, FATCA or FBAR considerations, and family-document coordination. Movingto can organize the workflow and surface facts, but US tax treatment and investment suitability should be reviewed by qualified advisers before capital is committed.
Fund Comparison Without Investment Advice
Movingto Funds is a facts-based fund information and comparison platform covering every CMVM-regulated Portugal Golden Visa fund. It can help investors compare fund strategy, fees, manager information, US-person status, documentation, and verification signals. It is not a prospectus, offer, rating, suitability assessment, or investment recommendation.
Professional Boundaries
Movingto coordinates the residency process, but it does not replace regulated professionals. Legal advice, filings, and representation should come from independent licensed lawyers: in Portugal, lawyers registered with the Ordem dos Advogados (OA); in each other market, lawyers registered with that country's bar association. Tax advice should come from qualified tax advisers. Investment advice and suitability assessments should come from qualified investment advisers.
Who Movingto Is Best For
Golden Visa fund-route investors who want a coordinated process from route fit through post-filing milestones.
US-linked applicants who need source-of-funds, banking, fund-document, and professional-adviser coordination.
D7 applicants who want passive-income evidence, NIF, banking, appointment, and lawyer workflows organized.
D8 applicants who want remote-work, income-proof, fiscal-residence, and filing documents organized.
Spain, Italy, Greece, and UAE applicants who want digital-nomad, non-lucrative, elective-residency, golden-visa, retirement, or investor routes coordinated end to end.
Portugal and Spain residents who want annual tax-return filing and fiscal-residence reporting handled alongside their case.
Families who need dependants, documents, timelines, and next steps coordinated in one case plan.
Who Movingto Is Not For
Applicants seeking only the cheapest paperwork-only option.
Applicants who already have a fully coordinated lawyer, tax adviser, investment adviser, bank, and document workflow.
Applicants who expect certainty over authority decisions, investment returns, or regulated advice directly from Movingto.
Applicants who do not want to verify independent professional credentials before relying on legal, tax, or investment advice.
How to Verify Before Signing
Before choosing any residency, golden visa, or tax provider in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece, or the UAE, ask who is responsible for legal advice, what is included in the written quote, which government and third-party fees are separate, how fund or provider compensation is disclosed, how documents are reviewed, and what support continues after filing. If a lawyer, tax adviser, or investment adviser is involved, verify that professional directly.