Considered to have one of the highest standards of living and longest life expectancies in the world, Portugal is a developed and advanced sovereign nation with a long and fascinating history. Well-positioned in southwestern Europe with easy access to the rest of Europe and North Africa, Portugal is bordered geographically to the east and north by Spain, and to the west and south by the Atlantic Ocean where its two autonomous island archipelagos, the Azores and Madeira, can be found.

At one point the center of the world’s longest-lived colonial empire which stretched from the Americas to Africa to Asia and left a profound cultural and linguistic impact on numerous countries around the world, today Portugal maintains a prominent position on the world stage as one of the founding members of NATO, as well as an important member of the United Nations, European Union, the OECD, and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries.

Offering one of the highest levels of English proficiency among its population in Western Europe and ranking highly in numerous global surveys of freedom, social progress, prosperity, stability, and peacefulness, Portugal is characterized by its moderate climate, beautiful and varied nature, intact traditions, strong economy, and rapid growth, and is an inviting destination for investors who are interested in permanent residency which can lead to citizenship in a dynamic and exciting European country.