Highly Qualified Professional (Tech / Blue Card)

Yes. The D3 is a privileged track. You can trigger Family Reunification simultaneously, and your spouse and children are granted residence permits without awaiting typical quotas.

Yes and no. The D3 is Portugal's domestic implementation wrapper that often leads to standard highly qualified residency. You can explicitly request the 'EU Blue Card' variant of the permit when interacting with AIMA upon arrival, which unlocks intra-EU mobility privileges after 12 months.

While the broad NHR was abolished, D3 workers implicitly fall under the new 'Tax Incentive for Scientific Research and Innovation' (often dubbed NHR 2.0). Highly qualified expats in academia, R&D, and recognized startups can still secure a flat **20% IRS income tax** for a decade.