Show us your passport, sign in your browser, and a Portuguese lawyer files your tax number application the same day. The number lands in your account the moment Finanças issues it: it takes LIVE 8 days right now. LIVE only 8% take longer than 14 days. Our working hours are Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays in Lisbon and Berlin✌️
Our legal team, led by Thaís and registered with the Portuguese Bar, files every application, under a power of attorney you sign in your browser.
Passport and a proof of address. We read them, you confirm.
On the screen, with a finger or a mouse. Nothing printed.
39.99 once. Card, Apple Pay or Google Pay.
A lawyer files the same day. The number lands in your account, usually within two weeks.
Prices change. Confirm the current price and terms on each provider's website before ordering. Our turnaround is measured on NIFs delivered in the last 30 days; the others are the figures the providers advertise.
Official source: Portal das Finanças, the Portuguese tax authority
A NIF (Número de Identificação Fiscal) is Portugal's nine-digit tax identification number. The Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (Finanças) issues it, it never expires, and you need it to open a bank account, rent or buy a home, work, or sign a phone or electricity contract in Portugal.
Yes. The whole process is online. You photograph your passport and a proof of address, sign the power of attorney on your screen, and a Portuguese lawyer files the application with the tax authority the same day, acting as your representative for the application. It costs €39.99 including VAT, paid once. No travel, no notary, no post.
At a Finanças desk the number itself is free. With Coepi the application costs €39.99 including VAT, charged once, nothing to renew. There are no tiers and no fiscal representation subscription. Other online services charge between about €50 and €150, and most bill a representation fee every year on top.
We file the same day your documents are complete. Finanças then issues the number. Half of all NIFs are issued within 8 business days and 9 in 10 within 13, measured on the last 30 days and updated daily. The exact timing is set by the tax authority and varies.
Two. A passport or an EU national ID card (both sides for a card), and a proof of address outside Portugal from the last three months: a bank or credit card statement, a utility or phone bill, a payslip, a letter from your bank confirming your account, or an official residence certificate.
Only to apply if you live outside the EU, and that representation is included in the price with nothing renewing. EU and EEA residents never need one. Since 2022, non-EU residents who switch on electronic notifications on Portal das Finanças do not need one afterwards either.
Yes. The number and the confirmation document are issued by the Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira, the Portuguese tax authority. They are the same as you would receive at a Finanças desk, and the number is valid for life.
Yes. Opening a Portuguese bank account is the most common reason to get a NIF, and the number and confirmation PDF you receive are what the banks ask for.
Yes. The consulate wants a Portuguese bank account, and the bank wants a NIF, so the NIF usually comes first in visa preparation.
No. The NIF is an identification number. Tax residency depends on where you live and how long you stay, typically 183 days in a year or a permanent home in Portugal.
Yes, at the same price. We need both parents' identity documents and a consent each parent signs on screen.
You get your money back. The decision to issue the number is made by Finanças; in practice an application that is filed is issued.
No account needed to begin. We create one for you at the end.