Your Portugal work permit and paperwork, with the job offer you already have.
For people who already have a job offer from an employer in Portugal. We handle your work permit and all the paperwork, and book your VFS Global appointment in your own name.
Official fees are paid separately.
- Appointment booking: EGP 12,000
- Work permit and paperwork: Price on request
How we can help
You bring the job offer. We take care of the rest.
- You have a job offer
We finalize your work permit and paperwork
You have a job offer in Portugal. We do your work permit and all the paperwork, and book your VFS appointment.
- Your job offer checked against what the file needs
- Work permit and all its paperwork
- VFS appointment booked in your own name
How the work permit works in Portugal
We do your work permit and all the paperwork for your D1 work visa, and book your VFS appointment in your own name.
- We check your job offer has what the file needs before you apply.
- After you arrive, you apply to AIMA, Portugal's migration agency, for your residence permit while the visa is valid.
Types of work visa
The three work categories on the Cairo embassy's visa list. Which one applies depends on your contract.
- Most common
D1: employed work
The standard residence visa for a job with an employer in Portugal (atividade profissional subordinada).
- Contract, promise of contract or expression of interest
- Valid for 4 months and 2 entries
- Then a residence permit from AIMA in Portugal
- Highly qualified
D3: highly qualified work
For highly qualified employees. The contract must last at least 6 months.
- Yearly pay of at least 1.5 times Portugal's average gross salary, or 3 times the IAS index
- Lower thresholds for listed shortage jobs
- Family can join without the 2-year wait
- Seasonal
E8: seasonal work
For seasonal jobs of more than 90 days, up to 270 days in any 12 months.
- Agriculture, hotels and restaurants, food and drink industry, trade, construction or land transport
- Proof of housing
- Work-accident insurance
From job offer to work permit
The path from Egypt, based on the embassy's own rules. We confirm each step with you before you start.
- 1
Tell us about your offer
On WhatsApp: who the employer is and what they've sent you so far. - 2
Your work permit
We do your work permit and check your job offer has what the file needs. - 3
We handle the paperwork
The embassy's D1 list, your criminal record certificate, legalisation and the visa form. - 4
Your VFS appointment
We book it in your own name at VFS Global in Cairo or Alexandria. - 5
Decision and travel
The consulate decides. With the visa, you travel and apply to AIMA within 4 months.
Applying from Egypt
What the Portuguese embassy in Cairo publishes about national (D) visas.
- Where you apply
- VFS Global only, for all visa applications. Cairo: 52 Lebanon St, 4th floor, Mohandessin, Giza. Alexandria: 696 Al Horreya St, office 1, first floor, Loran.
- Visa category
- Official name: Visto de Residência – Atividade profissional subordinadaResidence visa for employed work (D1). On the VFS site it sits under long-term visas, "D-Visa".
- Booking menu labelsWe confirm this with you
- The exact menu labels inside the VFS booking system for Portugal.
- Visa fee
- EGP 6,682.14 (€110), in Egyptian pounds only. Not refunded if the visa is refused. Embassy table of July 2026.
- VFS service feeWe confirm this with you
- Charged on top of the visa fee. The amount isn't published on the embassy page.
- When to apply
- At most 6 months before you travel.
- Processing timeWe confirm this with you
- The Cairo embassy publishes no processing time for work visas.
- Who applies in Cairo
- Residents of Egypt. Egyptians living legally in Saudi Arabia, the UAE or Qatar apply there; residents of Bahrain and Kuwait still apply in Cairo.
- If refused
- You can ask for a review within 15 days, through a VFS booking. The review fee is EGP 4,556.01 (€75).
D1 documents
From the Cairo embassy's D1 checklist. The consulate may ask for more.
From you
- National visa form, completed and signed, with 2 passport photos
- Passport valid at least 3 months beyond your stay, and a copy of the photo page
- Travel medical insurance that includes repatriation
- Criminal record certificate, legalised
- Proof of qualification, if your profession is regulated in Portugal
- Proof of legal residence, if you're not Egyptian
With your job offer
- Employment contract, promise of contract, or expression of interest
Egypt is not part of the Apostille Convention, so Egyptian documents such as the criminal record certificate must be legalised rather than apostilled. The exact legalisation steps and translation rules for Portugal aren't published; we confirm them with you. The embassy also offers legalisation and translation by appointment.
What we do
- Do your work permit and all its paperwork
- Check your contract has what the file needs
- Give you the embassy's D1 document list and check every item
- Guide you through the criminal record certificate and legalisation
- Fill in the national visa form with you
- Book your VFS appointment in your own name
Good to know
- There is no job-seeker visa right now. Portugal's new qualified job-seeker visa is suspended until its implementing rules are published, so you need a contract first.
- Applying from inside Portugal (manifestação de interesse) has ended. You apply from Egypt.
- With a D1 visa, family reunification usually comes after 2 years of residence.
- Your VFS appointment is made in your own name on the official website.
Questions about working in Portugal
Who is this service for?
For people who already have a job offer from an employer in Portugal. We do your work permit and all the paperwork, and book your appointment in your own name.
Can I apply now, in November 2026?
Not at the embassy: its visa services are suspended for November 2026 and are expected to reopen in December. You can get your documents ready now, so you're ready to book when appointments reopen.
Have a job offer in Portugal?
Message us on WhatsApp. We reply with the next step.