“To get residence, it takes, on average, two to two and a half years,” said Juliet Cristino, a 33-year-old Brazilian who’s been in Portugal since 2019, according to CNN. “Why does it take two to two and a half years waiting for the SEF. The SEF never has vacancies.”

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“In Portugal, it has attracted 6.5 billion euros in investment by foreigners, mainly from China, Brazil and South Africa, with the bulk of the money going into real estate,” Reuters