According to Público and cited by idealista, in 2017, the Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF) registered 2,888 US citizens residing in Portugal. In 2024, according to data from the US embassy based on records from the Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA) – yet to be consolidated –, 20,959 US citizens were registered. Last year alone, 4,800 new residents were regularised.

This is an increase of almost 50% compared to 2023, when only 14,126 Americans were regularised, that is, 1.35% of the total number of resident foreigners , writes the publication, highlighting that in 2023, North Americans were at the top of the visas granted under the so-called golden visas with 567 concessions.

Data from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MNE) also confirms that, in 2023 and 2024, North Americans were the foreign citizens who most requested visas for remote work through the " digital nomad visa ".