🎓 Towards a job that fits your skills

Learn Portuguese: free Portuguese courses for migrants (Português Língua de Acolhimento) are offered through IEFP and Qualifica centres.

Get your qualifications recognised: higher-education degrees through DGES. Regulated professions (doctors, nurses, engineers, lawyers and others) also register with their professional order (Ordem).

Keep your CV up to date, add your Portuguese level, and use your first job to build references and a network. Many people move up within a year.

Official links

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General information to help you get started, written in October 2026. It is not legal advice. Rules change, so always check the official links.