Regressar program, extended to 2023

&amp;NewLine;<p>The regressar&amp;comma; program, which aims to bring back to Portugal people who left the country during the 2007 crisis&amp;comma; has just been extended&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Regressar program extended to 2023 <&sol;h3>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The regressar program will be in force until 2023, in accordance with the ordinance published this Thursday in the French Official Gazette. <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dre&period;pt&sol;web&sol;guest&sol;home&sol;-&sol;dre&sol;152639810&sol;details&sol;maximized">Diário da República<&sol;a>&amp;period; The&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;initiative has been extended due to the "great demand" it continues to&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;have&amp;comma; according to the government&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Given the interest in and demand for the regressar program&amp;comma; including in the current context of pandemic crisis and strong economic uncertainties&amp;period; With around 3,000 people covered by the measure to support the return of emigrants to Portugal&amp;period; It was deemed essential&amp;comma; by the government to&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;ensure not only the strengthening of the policy instruments to be mobilized for the regressar&amp;comma; program, but also its operation in the phase of economic and employment recovery in Portugal&amp;&amp;period; As a result, the government has decided to extend this tax advantage until&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;2023&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">The regressar program <&sol;h3>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p> It aims to promote and support <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;programa-regressar-2020&sol;" class&equals;"rank-math-link">the return of emigrants to Portugal&amp;comma;<&sol;a> as well as their descendants and other family members&amp;period; Originally, the program was due to end on December 31, 2020&amp;period; However&amp;comma; in view of the number of applications still waiting to be processed&amp;comma; the Portuguese government indicated in November 2020 that it would be extended until 2023&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The decree-law also sets out to extend the coverage of the program&amp;comma; in particular by ensuring that emigrants&amp;comma; their descendants and family members have access to measures to encourage the creation of businesses&amp;comma; as well as to measures to learn or improve the Portuguese language where necessary&amp;period; This measure is accompanied by a return aid which should be added for applicants who decide to create their own jobs&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;