{"id":5786,"date":"2019-07-26T14:50:37","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T13:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vivreauportugalconsulting.com\/?p=5786"},"modified":"2022-08-26T15:13:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T14:13:52","slug":"rnh-list-of-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vivreauportugalconsulting.com\/en\/rnh-liste-des-activites\/","title":{"rendered":"NHSR: LIST OF ACTIVITIES CHANGES"},"content":{"rendered":"

NHSR: LIST OF HIGH VALUE-ADDED PROFESSIONS CHANGES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The list of \u00abhigh value-added\u00bb professions that qualify for RNH status in Portugal has changed. Professions such as psychologists, architects, designers, and archaeologists are no longer included among the occupations eligible for RNH status. Others, such as hotel and restaurant managers and dentists, are eligible for the RNH.<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Portuguese government has revised the list of recognized professional activities, as well as high value-added<\/strong> and which entitled individuals to non-habitual resident status. According to the ordinance published on Tuesday, Portugal\u2019s economic situation has changed considerably since the publication of this table of economic activities, with a significant shift in the dynamics of job creation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Changes to the list<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Portuguese government justifies this change by citing the difficulties employers face in hiring workers with diverse skill sets and qualifications. The first list, published in 2010, was based on economic activity codes, known as CAE. This model has just been replaced by one based on direct correspondence with the codes of the Portuguese Classification of Occupations (CPP).<\/p>\n\n\n

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What are the changes? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The new list of professions eligible for RNH status includes occupational categories such as doctors, engineers, university professors, and information and communication technology specialists. However, other professions, such as Psychologists, architects, geologists, and archaeologists have simply disappeared.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Labor market needs have changed significantly in recent years, and new sectors are now included. Such as managers in the hotel industry<\/a>, the restaurant and retail industries and other service sectors; farmers and skilled workers in agriculture and livestock farming; skilled forestry workers; fishing and hunting workers; and factory and machine operators, as well as assemblers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This new list takes effect as of as of January 1, 2020<\/strong> and, depending on an assessment of the country's economic situation, it may be revised within three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What about those who already have non-habitual resident status?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Don't worry\u2014if you were granted non-habitual resident status in the past, your status will not be called into question. However, a person who has been were denied RNH status before December 31, 2019<\/strong> but whose profession would be included in the new list will not be eligible for RNH status again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New List<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

List of high-value-added activities as defined in Articles 72(10) and 81(5) of the IRS Code<\/p>\n\n\n\n