{"id":177,"date":"2018-03-23T18:32:55","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T18:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essencial-portugal.com\/fr\/?page_id=177"},"modified":"2023-01-06T06:43:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T06:43:02","slug":"who-am-i","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/essencial-portugal.com\/en\/who-am-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Who am I ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Essencial Portugal is above all my story: Victor, from Lyon, who decided in 2015 and overnight to sell everything, get in his car and drive to Portugal. So before leaving, I had to find out about all the steps to take to live in this new country and I had to face the first problems:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sorting through the many contradictory pieces of information on the web<\/li>\n<li>Find local correspondents who speak French \/ English to enlighten us.<\/li>\n<li>Understand the real estate market to define a place of installation<\/li>\n<li>Starting certain procedures remotely, such as choosing the right health insurance company or registering the vehicle.<\/li>\n<li>Preparing a plan of attack for all mandatory administrative procedures<\/li>\n<li>Understanding how health care systems work for our son<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A difficult but necessary step which, due to a lack of interlocutors and information, led me to make mistakes that I was able to correct over time: bad choice of insurance, countless trips to and from administrations, poor knowledge of the order of the steps to be taken, a lot of money lost in seasonal rentals, problems of communication or understanding of documents in Portuguese, looking for support in the creation of my company in Lisbon and so on.<\/p>\n<p>The idea was then born that I could have saved a lot of time, money and energy if I had had the right contacts, the right information and that I could have called on French \/ English -Portuguese people capable of accompanying me throughout the process of setting up my business in Portugal. So I decided to create Essencial Portugal (Essential Portugal) based on my administrative knowledge and the problems I encountered myself. I have only one objective: to facilitate the installation and the steps of everyday life for all French \/ English-speaking people who would also like to try the adventure in Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>You will find on this website all the information that I think is important to inform you and prepare your expatriation.\u00a0Do you have a question? A particular request? A clarification? 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