Jobs Available in Portugal for Immigrants

Jobs in Portugal available for immigrants: If you are looking to move to a European country then you should consider Portugal. One of the cheapest places in Western Europe to live in, Portugal affords immigrants more opportunity than most to work and settle in the country.

How Can You Move to Portugal?

Perhaps the easiest way you can move to Portugal is with a work visa. It is easiest to get a work visa if you’ve got a job offer from an employer in Portugal. The employer will submit your job offer to the government, and you can include your job offer in your visa application in Nigeria. Note, however, that you have to have a decent sum or source of funds to support yourself until you fully settle in Portugal. While applying for your work visa, you will certainly need to provide proof of funds to show that you can support yourself in the country until you are fully settled.

So, Now You Have to Attend Portuguese Classes?

Not really, no. So you can breathe a sigh of relief.

Being able to speak Portuguese is certainly a plus, and the country will always favour Portuguese speakers and Portuguese nationals. But you do not need to speak it to get jobs in Portugal. There are many opportunities for English speakers. Let’s have a look at them.

Jobs in Portugal for English Speakers

You can get a job in Portugal as an English speaker. You won’t build mansions in Spain with your salary but it’ll still be pretty decent. Taking courses in English will help you boost your employment chances – and so will writing an English test like IELTS or TOEFL. Doing very well can afford you so many opportunities.

But perhaps the most popular types of jobs in Portugal are tourism and hospitality-related work. This is because Portugal has a warm, Mediterranean climate, and because of that it is flooded by tourists, particularly in the summer months.

There are lots of jobs in retail, restaurants, customer service, resorts and hotels, and many of them need English speakers. Beware though, you will certainly have competition from UK and US nationals. Call centre jobs are very popular as well, especially if you are bilingual. (Thinking you should have paid better attention in French class?)

Tech-related jobs in Portugal are also very open to English speakers, so if you are a developer, you have perhaps the best chance of securing a job in the current market.

So here’s a summary of some of the best jobs you can secure in Portugal:

• Web developers (backend and frontend)
• Sales representatives
• Wait staff
• Bartenders
• Customer support (not only in call centres, but also in multinational companies with offices in Portugal)
• Online gaming support
• Interpreters and translators
• Language teachers
• Mobile test engineers

Note that it’s a plus if you can speak French, German or Spanish in addition to English. Bilingual people are very much in demand, especially at call centres and restaurants.

Where Can I Apply?

There are quite a number of websites you can browse for job opportunities in Portugal. Here are a few:

Jobs in Lisbon

The British Council

Expatica

Sitel Group

Teleperformance 

Indeed

Also Read: Get a Work Visa: Apply for a Job in the U.S.