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“In due time” or “No tempo devido” in Portuguese is also appropriate for this situation....it will happen when it is meant to occur.

I love living at the beach, lived by it all my life and would wake every morning and at sunset every evening see a one of a kind masterpiece. Every color from black to red on the spectrum was represented one time or another. It never gets old. Now I am in the desert and love my new views, and the ocean views are stored deep in my heart.

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Well, it must be so reassuring for you both that "officially" your D7 status is extended to 31/12/2021 phew and you are not sitting there wondering if you have breached the dates of your 120 day stay. So glad you are eligible to get your vaccine though. That is "Golden". Is there anything else status wise not having your Residence Permit that will affect your status there?

We are receiving our D7's by mid April and flying to the Portugal May 3 to take up residence in our newly acquired house in the Algarve. What worries us now is that our plan is to stay there for 90 days and to return to the States to sell our house on August 1 and then return back in Oct/Nov. Big question is will we be allowed to go in and out of Portugal if we haven't procured our 'Residence Permits" by August 1, hmmmmmm.

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I believe, though you probably want to check with someone, you are not permitted to leave Portugal while waiting for your Residency....but then again, you don’t need to be in the US to sell a house. A good realtor and Docusign can take care of the details.

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I will never forget this moving experience in the "Days of Covid"

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"Não faz mal". Thanks for the useful Portuguese lesson today. That's a phrase I'm going to adapt as I work through the visa requirements. Perhaps is will counteract the tendency for my blood pressure to increase as I stress out about the details.

Sorry to hear your appointments were canceled. Since visas are automatically being extended, does the cancellation effectively prevent you from doing anything?

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No, especially since we are prevented from traveling due to coronavirus.

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