British Citizen resident in EU country - routes to PT (D7?)

Hi GavinP,

Unfortunately “onward freedom of movement” was lost for expat Brits under the Withdrawal Agreement. At the time, very little publicity was given to the matter, and now it is coming back to bite people in your situation. What that means in practical terms is that you would be starting from scratch with a D7, unless you have for example been in NL long enough to get naturalized. Simply having a WA residence permit for elsewhere in the EU doesn’t help with a move to a new EU country. My understanding is that you can apply for the D7 at the Portuguese consulate in your current country of residence, ie the Netherlands. Hope it all goes well for you.

Hi,

My husband and I are almost in the same boat, except I’m British and he’s American.  

I found this doc online and it seems to apply to us but when I read the English version, it’s not at all clear.  

https://imigrante.sef.pt/en/solicitar/residir/art116/

In the absence of this, I’m assuming that we would apply through our local PT consulate here in Germany.