- Contract with Silvia is done in less than a week
- Hold off on this until João says to go ahead
- João should be done in late November, launch visa application in December
- Hear back from them in 2 months
- If we set the rental contract too far, consulate won’t get in a hurry
- Give 2 weeks as a buffer
- Start rental March 1st, 2023
- Bring to consulate appointment notarized copy of passport and ask to keep passport for upcoming travel
- Can hire a service to send passport back to me in Portugal if I want to remain in Portugal
- João recommends coming back to the US to get passport stamped with visa
Bank account update
- $7.6k to open Millenium account. Transfer using Wise.com.
- Will connect me to the person at the bank.
- Expects to have NIF by Thursday