Novomove NIF review: the cheapest bundle, honestly sold

What Novomove actually sells

Novomove is the budget option done properly. The product is simple: one €79 payment gets your NIF filed by a partner lawyer registered with the Ordem dos Advogados, who is then your named fiscal representative at Finanças for 12 months. Every Finanças letter is scanned and emailed to you within 24 hours, and the portal password is received at their address and forwarded to you.

What sets Novomove apart from cheaper-looking alternatives is who holds your file. A fiscal representative isn't a mailbox. It's the address Finanças writes to, and the password letter goes there, not to you. A disorganised rep means weeks of waiting for a letter that should take days. No provider in our comparison offers a stronger version of this promise than bar-registered lawyers with a 24-hour scan commitment.

They also sell the natural upsells without hiding them: a bank account (€300), a solo NIF + account bundle (€359, €20 off), a couple bundle (€428), and visa check-up services. The pricing page is one of the clearest in the market, and it was updated recently, so you don't need to go hunting for discount codes. Our NIF + bank account bundle comparison prices every two-in-one deal on the market, including both Novomove packages.

Pricing: what you'll pay

€158 over two years is the lowest bundled total in our full NIF comparison — and the renewal, at €79, is the lowest published renewal too. The price keeps looking better the further you project it, which is the opposite of how Anchorless's ~€149/year renewal behaves.

How the process works

Step 1: order and documents. Passport (or EU ID) and proof of address. Their help centre is explicit that the biggest delays come from blurry scans and old proof of address, so upload clean copies before you pay.

Step 2: power of attorney. You sign the PoA. The 3–5 business day count starts at signing, not at checkout. Minors need both parents' passports and a signed PoA from each.

Step 3: filing and password. The partner lawyer files, the NIF arrives, and the portal password is requested on your behalf and arrives 2–3 weeks later by post, on the tax authority's timeline, like everywhere else.

Step 4: the exit (month 11). Their own help centre walks you through activating electronic notification channels on the Portal das Finanças, so you can drop the representation after the included year. A provider teaching you how to stop paying them is a good sign.

Where Novomove wins

Price-to-bundle ratio. Nothing else under €95 includes 12 months of representation, the password, and 24-hour mail scanning. The €79 headline isn't a loss-leader; the renewal is €79 too.

Fastest standard delivery. Delivery takes 3–7 days, and nobody will try to sell you a rush tier. If your timeline fits inside a week, this is the quickest standard service we verified.

Terms you can actually read. The terms are unusually readable: the €40 process fee, the no-refund-after- issuance rule, and the auto-renewal mechanics are all spelled out, and their help centre explains the Decree-Law exit. It reads like paperwork written by adults.

Where it loses

No rush option. If your deadline is inside 3 days, Novomove has nothing for you. Anchorless's 1–2 day premium rush is the only answer — see our Anchorless review.

Auto-renewal needs managing. €79 a year is fair and published, but an uncancelled renewal for representation you no longer need is money for nothing. Set one calendar reminder for month eleven.

Smaller review base. Around 4.9/5 on a few hundred reviews: credible, without being overwhelming. If you decide on social proof, e-Residence's 2,600+ review base is the stronger signal.

Who should and shouldn't use Novomove

Use it if you're a non-EU citizen who needs fiscal representation (which is most remote buyers), you want the lowest honest price, and your deadline is a week or more out. Also the natural pick if you'll bundle the bank account: the €359 solo price is €20 less than buying separately.

Skip it if you need the NIF in under 3 days (no rush exists), or if you're an EU citizen who doesn't need representation at all. Then Visas.pt's €95 no-renewal product is cheaper over two years.