Portiva Immigration — scheduled for V1.3 · Q4 2026

Visa and permit intake, on the same engine as Portiva Tax.

Portiva Immigration is the second vertical we're building on the Portiva platform — a consultant-ready brief for every work permit, residence permit, digital nomad, family reunification, student visa, or founder-route inquiry your firm receives. Live and billable in Q4 2026. Discovery calls running now.

6 case types at launch EN · DE · FR · ES intake Same SOC 2 & GDPR posture as Tax
Where we are

Tax first. Immigration next.

One intake core, shipped one vertical at a time. We'd rather launch immigration when the briefs are as strong as the tax ones.

V1.0 · Q1 2026
Platform & Tax
Shipped
First pilot running at a Hamburg Steuerberater. Residency, DTA, expat intake.
V1.1 · Q2 2026
Tax scale-up
Current
Second & third tax pilots, DATEV outbound, EN/DE production-grade intake.
V1.3 · Q4 2026
Immigration live
Target launch
Immigration intake schema, brief output, first 3 waitlist firms onboarded.
Sample cases at launch

Six inquiry types we're designing for.

Each one is a different schema, a different set of unknowns, and a different urgency profile. The goal is the same: your advisor opens a complete brief, not an email thread.

Work permit · §18a AufenthG Routine
Skilled worker from outside the EU
Software engineer, 5 years experience, offer from Berlin employer. Needs a qualification-check and the Anerkennung der Berufsqualifikation path mapped.
CountryIndia → Germany
DeadlineStart date in 10 weeks
MissingApostilled degree, salary letter
Residence permit · §21 Urgent
Entrepreneur / founder route
Non-EU founder raising a seed round, wants a self-employed residence permit with a viable business plan and Chamber-of-Commerce letter.
CountryUK → Germany
DeadlineVisa expires in 28 days
MissingBusiness plan, IHK-Stellungnahme
Digital nomad visa Routine
Remote contractor, freelance visa
Independent consultant with 3 German clients. Chooses between Freiberufler-Visum and Portugal's D8. Needs a side-by-side residency & tax outlook.
CountryBrazil → DE / PT
DeadlineFlexible (3–6 months)
MissingClient contracts, revenue proof
Family reunification · §27 ff. Time-sensitive
Spouse & minor children joining
Principal already on a Blue Card. Spouse-visa + A1 language proof for the spouse, no A1 required for children under 16.
CountryTurkey → Germany
DeadlineSchool year starts Aug 2026
MissingMarriage cert, A1 certificate
Student visa · §16b Routine
Master's admit, blocked account setup
TU Munich admission letter in hand. Needs Sperrkonto guidance, proof-of-funds threshold, and health insurance before the consulate appointment.
CountryChina → Germany
DeadlineSemester start in 14 weeks
MissingSperrkonto confirmation
Change of status In-country
Student → skilled worker transition
Graduating Master's student with a signed offer. Timing between Absolventenvisum, work permit, and Blue Card income threshold.
CountryEgypt (in DE)
DeadlineStudent visa ends Sep 2026
MissingSigned contract, salary breakdown
🇩🇪 Germany — first market 🇦🇹 Austria — V1.3 🇨🇭 Switzerland — V1.3 🇳🇱 Netherlands — V1.4 🇵🇹 Portugal — V1.4 + more on request
Draft of the immigration brief

What your advisor will open on Monday morning.

Early draft from discovery. Structure is final; wording will evolve with pilot firms.

immigration-brief · case #IMM-2026-0041 · draft
● Ready for advisor review
Client & case

A. Okafor — Founder residence permit (§21)

Nigerian founder, currently on a short-stay Schengen visa in Berlin. Wants to move to a self-employed residence permit.

NationalityNigeria
Current statusSchengen C, 42 days remaining
Residence planBerlin, rental contract signed
BusinessB2B SaaS, seed round €1.2M
DependantsSpouse (DE language A1 pending)
Route§21 AufenthG — self-employed
Deadline Schengen expires in 42 days
Open issues & documents
  • IHK business plan review — we have the draft, need IHK's Stellungnahme on economic interest within 3 weeks.
  • Cap table & funding proof — SAFE from lead investor; investor letter confirming €1.2M commitment is pending.
  • Meldebescheinigung — tenant has the Wohnungsgeberbestätigung; Anmeldung appointment booked for next week.
  • Spouse path — A1 German pending. Family reunification application drafted but hold until principal is approved.
  • Tax residency trigger — founder will exceed 183 days in DE in this calendar year. Portiva Tax brief attached for joint review.
Next step: 30-min strategy call with founder. Confirm funding letter ETA and §21 filing slot. generated 09:14 · reviewed by advisor
What we're figuring out now

Discovery with immigration firms — running this quarter.

Before we ship immigration, we're spending 10–15 hours per firm understanding how visa & permit intake actually breaks. If you run an immigration practice in DACH, the waitlist is also the shortlist for these calls.

Volunteer for a discovery call
01
Document chasing is the job

Where exactly the passport scan, apostille, and marriage certificate live — and why they arrive a week late.

02
Urgency is binary

Most cases are calm. A few are 48-hour-deadline. The intake has to surface that on the first screen.

03
Jurisdiction spaghetti

One client, two countries, three consulates. We're mapping which fields differ between DE / AT / CH from day one.

04
Handoff to Ausländerbehörde

What makes a brief actually useful when the advisor walks into the local office — not a dump of fields.

Waitlist · Portiva Immigration

Tell us your firm & we'll notify you the day before launch.

No marketing emails. One launch note, plus an invite to a 30-min discovery call if your practice profile fits V1.3.

By joining, you agree we may contact you once at launch and invite you to a discovery call. No list sharing. GDPR-compliant.

You're on the list.

We'll email you the week Portiva Immigration opens to pilot firms. In the meantime, see Portiva Tax → — the platform your immigration intake will run on.

Discovery open — limited slots for founding design partners