Why does this happen
It's rare, but it may happen that 'Finanças' inserts your information in a wrong manner. This is generally due to administrative errors when inserting one's information - AnchorLess is always providing the correct data, no worries on that part! You don't have to fear:
YOUR NIF NUMBER IS CORRECT AND WILL REMAIN THE SAME, YOU CAN USE IT NORMALLY!
But we must correct your information to make sure you won't have any surprises in the future when dealing with taxes or benefits, for example.
Is this a problem?
Not at all, and most of the time, you don't even need to correct it. Let's go through the most common scenarios:
Your address is incorrect
This is a normal thing! You see, when you request a NIF number and you aren't an EU/EEA/Swiss national, or don't have residency in these areas, you'll need a tax representative in Portugal. So, the address of this tax representative will be your address until you proceed with the change of address after you are settled in Portugal.
Your own address in the "Residência" box is not important
We can only request a change of address is the "Pais resid." (Country of residence) box is filled incorrectly.
Your Name/"Nome Completo" or Sex/"Sexo" is incorrect
Contact us, and we will ask for the correction!