The thesis aims to deepen the knowledge of a new group of young portuguese immigrants in Brazil, namely its departure motivations from their country of origin as the respective motivations of choosing Brazil as a country of arrival. The research is part of a 2008 post-crisis context that seems to awaken the portuguese youth to emigrate. This young man, however, has its own and different characteristics of other flows of portuguese immigrants in Brazil throughout history, these ones more qualified and feeling able to establish and gain their independence through migration. During this path, much less predictable than often expected, the young have to manage to conquer your goals, achieving financial independence and feel progressively integrating into a new society - with its pros and cons reported by individual experiences during the interviews.