PTbound
April 28, 2025, 7:17am
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Living in PT prior to getting your GV has been covered numerous times in this forum. For example this post (and the next 10 underneath it providing different experiences):
It’s not cut and dry and no attorney will advise you that moving to PT prior to at least having pre-approval is risk-free. There are also challenges, albeit maybe manageable ones, of moving between pre-approval but prior to having your card.
If you move prior to pre-approval, you run the risk that your application will either be rejected (if found not to have met the investment/application parameters), in which case you will likely have to leave. We also have no idea if/when AIMA will resume pr…
As for this…
Grant_A:
Once your Golden Visa application is submitted, after 90 days we can file a court claim to accelerate the process, which could shorten the waiting time by a few months. The court claim usually takes 4 to 6 months to show a positive outcome with the collection of biometric data. After this collection, according to the law, AIMA must make a decision within 90 working days. However, due to delays, this may take a little longer.
…that might have been the case 18 months ago, before a backlog of over 50,000 lawsuits against AIMA developed. You’d now be joining a very, very long queue.
As for “After this [biometrics] collection, according to the law, AIMA must make a decision within 90 working days.” - AIMA’s been effectively ignoring that law for years, just have a read of the “Stage 4” thread:
Congratulations. My biometrics were done January 20, 2023 in Lisbon and I filed a lawsuit 8 months ago. Still waiting for approval.