Is there any change in the situation, are they scheduling biometric appointments? Or it is totally stopped?
Has anyone on the new process received a card?
Under the new procedure, according to the spreadsheet, three people have received their cards. Canât speak to their individual circumstances (could be result of lawsuits). There are more (perhaps a dozen or more) that state they have been approved and are awaiting cards.
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I m still waiting for the biometrics
Submitted updated documents in march 2025. Nothing yet
Did anyone receive biometrics appointment lately
Thanks
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I have not, but my lawyer tells me that AIMA has indeed started to email out biometrics appointment dates to some clients, as of yesterday. Still waiting for mine, but she confirmed new ones have happened.
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Thanks for the update. Any idea if AIMA is proceeding in any chronological order, or as before, responding to a lawsuit / judgement by scheduling an appointment for that applicant?
We updated documents in Feb2025 (original application June 2023) and no intimation of an appointment as yet.
From my lawyer. Short version, I should hear in 5 days, and likely appointment is in Jan. We shall see what actually happens.
"We are delighted to inform you that, after a challenging period, a breakthrough has finally been achieved, thanks to the continued efforts of the legal community in close collaboration with the Portuguese Immigration Agency (AIMA).
AIMA has now begun clearing the backlog, with visible progress particularly for Golden Visa applicants.
As of today, Golden Visa applicants and their registered legal representatives shall expect to started receiving notifications with appointment dates for biometric data collection in Portugal. The appointments will be sent during the next 5 days, expectably.
It appears that these notifications are being released automatically and simultaneously to all pending concession (first card) applicants starting as of January. Therefore, there may be a slight delay before your legal representative contacts you individually"
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I wrote a long silly rant in response to the above news, saying theyâd rush us through biometrics and start issuing first card ARI approvals in record time now, in order to grab our 6k card issuance fees before we all withdraw our applications in response to the new law and they miss out on that money - mostly as a bitter joke rant, because I forgot that AIMA collects the 6k issuance fees at the biometrics appointment before official approval. So, actually, not jokingly, I really do think they might actually rush out all our biometrics appointments and suddenly âclear the backlogâ to try and get whatever money there still is to be got.
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Weâve already done our Bios (almost a year ago, still nothing after that!)⊠but our GV Advisor reports today that âAll our other clients received biometrics yesterday.â
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After collecting the 6k issuance fees, they might again decide to prioritize on other cases and slowly issue the cardsâŠ
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Yes, I suspect that we will see them take the 6k and then itâs radio silence for a year like @PTBoundâs situation, no approval and no card, and that will be the norm going forward.
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With all the talk on mass biometric appointments going out, I thought I would check in with my lawyer and received the following response:
We actually received the appointment for your biometrics for 13th of March 2026. We have received an incredible number of these notifications since yesterday and will be reaching out with full coordinates in the coming weeks so that you may organize everything.
Whilst the appointment is only coming now for you, we were advised by AIMA that the family members will also have appointments on the same day and location. These other notifications will be released later.
With this also came the not so reassuring nationality law updates.
Application submitted Oct 2023. Expected citizenship 2036-2038
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Well, maybe by 6-10 years from now, so few people will be interested in citizenship that the paperwork wonât take so long anymore. 
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Got a Biometrics Appointment Scheduled for Feb 23 2026
15 June 2023 - Original Application Submitted
2 April 2025 - Refreshed Application Submitted
No Lawsuit Filed
Excited for my first trip ever to Portugal!
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Seems a big gamble to assume Portugal wonât change the rules again. If they require 10 years physical presence and/or tax residency will you still go for citizenship?
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I just got my appointment this morning, for January.
Initial application Feb 2023. Resubmitted docs July 15, 2025. Biometrics Jan 13, 2026. But my spouse was not included. My lawyer says my spouse will have to go at some âlater stageâ, unknown timing on that one lol.
Just got mine too.
Applied July 2023
Lawsuit Sep 2024 - no response
Bios scheduled Feb 2025
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Just got mine!
Applied/invested Aug 2023
Lawuit July 2024
Resubmitted Jan 2025
BIO SET FOR MARCH 2026
No bio date for my partner yet, supposedly coming in the next few days.
PROGRESS!
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Posted elsewhere on Nomadgate
âNext year we will resolve the outstanding issues that, for reasons of social equity, we left until the end, which are those that pay the most, the âgolden visas,'â he told lawmakers.
Will this line of thinking continue to hold for the next couple of years? Because if this is an actual statement said by him then I donât see why this would change. Rather than doing things in the order they came, or by how long theyâve been in process for, they are choosing to make GV the last priority. I can understand the desire to help those who are in a struggling situation, but from a practical standpoint as an investor the signal is clear - you are the last priority.
Consider the two situations:
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GV investor who has been waiting for 4 years and who has children enrolled in a school whose lives will be disrupted and education impacted if the GV process takes time
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CPLP applicant who is waiting for the permit to study nursing at university and then work in a hospital who applied 1 year ago
Rather than following a standard protocol that is consistent and dependable, it appears AIMA is making âmoral-basedâ choices and prioritizing the second applicant. Whatever your opinion on who should be prioritized or not, itâs a completely subjective decision.