Hi to allā¦
I am 2023 March applicant. My lawyer update my profile on 14th of January and today i realized that they deduct 200 euros from my account under description of āDESP. EMISSAO DECLARACAO ARIā.
Does anybody aware of what is going on?
PS: no appointment assigned so far
my lawyer informed me as:
This is the debit the bank made because we requested an updated bank declaration for submission with the immigration authorities
I know banks charge for it but thatās a crazy cost.
Yes this cost is correct. I paid the same in March 2023 when I applied as well. If your lawyer requested this again from the bank, the bank will charge this same cost again to issue this statement.
Yes, it is a ridiculously high cost for what is essentially a declaration of money coming in and out of your account for the investment you made.
Itās odd that some law firms are saying a new bank declaration is required, and some arenāt.
Portugal authorities are very good at charging but the services donāt match at all.
May I ask what youāre basing that on?
Isnāt novo banco the only option for those without residence cards?
So the branches or relationship managers differ?
No, @CharlesLewis , several on this forum bank with other PT banks, for example I bank with Millennium BCP.
Ah so it is.
But I really think the upstream and downstream of Portuguese immigration industry deem us, especially GV applicants as cash cows. One of the evidence is that AIMA wonāt bear the lawsuit fees even it is their fault,namely delay.
Hope this comment wonāt be cleared by the forum manager for not related,which happened before. 
Confirmation from more than 1 lawyer who got clarification on the same from erstwhile SEF and now AIMA.
Iām with Millenium BCP. My lawyer told me no need for a new declaration. Another lawyer in the WhatsApp group chat said that as well. But I keep seeing posts from other applicants saying theirs asked them for new ones. Idk haha. That being said, itās not the branches/relationship managers that decide whether a new declaration is required. Technically AIMA should, and the lawyers relay that to the clients.
Itās odd. Some lawyers have said otherwise. Iād rather err on the side of caution and have them certified.
Yes, it is better to err on the side of caution.
May I ask you which law firm youāre with?
@mwwilliams10 No, once you submit the updated documents your file is locked and you cannot submit anything else.
Itās quite Portugal that different staff in the same department require different docs.
No, they donāt require different docs, rather different agent applies their discretion on a case-by-case basis which is quite normal anywhere not only in Portugal. In fact, the same agent may apply more strict or more relaxed approach to different case.
What needs to be understood is that the official AIMA requirements are published in the open and available to all of us. Then if you follow the official requirements to the letter, it would be very unlikely that an AIMA agent demands something on top of that, unless you have some odd suspicious case.
On the contrary, it would be quite likely that NOT ALL official requirements would be satisfied by you AND that the AIMA agent would apply some discretion and ālet you inā anyway. This happens all the time, and probably thatās why some folks here are a bit unsure.
So - always check the official published AIMA requirement and try to satisfy them as much as you can, so that your chances at AIMA are near 100%. You may still listen to your lawyer but take their guidance with a grain of salt and always cross check with official AIMA requirements. If something does not stack up - challenge your lawyer or switch to a better one. E.g. my first ālawyerā was horrible and told me 6 times incorrect info nearly ruining my case, so I had to dump them eventually and switch. But I was not on the forum when I started this journey so yāall have some advantage 
@tommigun But my lawyer from IAS said AIMA clarified that weāll need the tax ID apostilled.
In my country, Tax ID is my ID card.So I have to Apostille my ID card and then send the scan to my lawyer.
I should have submitted the application on Jan 15th if @goel.shashank85 was right.
Canāt this prove what I said before?
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