Why but? I am saying the same - read official AIMA requirements for ARI which indeed demand the foreign tax ID and yes, they demand any non-PT documents to be apostilled/legalised and translated to Portuguese and the translation notarized by a PT lawyer/notary.
This is official and thatās what I did.
I know for a fact some other folks got away with various more relaxed versions of the above, eg non-apostilled tax ID, or online translations etc.
So up to you if you want to crank up your chances by complying up front, or rather hope for a lenient AIMA agent.
Any word on whether AIMA is required recently apostilled birth certificates for main applicant and spouse? I needed to get new ones for my kids, but was surprised that I wasnāt asked to get it for either myself or my wife.
No, I am not sponsoring my parents (just wife and two minor kids). At first, was surprised that they didnāt want birth certificates for the wife and I, but it now makes sense when you think about it as connections. Wife is connected to me through marriage certificate, kids through birth certificates.
Also note that there may be somethings lost-in-translation depending on your investment type.
For proof of investment, if you have a fund, youāll need a bank declaration showing you still have that investment. If you are in real estate, the deed/property registration satisfies that requirement. Something to validate for people who say they need or didnāt need an updated bank declaration.
Iāve been asked not only to get a declaration from the bank that holds my investment, Iāve also been asked to get it directly from the funds themselves.
Yes, following the official guidance is correct and no doubt.
I donāt want to bite words and chew characters in AIMAās guidance and I donāt want to have a stereotype but do you think they are reliable in the past years? Do you think they can publish guidance that fits all?
For me,no. How do you define legalize? Certified? Notarized? or Apostilled? There isnāt a standard and AIMA didnāt define that or maybe they know itās hard to define so they particularly use an ambiguous description.
This is just my conjecture.I hope someone can give me a fact that disclose my ignorance.
For my biometric appointment (Dec 2023, before the current changes) I was asked for a new bank declaration confirming the funds, but not for anything from the funds. Subsequently my application was approved. I think whoever asked you for declaration from the funds is in error.
Well, thatās of course your rightful choice, but remember the alternative is then to bite and chew through hundreds of contradicting lawyersā āopinionsā and thousands of posts from unknown strangers on the internet forums (including mine )
Yes, and yes. With the exception of some marginal exotic cases which I am sure exist, the official guidance from SEF/AIMA is pretty good, fairly exhaustive and usable.
And I do not think, I know
They did define it. And where they did not, they use official terms defined elsewhere, e.g. to answer one of your questions:
Good news is that all of the above including SEF/AIMAās official materials plus any extraneous definitions and various rabbit hole cases have been dissected with a scientific precision by this forum over the past few years
Slightly less good news is that one would need to use search quite heavily as the info is spread over time and multiple threadsā¦
But I still recommend for anyone embarking on this journey to use AIMAās official website as the starting point.
Hi Everyone, for my case, i have opened the AIAM portal on Jan 2nd, 2025 and saw my status changed to āwaiting for documents submissionā, and next to it there was a green arrow which I have pressed on to see which documents they are referring to and the portal closed and went back to the initial status āwaiting for analysisā. unfortunately AIMA email sent earlier to explain the change went to my junkbox and wasnāt aware of the change. my lawyer has been sending emails daily to AIMA to open the portal to upload the updated documents (which i already have) but no reply from AIMA. anyone experienced this scenario and why AIMA donāt reply or take actions on email. thank you and have a nice day
It is my understanding that AIMA wants updated documents for spouses/dependents of the primary applicant, but hasnāt opened that system to allow such submissions (even if main applicant has resubmitted). Does anyone have any information on when the system will open? I ask because I am concerned the updated documents I obtained will go stale (over 90 days) before AIMA opens it up.
99% of the article below has already been discussed in this thread, but I donāt remember seeing this 55k GV application backlog estimate before?
Åafak Nervo, Chief Commercial Officer at Optylon Krea, revealed that during a presencial [means āin personā] meeting with AIMA, the government disclosed that the immigration authority is currently facing a backlog of approximately 55,000 Golden Visa applications (including main applicants and family members for both initial and renewal visas).
55.000 sounds for me logical. This includes all family members and renewals. Here is some similar numbers from another source.
There are great points in that article you shared:
Card validity extends two years for fund-based investments and three years for property investments.
The five-year period for citizenship applications now begins with online submission. āThe confirmation that the five-year period for the citizenship application commences with the online application submission is another reassuring clarification,ā
Documents properly certified during initial submission maintain validity throughout the process.
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