Thanks for the response, but that post above does not address my situation. That is a person who was approved and paid for her card approximately a year ago and then it took nearly a year for the card to be issued. My situation is different, I have received final approval but my lawyer has been unable to generate the DUC to allow me to pay for my card in the first instance.
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They need to reach out to the corresponding AIMA office if they have not sent the DUC details yet. It pays to have a good lawyer by your side. I understand it is difficult to know about them until there is a problem.
JP, thanks for the response and it seems like a reasonable suggestion. Did you have a similar experience with the issuance of the DUC being delayed?
Not similar but something else. I knew the associated AIMA (coimbra) was approving applications for applicants who were closer in timeline with my biometrics date, but I was not getting the approval. so I asked my lawyer to reach out and they forwarded the approval email. It looks like the process steps are all manual. So anytime someone forgets or skips the process you are in a state of limbo until your lawyer intervenes. Similar thing happened with my dependent cards where the lawyer went to the associated office to pickup my cards. Looks like there were just sitting there.
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Thanks much, this is helpful
In my case once I received final approval I paid AIMA by bank transfer, not over DUC. Our final approvals were communicated to our lawyer by email from SEF/AIMA in Oct 2023. The email from SEF contained the long IBAN number for payment by bank transfer, which I did at the time. This worked as I received my own card in Oct 2024 and incidentally have just been advised by my lawyer that the remaining family members’ cards have now also been printed.
Not sure exactly when SEF officially became AIMA, but our final approval email back in Oct 2023 was from an @sef.pt email address to our lawyer.