@Ps5 - I received an email today from our attorney for my dependent, submitted mid-January, 2022. No lawsuit filed and no updated documents submitted as yet; still awaiting apostilled Criminal Record from Washington, DC.
His appointment is April 9th in Lisbon. So grateful to our attorneys and their persistence, also grateful we didn’t have to file.
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We just did our biometrics under the new process (all docs legalized / apostilled and translated and re submitted ). Paid the €6K /person fee at the time of biometrics. We forwarded the money to our lawyers and they made payment.
Actual process on the day at AIMA was smooth , morning appointment so took only about an hour. Lawyers (VCA) handled all the talking and we just did the prints /pic
We had sued to get an appointment so already had one in place
Application : end Oct 22
Lawsuit won on appeal (Oct 24) which resulted in biometrics appointment in late January
Biometrics complete Jan 25 in Lisbon.
We shall see how long it takes to get cards under the new process , see you all on stage 4 !
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Wow they asked you to pay DUC at the time of appointment?! Should I have hope that it will be processed very fast?
Yes that is the new process. They claim they will do it within 90 days (new process ) because they have checked the documents. Fingers crossed. 
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I’ve done a search and haven’t really found the answer. At the biometrics appointment, you are required to pay the 6k fee by debit card. Has anyone successfully paid using a US issued debit card?
Another member was able to pay via PT debit card and Chinese issued credit card. I don’t believe anyone has posted about US based cards.
Best way to pay it is forward money to your lawyer, and have them pay it. One less thing that can go wrong
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Has anyone received their biometrics appointment recently? My application was approved 06/06/2024… been patiently awaiting but no word yet 
I resubmitted all my documents yesterday and my lawyer uploaded them. She said this in her email-
“With that said, please note that we haven´t received notifications with appointments yet for the applications resubmitted in the last three weeks. Moreover, AIMA is adopting this procedure for all Golden Visa processes in the country, and we cannot guarantee that they will be able to schedule biometrics for all Main applications and family members in the first half of 2025.”
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