# Awaiting Final Approval (Stage 4) **URL:** \ **Category:** Portugal Golden Visa\ **Tags:** portugal, golden-visa, pt-gv-stages\ **Created:** [January 30, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-final-approval-stage-4/45969 "2022-01-30T18:20:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 51
**Author:** ![Onward](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/e47774/32.png) [@Onward](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/Onward)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 7:52am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-final-approval-stage-4/45969/1024 "2023-10-03T07:52:46Z")
A date error somewhere?? We haven’t yet gotten to 15 December 2023..😂 ---
**Author:** ![Beanieskis](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/5daacb/32.png) [@Beanieskis](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/Beanieskis)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 8:03am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-final-approval-stage-4/45969/1025 "2023-10-03T08:03:47Z")
I’m using European not American date formatting 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![taufiq.choudhury](https://community.nomadgate.com/user_avatar/community.nomadgate.com/taufiq.choudhury/32/6018_2.png) [@taufiq.choudhury](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/taufiq.choudhury)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 8:15am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-final-approval-stage-4/45969/1026 "2023-10-03T08:15:16Z")
I think he was pointing to the year! ---
**Author:** ![cj807](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/fbc32d/32.png) [@cj807](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/cj807)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 8:20am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-final-approval-stage-4/45969/1027 "2023-10-03T08:20:06Z")
I think Selina meant biometrics was 15th Feb 2023, not 15th Dec ---
**Author:** ![richn4](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@richn4](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/richn4)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 8:51am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-final-approval-stage-4/45969/1028 "2023-10-03T08:51:14Z")
I know that Europe is some hours ahead of American timezones but I don’t think that even Portugal has reached December 2023 yet 😀 @Beanieskis . It’s the year, not the month, that’s confusing people. ---
**Author:** ![Beanieskis](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/5daacb/32.png) [@Beanieskis](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/Beanieskis)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 9:01am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-final-approval-stage-4/45969/1029 "2023-10-03T09:01:32Z")
Yes, typo was in the month - I wrote 15/12/23 when I meant 15/02/23. Now corrected 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jester](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/b2d939/32.png) [@jester](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/jester)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 10:15am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-final-approval-stage-4/45969/1030 "2023-10-03T10:15:31Z")
Happy days! Much congrats! Are your dependent dates up to date in the tracker? Your biometrics appointment in Porto was fairly close to ours (Jan 31 2023 for us) so you’re our closest comparison. My wife (primary) has received her card but I (dependent) haven’t received final approval yet – and the gap is widening. ---
**Author:** ![tommigun](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@tommigun](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/tommigun)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 10:58am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-final-approval-stage-4/45969/1031 "2023-10-03T10:58:25Z")
My final approval came on the same date for all family. The later timeline was therefore the same for everyone with slight variations for the DUC payment issue and payment dates. ---
**Author:** ![mikemuks62](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@mikemuks62](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/mikemuks62)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 12:32pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-final-approval-stage-4/45969/1032 "2023-10-03T12:32:16Z")
Has anyone in this topic group heard about the latest on NHR status? The tax exemption for retired income (10%) is going to be removed from 2024. Probably other measures could follow. This could impact even the GV applicants in years to come. This measure will surely put a damper on the rush for people to move to Portugal. ---
**Author:** ![tommigun](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@tommigun](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/tommigun)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-final-approval-stage-4/45969/1033 "2023-10-03T12:34:55Z")
Yes, Costa wants to cancel NHR as a whole from 2024. Not just for pensions. But he said it would not be retroactive. Which essentially may simply mean 3 months left to apply for NHR for anyone who ever wanted to. ---
**Author:** ![garrett](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@garrett](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/garrett)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-final-approval-stage-4/45969/1034 "2023-10-03T12:53:50Z")
For someone not living in Portugal, does this matter? I’m fuzzy on the nhr scheme ---
**Author:** ![tkrunning](https://community.nomadgate.com/user_avatar/community.nomadgate.com/tkrunning/32/9053_2.png) [@tkrunning](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/tkrunning)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-final-approval-stage-4/45969/1035 "2023-10-03T13:06:13Z")
Only relevant if you want to actually live in Portugal. ---
**Author:** ![tommigun](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@tommigun](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/tommigun)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-final-approval-stage-4/45969/1036 "2023-10-03T13:40:04Z")
Not really. Relevant for anyone who planned to _‘become a tax resident in PT’_. Which does not equate to _‘live in PT’_. ---
**Author:** ![ohbee](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/977dab/32.png) [@ohbee](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/ohbee)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-final-approval-stage-4/45969/1037 "2023-10-03T14:02:17Z")
Semantics aside, what would be the point of becoming a tax resident without living there? You would still be a tax resident in the place you actually live, too, right? ---
**Author:** ![tommigun](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@tommigun](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/tommigun)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-final-approval-stage-4/45969/1038 "2023-10-03T14:11:15Z")
You probably disregard digital nomads in your question? And to be clear, above we were discussing how to ‘become a PT tax resident’, which is a one-off event, not the longer term plans for living/not-living in PT. If the opportunity to get NHR is going to go away, surely someone would want to obtain this now, even if they do not _live_ currently in PT. ---
**Author:** ![tkrunning](https://community.nomadgate.com/user_avatar/community.nomadgate.com/tkrunning/32/9053_2.png) [@tkrunning](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/tkrunning)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-final-approval-stage-4/45969/1040 "2023-10-03T15:28:15Z")
The end of the NHR scheme is being discussed over here: > [@The End of Portugal's Non-Habitual Residence (NHR) Program Announced](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/the-end-of-portugals-non-habitual-residence-nhr-program-announced/61346): > > Since 2009, Portugal’s [Non-Habitual Residence (NHR) tax scheme](https://nomadgate.com/guide-to-portugal-non-habitual-residency/) has been wildly successful at attracting pensioners, skilled workers, and investors to the country’s shores. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://nomadgate.com/portugal-nhr-cancellation](https://nomadgate.com/portugal-nhr-cancellation) Let’s keep this thread on topic going forward 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![heidieckard](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/9dc877/32.png) [@heidieckard](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/heidieckard)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 5:04pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-final-approval-stage-4/45969/1041 "2023-10-04T17:04:28Z")
Excellent summary 👏 - thank you!! ---
**Author:** ![rawadgebrael](https://community.nomadgate.com/user_avatar/community.nomadgate.com/rawadgebrael/32/8482_2.png) [@rawadgebrael](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/rawadgebrael)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 6:56am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-final-approval-stage-4/45969/1042 "2023-10-05T06:56:49Z")
Sept GV final approval report was published by SEF; below is the link > **[SETEMBRO%202023%20ARI.pdf](https://www.sef.pt/pt/Documents/SETEMBRO%202023%20ARI.pdf)** > > 100.46 KB ---
**Author:** ![aliray](https://community.nomadgate.com/user_avatar/community.nomadgate.com/aliray/32/10313_2.png) [@aliray](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/aliray)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 8:47am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-final-approval-stage-4/45969/1043 "2023-10-06T08:47:15Z")
I don’t know what to think about this data anymore, given how few approvals we see on this site and the known backlog. It seems like there is no real pattern like biometrics site. Getting an approval is like winning the lottery, and I may never win that lottery. ---
**Author:** ![ohbee](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/977dab/32.png) [@ohbee](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/ohbee)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 12:33pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-final-approval-stage-4/45969/1044 "2023-10-06T12:33:11Z")
They don’t approve many each month, and a lot of applicants (although a decreasing amount) are probably on Chinese language forums or apps. And the rest just dont post here… [Previous page](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-final-approval-stage-4/45969.md?page=50) [Next page](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-final-approval-stage-4/45969.md?page=52)