# Awaiting Final Approval (Stage 4)

**URL:** <https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-final-approval-stage-4/45969>\
**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")\
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**Author:** ![PTbound](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/dbc845/32.png) [@PTbound](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/PTbound)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-final-approval-stage-4/45969/3092 "2026-02-10T21:56:51Z")

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Cross-posting here, although not sure if those of us waiting for final approval could be affected by this “new in-person document verification” thing.

> [@PGV / ARI Rage, Tragedy, & General Madness](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/pgv-ari-rage-tragedy-general-madness/66450/805):
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> AIMA announced this yesterday. Following is all I know about it. Unclear if it applies to ARI (the AIMA screenshots do show examples for “Renovação de Autorização de Residência” as well as “Manifestação de Interesse” and CPLP), or if lawyers/etc. can attend in your place. I do hope this doesn’t result in emails like “Hey you, living thousands of miles away. Please attend this appointment we scheduled at our convenience that may be totally unworkable for you. Oh, and you probably can’t reschedul…

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