The mistake of Nif might cause troubles in the future. They often check and see your Nif (when applying for driving license, requesting Niss and Sns, and in other services). Correct Nif is even more important than the address on card.
Changing is possible but costly. About 3000Euros for a new card with correct information. Plus time consuming (it might take up 1 year to receive new card - scheduling appointment takes months& waiting months to receive a new card). There is a table of fees published on aima’s website for you to check the exact price. I am not sure that if the mistake was done by aima, then aime should absorb the cost 3000euro or not…You’are probably better off stay with the current card. All necessary correction can be done when you renew your card in 2 years time.
I wanted to change the address from my lawyer’s one to my address. But after finding out all infos (cost, time consuming,…) i gave up and continue using my lawyer’s address. It was 2 years ago. Things might change now. If you manage to change it, i am happy to learn from you!
I also had the wrong NIF printed on my residence card last year. My IAS lawyer was able to get a corrected card in just under two months with no additional charges.
I just received an email from my lawyers stating that the AIMA has asked for proof that I paid for the property’s refurbishment. They took this to mean that they have started analyzing my application.
Fingers crossed!
Nov '21 applicant; Mar '23 Lisbon bio
The fun never stops with AIMA!.. I have contacted my lawyer with the request to seek a correction. Hopefully she will succeed, otherwise it will certainly cause me issues with driving license, insurance, and, my wife’s card if and when it would be issued. Considering that I am technically eligible to apply for citizenship before my first card renewal, I don’t think I have any option but to have this corrected. Oh bummer!..
Well, I understand your concern, but losing years towards the eventual goal of citizenship was too high of a price to pay. Even if I have to fork over some 3000 € to correct AIMA’s error, it still brings my better half closer to the ultimate goal, and much sooner. Besides, there are no guarantees with AIMA, period!..
Update on the timeline. The residency card issued on March 20,2025 for a primary applicant whose biometrics appointment was in Lisbon on Feb 8, 2024. This community has been helpful and encouraging. Knowing that going forward there will be still a lot of challenges and having this place makes me feel a lot better. Many thanks to the admin and contributors. The very next step for us is to tackle a dependent card issuance. I am hoping your stressful days will be over soon (at least for a little while until the next to be up!)
The last approval from the January 2023 Lisbon biometrics batch was kipper_tucking from Funchal, approved on March 14. Many Lisbon applicants from the January 23–27 timeframe (week 4) are likely next in line for approval. However, approvals seem to cluster around mid-month. Currently, there is an issue with the generation of DUC, which may have halted approvals until it’s resolved. Every hurdle seems to serve as an excuse to slow things down.
After 3 and a half years my dependents finally did their biometrics this week, it is said when we paid 12000 Euros that the card is supposed to arrive in 3 months, had anyone seen this miracle happen before?
My lawyer’s got a call from AIMA a while after our lawsuit, when they said they wanted to get DUCs issued quickly and my account sorted/done ASAP. I paid and less than 3 months later, got my card, but it’s definitely luck of the draw, I think
I have just received an email to ask me to generate a DUC (which I can’t yet due to system error)
My time line:
Application: Dec 2021
Fingerprint: Apr 2023 Lisbon
No lawsuit at all
Amazing! I guess part of me is glad I still haven’t been approved because I’d be irate at the incompetence yet again of having a system that cannot function properly.
Apologies - Feb 2023. Not 2024. I posted the full timeline in the main data base as well as another post before receiving the principal’s card and here is the whole timeline up to now….
Principal/Dependent
Application submitted on Nov 12, 2021
Pre-approval received on May 25, 2022
Biometrics in Lisbon: Feb 8, 2023
Law suit filed on: July 8, 2023
Law suit decided on July 18, 2023 - lost
Appealed on Aug 4, 2023
Decided on Jan 28, 2024 - won
Our lawyer pushed multiple times but no success and the last filing of statement by the law firm: Nov 30, 2024
AIMA contacted our lawyer: Jan 22, 2025 notifying they are ready to issue approval by the end of the week subject to the receipt of a copy of the dependent’s valid passport (the one in file was expired)
Principal
Final approval received on: Jan 31, 2025 (1 day after a copy of the updated passport submission)
The fee paid on: Feb 5, 2025
Card issued: as of March 20, 2025
Dependent /me
On March 28, 2025, AIMA requested me to show up for ANOTHER BIOMETRICS appointment in June in again LISBON!!! (And marriage certificate and criminal record)
Why?! Did my fingerprints change?!