Awaiting Final Approval (Stage 4)

[PTbound (A L)]

@cj807

AIMA is planning to subcontract the analysis of some residence permit applications to solicitors:

Solicitadores vão passar verificar processos de imigrantes

Very interesting… in particular this bit:
"Solicitors will also be asked for support in concluding cases relating to the extinct Gold visas, in terms of “granting residence with investment”…

[ohbee (Full Name)]

I hope my lawyer is tasked with approving my application

[tkrunning (Thomas K. Running)]

@PTbound

extinct Gold visas

The media valuing accuracy as usual…

[cj807 (Chris J)]

Shhhhh… if everyone thinks they’re already extinct, they won’t try to abolish them again

[hay1733 (Heather Y)]

Same here. Sep. 2, 2022… still waiting.

[deepyarn (Noah)]

Frankly, with the 5 years starting from some point earlier than card issuance, I am happy for them to take as long as possible to issue my final approval, so long as approval happens at some point within the 5 year waiting period, especially with the initial residency permit only valid for 1 year again.

Initial App: May 2021
Biometrics Lisbon: November 2022
Still waiting

[taufiq.choudhury (Htcesq2)]

Has the initial permit validity gone back to one year again? Since when?

[cj807 (Chris J)]

It’s still unclear, but see this thread:

Is the 1y / 2y / 2y renewal cycle back?

Someone on a different platform flagged a comment from their lawyers: that AIMA had stalled the issuance of residence cards for a while, since the 2 year initial validity of the cards was reverting to 1 year. So I’ve been digging about a bit: The renewal cycle used to be 1y/2y/2y. It was changed to 2y/2y/2y in the State Budget Law of 2020, passed in March 2020, as a simplification measure during Covid, and applied to permits issued in 2020. The same clause was passed in the next two years’ Budg…

[NicM]

So apparently there seems to be an problem in issuing the DUC online for my application. My lawyer has to go in-person to AIMA to figure out why/ get it issued. Anyone else have this problem after their approval?

[taufiq.choudhury (Htcesq2)]

Thanks, Chris. I was hoping with a two year permit, I could avoid the fees for the renewal in one year and apply for citizenship before the expiry of the card in two years.

My application is from June 2019. I finally got the approval via a successfull court case last month. From my court case lawyer zi learnt that my wife’s permit has been issued. But it went to my original lawyer’s office and I won’t know about its validity until she returns to work on the 15th. Mine apparently hasn’t been issued yet.

Although I had posted regarding the law suit etc. in a different thread, I didn’ post my timeline because it’s atypical and wouldn’t be of any use to those who are waiting for their biometrics and permit.

Warm regards.

[deepyarn (Noah)]

Taufiq: I f you review the thread that Chris sent you, you will see that the most recent cards issued have been for only 1 year unfortunately. The reversion from 2 years to 1 year seems to have just occurred in the past month. Noah

[anonymous69]

@taufiq.choudhury

I was hoping with a two year permit, I could avoid the fees for the renewal in one year and apply for citizenship before the expiry of the card in two years.

You will have to keep renewing while your citizenship is being processed anyway. But at least with the new law you can apply soon! Hope you passed your A2 language test already!

[taufiq.choudhury (Htcesq2)]

Hi Noah, I wasn’t aware of the thread until Chris referred to it. I’m much better informed now.

I’m just thinking a dimension will be added to this whole drama if my wife’s card (issued about 10 days ago and not yet seen by us) is valid for two years and mine (to be issued hopefully soon) for one. No end to excitement here.

[taufiq.choudhury (Htcesq2)]

Yes, I had momentarily forgotten about that. With the A2 test, I’ll postpone it until I’ve actually moved to Portugal next year.

[selimakin (Selim)]

The final confirmation e-mail came from Coimbra on 31.01.2024. Until today, my lawyer has not been able to create the DUC payment through the system.

[petulaalmond (Adriana Almond)]

Does the whole family have to pass the Portuguese A2 test or just those over 18 years of age?

[Prinz-Eugen (Stand with Ukraine)]

2024 Portuguese legislative election

Great summary of the state of play and Saturday’s results.

Did Marcelo save us - as usual, we shall have to wait and see … proxima.

[tkrunning (Thomas K. Running)]

There’s a bit more discussion of the election over in this thread:

Politics and the ARI/ D-2/7/8 etc. (or: how will Chega’s massive gains shape our futures)

Figured given tonight’s election results, I’d start a new topic for folks to share insights, thoughts, and hopes/fears about what comes next in the grand saga of our immigration options and divestments. Does anyone know Chega’s position on the ARI/ or the relevant alternative D Visas? Any sense of what will happen now?

[JollyK]

Is it true that starting from now, the first Resident Permit will be valid for 1 year only again?

[Calpoidog (Christopher)]

Just received my first card in Feb. It is for 2 years. I have seen others that recently received a 1 year card (according to their attorney that was in error). A couple others have posted on here they also received 2 year cards…So…there you go. Make of it what you will.