I am an April 2023 applicant, with the intention of moving to Portugal once we have our cards. We submitted a lawsuit and it still has not been reviewed by the court. Meanwhile AIMA contacted my lawyer to schedule my family biometrics appointment in the middle of August.
We arranged all the latest documentation, but we didn’t receive the schengen visa in time and had to miss our biometrics appointment.
My lawyer went to AIMA offices in person and requested another appointment, to our surprise we received another appointment for the following week.
I was worried that the AIMA offices in Lisbon will have limited staff during the August festive season, but all the counters were busy. Thanks to our lawyer, She came with us to the AIMA office and the process was smooth.
We completed biometrics now and hopefully it’s not going to be another long wait for final approval/cards.
I also spoke to a few people in Lisbon and most of the Non GV applicants are now receiving biometrics appointments, hopefully they will start prioritizing long outstanding GV applications soon.