Awaiting Pre-Approval (Stage 2)

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Is there any information about whether the residency / time spent in Portugal requirements are in force from the date the application is filed? Or do they only apply from the date pre-approval is given?

There’s an entire separate thread dedicated to that topic (link below). In short we still don’t know yet… we have a few random examples of various dates being applied:

Wait time now counts toward 5 year residency?

It’s excellent to hear about cases like this from people in the community. I’ve heard lawyers claim this for a while, but it seems the memo hasn’t reached all the AIMA offices yet (given that others reported the count starting from first card quite recently). I guess it could currently matter which AIMA office you apply to the Contagem de Tempo from. Mind sharing which one issued it in your case?