Since we already know that GVs are at the back of the queue - behind 447k Manifestação de Interesse, and then 210k CPLPs after them - here’s how the CPLP queue is going. Maybe AIMA will get to us GVs in earnest next year??
- 70% of the [CPLP] renewal processes have already been completed and that the rest are in an “advanced stage of processing.”
- Renewals of CPLP residence permits began in late February. The process includes replacing the paper version with a QR code, which was created in 2022 in violation of European Commission regulations. The new documents are identical to other residence permits, in card format, and accepted in the Schengen Area