Latest, latest stats in today’s DN (13-Oct 2025)
- Since September 2024, the more than 22 service locations have received 501,771 foreign citizens, of which 214,583 are Brazilian.
- The government claims that it has “practically eliminated” the number of expressions of interest [in its backlog] … fewer than three thousand cases (out of more than 400,000 expressions of interest) remain unresolved
- Currently, the focus is on renewing residence permits and exchanging the paperwork with the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) QR Code.
- Initially scheduled to conclude in the summer, the [Mission Structure] campaign was extended until December to renew more than 374,000 residences that the government had allowed to expire in recent years. This operation began in July
…and then hopefully after all those people, AIMA will turn its focus to its Golden Visa backlog and you too can be a happy new card-holder like this 
