# Biometric Appointments - how are they scheduled **URL:** \ **Category:** Portugal Golden Visa\ **Tags:** portugal\ **Created:** [March 9, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/biometric-appointments-how-are-they-scheduled/69806 "2025-03-09T22:56:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![PTbound](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/dbc845/32.png) [@PTbound](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/PTbound)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/biometric-appointments-how-are-they-scheduled/69806/8 "2025-03-10T16:25:36Z")
At least my spouse and I were assigned the same date and location. But otherwise totally arbitrary, a thousand kilometres from where we applied and expensive to accommodate. But Bios appointments are precious and you do not want to miss them (see my earlier post above). > [@Awaiting Pre-Approval (Stage 2)](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-pre-approval-stage-2/45298/2403): > > In our case (notified end of last month), we were given (a) a mid-Dec. Bios date when I was supposed to be halfway around the world, (b) Lisbon when our house, my spouse (on holiday) and our GV advisors are all in Madeira. For a few angry hours I thought about asking AIMA to reschedule to a place and time that made any sense. But I knew contacting AIMA was futile, and instead spent a couple thousand more changing 3 existing flights + 1 new one (at Christmas season prices) to be in Lisbon. … as… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/biometric-appointments-how-are-they-scheduled/69806)._