[EDIT: updated timeline]
Received some cards yesterday, some yet to be received. Timeline:
- 19/01/2023: Online automatic renewal application
- 23/01: Payment
- 29/01 (Sunday!): Date of issue as printed on the card. This is also when the status on the portal became ‘ConcluÃdo’ for the first time
- 06/02: Some cards received
- 08/02: Remaining cards received
Other points: Cards are valid for 2 years. Issue/expiry date of this card is identical for primary applicant and family members, even though issue/expiry of the previous card was different. Address on card has been updated as per online renewal application, and card is delivered to the updated address. Renewal cards have been issued by Lisboa SEF, though the previous card was from a different SEF. Last but not least, the application status on the portal yesterday had gone round again to ‘Accepted - in instruction’ even as the postman was making his rounds.