# Citizenship processing delays **URL:** \ **Category:** Portugal Golden Visa\ **Tags:** portugal, citizenship\ **Created:** [November 14, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/citizenship-processing-delays/74811 "2025-11-14T13:45:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 543
**Author:** ![PTbound](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/dbc845/32.png) [@PTbound](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/PTbound)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2026, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/citizenship-processing-delays/74811/543 "2026-09-05T17:50:34Z")
Hi @Boris71351 - after a surprise request this summer from AIMA for Canadian crim. records, I had my lawyers ask if we could do a fast apostille (1 day or less at Canadian Embassy down the road in Lisbon), vs. the ridiculously long 45+ day wait for one by Global Affairs Canada (GAC) in Ottawa. AIMA official’s response was a flat no to the Canadian Embassy apostille - only options were GAC or a Portuguese Embassy/consulate _in Canada_ (more details in my post just above). As I said this makes no sense, but you can only waste so much time arguing with AIMA before you have to give in to their insanity (especially when they also give you a deadline). Also this was _our_ experience with _one_ particular AIMA clerk. PT bureaucracy being as random as it is, maybe you’ll encounter one who’s satisfied with “two witnesses” or some other arbitrary proof. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/citizenship-processing-delays/74811)._