There was an initial mail that said “in payment” on 23rd. On 30th, it changed to “submitted” and it was the same day the lawyers confirmed that the registry office has confirmed the submission of the applications. These mails were for both applications. And today’s email was only for one of the applications to “under correction”.
Will know in the coming week more details but I was sure others have seen these updates 
So to clarify there’s a 1st reference number for these stages:
Em Pagamento > Submetido > Em Verificação > Verificado > Finalizado
Then a 2nd reference number for these?
Submetido > Em análise > Aguarda resposta > Para decisão > Concluído
If so, my lawyer never sent me the 1st number, I only have the 2nd number, which I got same day as submission.
Me as well, I over got the 1st once, just the 2nd one about 40 days later through my lawyer.
My understanding is that there are three:
I don’t think it is possible to pass 5 stages in the same day, but I was wrong before
If you lawyer had registered your own email with the online submission you would have probably seen the first five stages play out over some period of time.
I appear to be tracking with this timeline so far. 1. Número de submissão essentially immediately (I have this). 2.Número do processo. next, but I do not have this yet (submitted end of March). According to my attorney, 3.Código de consulta comes when it goes into some kind of Stage 4 pre-analysis (i.e., before Stage 5 “analysis”). They have clients with October submissions without #3 yet.
When did you get the tracking code after the finalize email ? How long did it take ?
As Matt D notes above, there is a lot of confusion because people are using incorrect terminology. For example, people who say they got a tracking number “instantly” this is technically the case, but not really accurate information. They have a submission number but it doesn’t allow you to track anything because your application is basically non-existent as to IRN. Until you get the access code to check your application on IRN, you DO NOT have a tracking number and your application IS NOT officially lodged with IRN. It is only in some intermediate database.
Also, if your lawyer is saying people still don’t have the access code and they applied in October, I believe that is most likely false information.
Looking at my email more carefully I see the lawyer did send me a “Comprovativo de pagamento” which is shows both submission date and payment date matching the exact day I reached 5 years (based on Contagem de Tempo) and shows my full name, NIF, residence card number, and:
Then later the same day, they emailed the consultation code in xxxx-xxxx-xxxx format. Which I was able to use on the IRN site and see that I’m in the first stage of
Submetido > Em análise > Aguarda resposta > Para decisão > Concluído
So I believe it all happened the same day.
Building on @mdusanic’s earlier post…
#2 and #3 probably arrive around the same time.
#1 and #2/3 live in totally different databases, as explained last December by the registrar of the Civil Registry and director of the Central Archive of Porto, Isabel Almeida:
Once the preliminary review has been completed, the application is assigned an access code for tracking purposes and is assigned to the registry office that will process the request.
Isabel, however, stated that until the access code is actually sent to the applicant, there is no record of the application in the system.
“There is no point in sending the original documents to the Registry Office because nobody knows where the application is; it has no application number. Until we submit it via our platform, there is no administrative application,” she explained.
…note Thomas’ update below that Porto and Lisbon IRN seem to work differently w.r.t. submitting docs post-application.
My lawyer told me that this varies depending on which office processes your application. In Porto you can’t do anything (submit additional documents, withdraw application) until you have the tracking number. In Lisbon, on the other hand, they can add documents and withdraw the application with just the Número de submissão.
…because this is Portugal, so why should anything be consistent? 
Of course until you know which IRN office you end up at, you won’t know what the “rules” are
“Aguarda resposta” is an optional stage, triggered if IRN requests something from the applicant.
Thanks @tommigun - I’ve updated my original post to note that.
Proof of attending Portuguese class was rejected by IRN Lisbon
Did they provide a proper, signed «Declaração de Matrícula» from an entity accredited to offer a PLA certificate? If the class has already started, you should be within your rights to ask for a «Declaração de Matrícula».
Note there’s an increased number of scam/fake ‘certified’ A2 courses being marketed.
If you are planning to file early but haven’t yet done so, now is the time to hit that submit button.
Edit: (also see 7-May IRN update here)
New wrinkle I haven’t seen mentioned before - not sure how true it is.
I assume she’s referring to 2. Número do processo here…
Ana Rita Gil Professora da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa. Investigadora do Lisbon Public Law
05 Mai 2026
The current state of affairs within the Administration justifies this, given that its ‘interpretation’ of the matter is profoundly unlawful. The idea is this: for the IRN, the procedure does not begin with the application, but only when the algorithm sends it to the processing platform. There are applications for citizenship submitted months ago which, as far as the IRN is concerned, have not yet “begun”. They begin when some sort of black box decides so. If the new law is already in force by then, so be it: the applicant now needs ten years to become Portuguese, rather than five.
So they can keep using delay tactics? Brilliant.
I love the “computer says no” analogy in the article. It should make you feel like you are in “Little Britain” again! Brexit is contagious!..
