Golden Visa Renewals – Portal Launch by End of June 2025

Residencies & citizenships Portugal Golden Visa 🇵🇹
1

I recently read about this portal on one of the threads and that online renewals are possible if biometrics are less than 5 years old, subject to AIMA approval. The original news was on this website. Point 2 is the one I am specifically interested in:

My lawyer is saying this news is not true. My last biometrics were in Sept 2020 and my last GV was renewed online in May 2023. This expired last month and I have already applied for citizenship in Jan 2025. I am really hoping that I will be able to renew my Golden Visa online according to this piece of news.

Does anyone have more information regarding this? Or an email address where I can keep on emailing AIMA about my case and see if they agree to an online renewal.

2

Already being discussed on the thread below. Under that posting you’ll find various people’s experience trying to get the portal to work for them.

3

Thank you. I created this post after reading the above thread only. I already have an appointment for biometrics in September. I wanted to reconfirm from others that its possible to renew online now as my lawyer insists this is not happening.

4

As you can see on the original thread, some people were able to (e.g. below), others were not. Please keep the conversation over there.

5

My lawyer agrees with yours. Maybe they are the same. There are two separate things getting confused. The first is a new portal for renewals of permits (not just GV) that expired before July 1, where it may be possible to renew without new biometrics and get a new card valid for six months. Those folks have been extended to October 15 as well. But you have six months after expiration anyway, so this really only helps people who expired before April 15. Another is the ability to renew through a lawyer, but it is unclear whether this is just an appointment scheduler.

another is the new portal starting in January 2026 for GV.

6

Thank you! Someone finally understood what I was asking. It seems like I will have to go to Portugal for in-person renewal and have to start the process of documents apostille all over again.

7

So the new portal will be ready in January but our permits are only extended until October 15?

8

To be clear, there are two relevant decrees currently in force:

  1. Decreto-Lei n.º 85-B-2025, de 30 de junho:
  • explicitly prolongs validity of all permits expired between 22 Feb 2020 and 30 Jun 2025 until 15 Oct 2025;
  1. Decreto-Lei n.º 10-A_2020:
  • declares any permits expired after 30 Jun 2025 as valid, as long as the holder has a proof that they ‘proceeded with scheduling the renewal’
9

It is really shocking to see that some permits expired and have been waiting to be renewed since Feb 2020. Any GV holders in this forum that is unable to renew card in 5.5 years? How many expired permit in 2020 are there? Who could live in 5.5 years without having their cards renewed. I am speechless. AIMA probably never wants to reveal the truth.