@Zayd_Khoury
Can you please share, how your lawyer got appointment. Did they send email to Aima or made calls for the appointment. Is it with AIMA or IRN? I heard that IRN is also giving appointments for the renewal. When your cards were expired ? Thanks in advance.
I’m not 100% sure how they got appointment, but they indicated to me that AIMA opened up slots and then my legal team managed to snag a spot for us. I can’t speak to IRN giving spots as I don’t know.
My wife and my cards are not expired, and my other 2 dependents cards have been expired for almost a year.
@Zayd_Khoury
Thank you very much for the information, just a quick question, did the lawyer tell you about the renewal fee, whether it’s 177€ or over 3000€?
I believe it was EUR3000 fees per applicant
the online renewal should still work as per this email from IRN on 15-FEB-2025
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@Zayd_Khoury
Thank you again, I think everyone was saying that the golden visa will be changed to D2 visa which fees is 177. Anyway good luck with the appointments and please share the exact fees when you pay in May, 2025.
Everyone is not saying this. If you read the renewal Wiki on the subject you would see that.
My lawyers quoted me the normal GV rate, and they will submit on my behalf and provide me with government proof of payment. While I imagine that he D2 fee is what is being quoted as future situation, I would use data points of what the government will levy is using now for people who are applying and get appointments. If someone else has gotten a renewal appointment, atttended it, submitted an application, and actually paid the D2 fee, I would love to hear from them as it would give me leverage to push back on the much higher GV fee. 
Hi Zayd, when are the expiry dates of your and your wife card. I understood the renewal appointment is only theoretically open for booking within 3 months of expiry day of the card?
Hi Roger,
My card expires in end of July, my wife’s at beginning of August. So I’m bit out of the window, but it also could be due to my dependents’ cards which had expired last year and needing to renew before the June 2025 default extension deadline set by government…though that might be ascribing too much logic to the process.
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Hi Zayd,
I think you are really lucky, your lawyer is really good, or some combination.
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Thanks Terence! I think both are probably very true though luck is probably biggest part. Wish you all the best to get that appointment. Hope AIMA starts getting this fixed and that this all gets sorted out for everyone.
@Zayd_Khoury
I believe luck is 80%, as all lawyers can only try which I think every lawyer is doing. I am still wondering if the lawyer got it by email or in the website in your profile 
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Thank you Zayd for sharing your lawyer contact.
Indeed nowadays it s a huge achievement getting appointments for renewal. Thank you again
Thank you Zayd for updating us. Congratulations!
I guess that It is a combination of mostly luck plus lawyer’s diligence.
I just received my new resident card today, valid for three years. My in-person appointment was on December 2nd last year. My last card valid until end of Feb this year.
The process was insane because I fired my lawyer a long time ago and handled everything myself—from securing an appointment slot to the very finish. It was a stressful experience but from which I also learned a lot.
My only trick was relentlessly emailing AIMA non-stop. Even twice a day for around five months. I started to approach AIMA 6 months before my last card expired.
Meanwhile, my citizenship application is still ongoing, and I’m seriously considering filing a lawsuit due to significant delays. It seems there are lawyers willing to take the case.
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Congrats for cards 
Being in the same case citizenship is more stressful experience! Have you applied online via your lawyer or in person? In which manner do you think a lawsuit can help you expedite your citizenship process ?
Are you leveraging any priority ? Because itbis the only way to expedite a CS process !
Sharing experiences with GV fellows interesting discussing the nationality processes.
My case is in Porto applied via lawyer 01/2024
Congrats for your cards’ renewal; would it be possible to share the renewal fees and the type of investment associated with your GV?
Hi Sam, I applied for citizenship almost two years ago offline. My application is with an IRN that is still struggling to process applications submitted in 2022, while many others are already working on cases from mid-2023. A litigation lawyer suggests that there is a legal basis under administrative law to support a lawsuit. Such a lawsuit could take over a year, but the IRN might respond with a decision at any stage before the court ruling.
Have you applied online? To my knowledge, Porto isn’t handling offline applications too badly. However, to this day, I haven’t seen an online case completed at the Porto IRN. But I could be wrong !
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