# Is it Lawsuit time? (Processing times)

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**Category:** Portugal Golden Visa\
**Tags:** portugal\
**Created:** [May 20, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/is-it-lawsuit-time-processing-times/58634 "2023-05-20T19:12:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/is-it-lawsuit-time-processing-times/58634/596 "2024-10-02T14:46:31Z")

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I sat in on a Portugalist webinar yesterday, _“How to Get an AIMA Appointment & Other Moving to Portugal Questions.”_

One of the two panelists was a lawyer (Ines Silva). She was very upfront about how f’d the AIMA situation is… which was refreshing because usually anything “Portugal” + “webinar” is a sunny sales pitch.

Some of Ines’ points for us GV’ers. Of course these are her experiences… ymmv:

- The _only_ way she’s getting appointments for her clients (new and renewal) is via lawsuits  
– Given that even expired cards have been extended to end-June 2025 anyway, _Renewal_ court cases need a ‘more urgent’ reason to win. If you don’t have an urgent reason to renew, it’s better not to sue
- AIMA’s now taking 8-10 weeks to schedule appointments after court notifications (or actual court orders) - this used to be a week
- AIMA wasn’t replying to the Court earlier. Now [the law firm that AIMA hired to defend them at 50€/case](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/is-it-lawsuit-time-processing-times/58634/497) typically replies with an appointment date and _“Don’t rule negatively against us, we’ve already offered an appointment.”_  
– To me this is dangerous: If you don’t have an actual Court ruling demanding AIMA do something by a deadline (and perhaps with financial penalties), they can continue to take their sweet time

You only have to watch the first ~15 minutes to hear most of the GV-related discussion. They then went on to D2, D7, etc. for the remainder:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TSHoaaF7nNw/maxresdefault.jpg "How to Get An AIMA Appointment & Other Moving to Portugal Questions") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSHoaaF7nNw)

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