# Just submitted my application - What sort of timelines are you currently seeing for Pre-Approvals?

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**Category:** Portugal Golden Visa\
**Tags:** portugal, golden-visa\
**Created:** [October 15, 2021, 10:45am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/just-submitted-my-application-what-sort-of-timelines-are-you-currently-seeing-for-pre-approvals/43305 "2021-10-15T10:45:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![rj2002cc](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@rj2002cc](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/rj2002cc)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/just-submitted-my-application-what-sort-of-timelines-are-you-currently-seeing-for-pre-approvals/43305/2 "2021-10-15T13:33:14Z")

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Here is a recent post in another thread. Seems like 8-10 weeks has been most common for the pre-approval to come through.

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[Kevin33](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/Kevin33)[Kevin](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/Kevin33)

[Aug 27](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/sef-processing-time-for-initial-application/41654/5)

I just spoke with my lawyer today and she received a preliminary approval for another client yesterday and that one took 8 weeks from submission. She said in June/July they were running about 10 weeks which was in improvement from as high as ~18 weeks last year. The “normal” processing time is ~6 weeks so it seems like things are getting better (…at least until the flood of applications rolls in at the end of the year).

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