Lawsuit Costs

[PTbound (A L)]

Hi - we only used SBPS for the lawsuit+appeal, and representing us at our Lisbon biometrics. Our regular GV advisors are NEWCO in Madeira, given that’s where our PT house is, and where our GV saga started.

For the tasks we needed them for (above), I’m generally happy with SBPS (and I am hard to please). Sometimes their responses are a bit obtuse, but perhaps that’s just the circus that is the PT government and legal system. The team seems diligent and dedicated to getting a good result for you. They also speak good English.

I also wrote about them earlier:

How to make a payment for the initial application fee?

In our case, despite our appeal being “accepted” (and AIMA thus notified), it hasn’t actually been adjudicated yet - and may never be, as we got our Bios done so it’s kind of a moot point now. I’d still prefer it get ruled on, to keep pressure on AIMA for final approval, cards, etc. All that said, our lawyers brought up our case with AIMA every opportunity they got (i.e. during appointments for their other clients)… so it may well have been that which got us Bio appointments and not the court. …