Reorganization of SEF may not exactly be finalised by the end of the year, although (sept 21) the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs did state that the Govt. wished to accomplish the objective by Dec 2022. However, since the Orçamento do Estado (State Budget) 2023 (will be discussed in parliament 26/27 Oct and finalised in November) now explicitly includes funds for the restructuring of SEF (transferring competencies to the PSP, GNR and PJ) and creating the new entity for administrative matters regarding immigrants it is an indication that slippage of timelines is planned and costed for! https://expresso.pt/economia/orcamento-do-estado/2022-10-10-Governo-preve-concretizar-no-proximo-ano-reestruturacao-do-SEF-75cba8c1
As has already been pointed out (above and earlier) Awaiting Pre-Approval (Stage 2) - #581 by Lourenco) reorganization of a big and powerful bureaucracy invariably involves upheaval and chaos.