Gotta’ love the GV hucksters…
Holborn Assets wrote the advertorial below saying that the GV process is going digital and everything is grand 
https://www.portugalresident.com/portugals-golden-visa-is-going-digital-and-processing-is-finally-improving/
However if you read the NG thread about the new online ARI renewal portal… well, not so grand 
Of course Holborn still lives in the following dream world 
