Portugal's Golden Visa Latest Regulation Changes

[Jake-n-Ann (J A)]

@rj2002cc

Just to reinforce this recommendation… for those GV applicants from the US, the FBI Fingerprint (Criminal Background) Check can only be apostilled at the US State Department in Washington DC. Their walk-up counters are closed due to Covid, and all requests must be submitted by mail. As a result, the third party apostille companies are unable to guarantee expedited service. All requests apparently must be completed by mail, and the stated turnaround time is 2-3 months per the Office’s website.

Yes, the US DoS apostille of the FBI report is definitely a time problem for the process. However, we (and at least one other participant in this forum) have had a good recent experience of a 3-week turnaround time on apostille from US DoS by using apostille-legalization.com. For more info, refer to the topic Apostille and document preparation for US GV investors

This may be able to save you some time.