They were asking me to agree to an appointment timeline without going back and forth with me, so they can click the button ASAP [ā¦] It hasnāt been done yet
not sure i understand. why didnāt they click the button if you agreed on an appointment timeline?
The lawyers are arranging who wants what appointment and where ahead of time, so when appointments open up they can efficiently secure appointments for their clients
So in other words, donāt worry, biometrics appts arenāt open, you didnāt miss anything haha
Yes, it seems to be something like this. Their English is about as good as my Portuguese, so the details are not always clear. 
I was preapproved last June. Applied Nov 2021, booked my biometrics on 16 Dec for 15 march (wouldāve rather done it earlier, but my lawyers picked that date). Iāll take what I can get, not worth the risk, and turned it into a birthday trip!
Nov 29 2021 applied
Sept 1 2022 pre-approved (wife a few days after)
16. Jan 2023 biometrics in Porto (me), 10 March for her in Funchal.
Any one else got pre approved this week?
Will be interested to see if my āstarted a companyā does anything to speed process .
Hey, Martin, since you just finished the process, Iām assuming youāre still in good contact with your lawyer. Do they have confidence in the to-be-established APMA speeding up the immigration process? My lawyer has been drifting away from me since our application was two years ago so I wanted to ask you. Itās brave to invest in the program at this time because like me, Iām going crazy, especially when my children ask me why canāt they move to Europe since I promised them happily back in 2021 weāll live by the oceanš
I started a company so the ātoo lateā really didnāt apply since I now have 10+ employees. Attorney is still in contact and also involved since he is the corporate attorney .
Thanks Kari. Wow Iām glad I got my biometrics done on Feb 6. I wanted to try to reschedule until sometime this month since I already had a trip booked (I am back in Albufeira now) but I am glad I didnāt try that. I just hope I get final approval and my card before I have to leave again in 3 months
Thanks, Kari, for the sunny and informative update. Parabens!
I posted a while ago that my husband got his preapproval on February 10. I just got mine today, March 21. We both applied on December 22, 2021.
congratulations. how interesting that the pre-approvals were 1.5 months apart!
Who else submitted in Dec 2021 and havenāt received pre approval?
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Submitted last week 2021. Still waiting.
I believe that timelines were collected in the following post where you can have a clear idea on the processing timelines Application Timeline Database - Please contribute! - #11 by nx1995xx
I counted more that 50 applications that weāre submitted before or on Dec 21 and not yet pre-apprved
50?? This is crazyā¦
Submitted Dec 14th 2021 still waiting for pre-approval
As Iām one of those, I am inclined to being optimistic and grasping at
straws as a coping mechanism, so Iāll go ahead and say āsome of those
folks may have forgotten to update the database when they were
pre-approved, so it may not be quite 50ā.
I bet everything on the establishment of APMA, the minister said it will be āsteady and reliableā, and is supposed to āstart a new eraā.