# Share your status about recent Massive biometric appointment

**URL:** <https://community.nomadgate.com/t/share-your-status-about-recent-massive-biometric-appointment/74500>\
**Category:** Portugal Golden Visa\
**Created:** [October 30, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/share-your-status-about-recent-massive-biometric-appointment/74500 "2025-10-30T16:17:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![kjphilip](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@kjphilip](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/kjphilip)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 7:57am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/share-your-status-about-recent-massive-biometric-appointment/74500/73 "2025-11-02T07:57:29Z")

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Just a cautionary note. Biometrics appt is not the same as receiving your actual residency card–and this is a huge issue. A year after our family’s cards expired, we were offered a biometrics appointment in May, attended, paid fees and have heard nothing since. I love Portugal, but the inability to handle basic printing of a card after paying thousands of euros in fees seems really bizarre to me. I realize I am not alone, but when you are trying to plan a move to a country where you thought you would become a citizen (we are 4 months shy of being able to apply for citizenship under the old rules), it is discouraging, to say the least.

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