Would it be worth our respective advisors lobbying the government to honour the NHR expectations we had when applying for GVs? So if you’re already in the 8,000+ pending applications pile, it’s only fair that you should still be able to apply for NHR when SEF finally gets to you.
That idea and article below are probably wishful thinking, but worth a try?
“it is essential that it takes into account the legitimate expectations of the people mentioned above who, often, due to the inertia of the Portuguese State, are prevented from changing their tax residence to Portugal.”