# Wait time now counts toward 5 year residency?

**URL:** <https://community.nomadgate.com/t/wait-time-now-counts-toward-5-year-residency/62393>\
**Category:** Portugal Golden Visa\
**Tags:** portugal\
**Created:** [January 5, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/wait-time-now-counts-toward-5-year-residency/62393 "2024-01-05T19:03:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 25, 2024, 4:43am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/wait-time-now-counts-toward-5-year-residency/62393/352 "2024-02-25T04:43:09Z")

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I imagine that one real test will come when somebody like @tsiksssooo  
(waiting for 4 years and 2 months before receiving his wife’s card- his own card has still not been received) asks AIMA in 10 months for a “_Certidão de contagem de tempo_ ” as proof that he achieved 5 years’ residency as per the Nationality Law now approved.  
It will be interesting to know what timeline AIMA apply (in 2020, the time from application submission to pre-approval was mostly 90 days), making the difference small. Should AIMA choose to ignore the waiting time of 4 years +( but choose the date of first card payment Nov 23) there would surely be grounds to contest.

> [@Awaiting Final Approval (Stage 4)](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-final-approval-stage-4/45969/1420):
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> Quick update: we received my wife’s card today (dependant), which was paid only 2 weeks ago. Meanwhile my card which was paid for in Nov 23 is still somewhere in the unknown. Anyhow great to finally have something at hand. 4 years and 2 months since submitting the initial application.

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