@eljefe6a and @jim.ewel - thanks for your update yesterday on the lobbying efforts.
Beyond what you said re: “If the primary Law does not explicitly allow for the protection of ongoing residency applications, a Regulation may not have the legal authority to “fix” that omission later… [thus need to ensure] protections are integrated into the primary Law”
GV’ers also know from the past 3-4 years that Portugal:
- Sometimes ‘forgets’ to even mention GVs in legislation affecting them (e.g. wait time counting towards 5 years was intro’d with only Manifestação de Interesse in mind), which leaves us at the arbitrary discretion of whoever’s working our case.
- Sometimes never goes through with intended regulation. Again counting waiting time was never regulated by the current government.
…so 
it’s critical that the primary Law provides explicit protections. Otherwise PT will just weasel out of them like it’s done in the past.