What's the potential impact of the 2025 Portuguese election on the Golden Visa program and pathway to citizenship?

[PTbound (A L)]

@incognito123

So everyone will separately open an Administrative Lawsuit, once they receive the decision of rejection. This will add only 1 year to the process

I take it you’re familiar with the massive backlog at the Administrative Court that’s mainly AIMA (and Social Security) lawsuits?

Is it Lawsuit time? (Processing times)

Court appoints 28 judges to resolve over 100,000 cases against AIMA. Judges will work in a combined capacity for three months and will have work targets. The goal of the Superior Council of Administrative and Tax Courts is to reduce the backlog of cases to zero. March 4, 2026 work begins on April 7th will operate on a collaborative basis and involve professionals from across the country. The 28 appointees will have specific work targets, as the goal is to eliminate the backlog of over 100,00…

Our own court appeal was filed July 2024 and still nothing - will be 2 years ago in a few months. I would not count on getting resolution in 1 year, especially if we have another “everyone suing” situation.