Thanks for sharing!
Could you clarify one thing: your lawyers suggest that applying more than 3 month in advance of expiry is not possible or might cause some trouble?
My wife’s card expires Feb 1st, was thinking of already sending a renewal request via contactenos…or should I wait till Nov 1st?
Our lawyer said nowadays we should expect a two-three month period to receive the cards after renewal appointment.
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You should wait. I don’t know what happens if you try earlier, they might just email back telling you to wait, but I don’t think it’s worth the hassle.
I found this link to the AIMA announcement for the ‘contactenos’ service (in Portuguese), and it specifically calls out the 90 day limit: “Os pedidos só podem ser feitos até 90 dias antes da validade do Cartão/Título de Residência”.
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Hey, thanks for the reply!
Let’s see what happens to my request…bcs I did it a bit earlier by accident (like 94 days in advance) - got an email with the code and an email with confirmation of the submission of request. Hopefully will get a date in the upcoming week or two.
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thanks. Hope it’s true 
Well by the time anyone reads it, I’m sure you’ll be within the 90 days anyway 
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My dependents form didn’t go through.lawyer says problem with the site.This was on the 17th . Does anyone have more recent news.Thanks
On either Facebook or LinkedIn AIMA is posting when the next renewal window is open. Last i saw a few days ago it said Oct 2025.
Via the “portal-renovacoes” site, yes only Oct 2025. But you can apply 90 days out via the “contactenos” form. My expiry is in Nov 2025 and I already have an appointment scheduled in Jan 2026.
I don’t know why they’re only opening up month by month via the portal. 90 days is permissible under regulations.
If helpful, I requested renewal of an ARI for physical real estate a couple months ago. Card had expired in January. Had my appointment this week - my fam has theirs 8 hours away in a couple months (including kids, which is disruptive). I asked if they’d take us all at once, or at least the kids, but they only helped me. So I did mine. They had me redo biometrics (not sure why, email said wasn’t necessary), took all my paperwork, and I paid 181 euros. No idea of when I’ll get card. Would love to be able to sell RE and might when I get our cards. TBD. They said I shouldn’t but…
I thought this was only for regular residency cards, not for GVs. Is it not?
@tkrunning Can you enable the wiki flag on the first post please? Multiple sections need to be updated.
3 months waiting since renewal appointment and biometrics re-done at Portimao for wifey and I. Same thing has been suggested to not sell until getting the citizenship at least.
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What are the dcouments y’all asked to bring on the day of the appointment for renewal?
I went for a renewal of ARI - Golden Visa by investment at AIMA last week and they carged me 185 Euros. Is that it or is that just a processing fee?? I heard it was 4000Euros?? Will they be billing me via DUC before sending the new card?
Under which category was your Golden Visa issued: real estate purchase or investment fund?
181 for me last week.
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how did you pay it, by card or by invoice? what’s the payment deadline? thanks
I paid on the spot with my ATM card and on pin (multibanco)
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Thanks for the reply. For anyone who has been charged a renewal fee of around €3,000–€4,000, were you issued a DUC or asked to pay by card?