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AIMA Launches Fast-Track System to Expedite Golden Visa Applications
The Portuguese Immigration Authority (AIMA) will be implementing a fast track procedure to complete all pending Golden Visa applications during the Q1/Q2 2025 to meet the government set target of closing backlog by summer of 2025. This new system will be processing the entire process digitally up to the biometrics stage, which appointment will be…
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AIMA Boosts Processing Capacity of Immigration Applications
The AIMA immigration office has increased the processing capacity of immigration applications to reduce the backlog of pending applications seeking residence permits in Portugal. Current AIMA is able to serve 6000 immigrant appointments per day, from the previous 800), that is a seven fold increase in service capacity, the Minister Antonio Amaro announced. AIMA has…
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Portugal Prime Hospitality Fund – A High Yield Golden Visa Investment
We offer clients a premium investment fund in Portugal that offers 10% IRR and low risk, eligible for Golden visa program. The minimum subscription to this fund is €500,000 euros to secure portuguese golden visa and later Portuguese passport after 5 years. Portugal Golden Visa Portugal Prime is a GV-eligible fund that invests in prime…
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AIMA Accelerates Efforts to Cut Backlog
The Agency for Integration, Migration, and Asylum (AIMA) accelerated its efforts to cut the backlog of pending applications by opening 20 centers across Portugal, capable of assisting 4,000 immigrants daily, aiming to resolve approximately 400,000 pending cases by June 2025, said Minister António Leitão Amaro. He further criticised the delays and emphasized the need for…
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Portugal Reduces Backlog of Pending Applications
To expedite pending backlog of cases, AIMA has already processed 250,000 pending applications on residence visas, family reunification or residence permits for investment (ARI) in one year. In 2024, Portugal Government established a framework to resolve the more than 400 000 pending cases of – mostly – labour migrants, awaiting regularisation by the Portuguese Agency…
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Portugal Cultural and Artistic Golden Visa
Invest in Portugal’s Cultural and Artistic Golden Visa. Choose between a non-refundable donation to cultural heritage or a refundable investment in artistic production. Minimum investment of €200,000 in low density regions. Government approval and legal representation required.
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Portugal Amends Rules for CPLP Residence Permits
Portugal has announced important changes to residence permit for Community of Portuguese Language speaking Citizens (CPLP) to legally stay in the territory of Portugal, approved by national assembly and government. The important change made is the law now allows CPLP uniform residence permit to holders, now can enjoy visa free movement in EU countries, ending…
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Portugal Unveils Nationality Platform to Speed Up Citizenship Applications
The Institute of Registries and Notary (IRN) announced a New Nationality Platform going live on Oct 1, a coordinated effort to modernize the processing of citizenship applications, expedites processing capacity of nationality requests by 50%. The platform will use AI to scan and digitally extract identification data and automatically classifies based on request received. The…
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China Grants Visa Free Entry for Portugal Citizens
The Chinese government has granted visa free entry to Portuguese nationals for a limited time from Oct 15, 2024 to Dec 31, 2025, the Foreign Ministry announced on Sept 30 in an effort to boost tourism, trade and business and foreign investment with European countries . Portugal passport holders are eligible to stay in China…
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Family Members for Portugal Golden Visa
Portugal has made changes on the eligibility and criteria for inclusion of family members under the golden visa program (ARI). Applicants for Portuguese golden visa program must note that only certain categories of family dependants are allowed to be included in the golden visa family application ( family unification residence permit). Carefully note age limit…
