A Council of Ministers resolution backdates a six-month extension of the programme for young people in poor neighbourhoods, which ran out on 30 September, while the tenth generation is prepared. AIMA's budget will carry the arrears.
César Teixeira, already on AIMA's board, will replace Pedro Portugal Gaspar as president this year. The minister told Parliament the backlog phase is over, with integration and action against illegal immigration networks next, and gave his own figures.
The Migration Technicians' Union has called a 24-hour strike covering every AIMA worker on 6 October. Booked appointments were largely kept during June's walkout, but walk-in and information desks are the most exposed.
How to sign a termo de responsabilidade for a friend or relative visiting Portugal: who can sign, which form to use, and what you promise to pay.
How to replace a lost, stolen, or damaged AIMA residence card in Portugal: the police report, booking with AIMA, the fee, and what happens to the old card.
Eurostat counts 11,190 non-EU nationals told to leave Portugal in the second quarter, behind only France, but only 330 recorded returns, 40 of them forced. Brazilians and Angolans received almost half the orders.
The Integrar para a Construção programme pays a grant for four months of training and a work placement in trades from plumbing to plasterboard. Its second intake, planned for September, still has no date.
