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Ministério Público Charges Thirty-One Including a DGACCP Consular Officer Over a €21 Million Fraudulent-Legalisation Scheme — Seven Held in Pre-Trial Detention as PJ-UNCT Files Money-Laundering and Active-Corruption Counts

Ministério Público Charges Thirty-One Including a DGACCP Consular Officer Over a €21 Million Fraudulent-Legalisation Scheme — Seven Held in Pre-Trial Detention as PJ-UNCT Files Money-Laundering and Active-Corruption Counts

The Ministério Público announced an indictment on Friday 22 May 2026 charging 31 defendants — including an employee of the Direcção-Geral dos Assuntos Consulares e Comunidades Portuguesas (DGACCP) — over an organised scheme that fraudulently...
The Portugal Brief
AIMA Activates a Dedicated Submission Track for Foreign-Born Babies and Minors Under Article 124 on Monday 18 May — Six-Month Deadline from the Assento and One Parent's Valid Residence Title Required

AIMA Activates a Dedicated Submission Track for Foreign-Born Babies and Minors Under Article 124 on Monday 18 May — Six-Month Deadline from the Assento and One Parent's Valid Residence Title Required

AIMA confirmed on Monday 18 May 2026 that a dedicated submission track for the residence-authorisation requests of babies and minors born in Portugal to foreign-resident parents is now live at contactenos.aima.gov.pt, with a six-month deadline from the assento de nascimento.
The Portugal Brief
AIMA Mission-Structure Walks 385,000 New Immigrant Files to Deferimento — Leitão Amaro Reads Parliament 933,000 Notifications, 568,000 Atendimentos and 458,000 Residence Cards Across Manifestação de Interesse, CPLP and the Regime Transitório

AIMA Mission-Structure Walks 385,000 New Immigrant Files to Deferimento — Leitão Amaro Reads Parliament 933,000 Notifications, 568,000 Atendimentos and 458,000 Residence Cards Across Manifestação de Interesse, CPLP and the Regime Transitório

Leitão Amaro told parliament Wednesday the AIMA mission-structure has deferred about 385,000 new immigrant files since June 2024 — 933,000 notifications, 568,000 atendimentos, 525,000 decisões, 51,622 indeferimentos and 458,000 cartões de residência. 98% of MI and 95% of CPLP cleared.
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