Guides
Changing Your Registered Address in Portugal
Updating your citizen card, your tax address, social security, and the health service when you move.
AIMA
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AIMA's Regularisation Drive Leaves Roughly 30,000 'Complex' Cases From a Near-Million Backlog
The task force that inherited nearly a million immigration files has cleared all but about 30,000 — the harder cases that need documents, checks or a direct call before AIMA can decide.
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AIMA Opens Online Renewals for Residence Permits Expiring in July and August
AIMA has opened its online renewals portal to residence-permit holders whose cards expire in July and August 2026. Applicants file at portal-renovacoes.aima.gov.pt, generate a DUC to pay a fee of roughly EUR70 to EUR160 within ten working days, then attend for biometrics; expired cards stay valid fo
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AIMA Opens July–August Residence Renewals and Issues Digital 'Proof of Legal Stay' Certificates While Tendering a €208,000 Portal Rebuild
Immigrants whose Portuguese permits expire in July or August can now renew online, while AIMA leans on digital certificates that prove a lawful, pending status — and tenders a ~€208,000 rebuild of its crash-prone portal. Here is what to file and what to keep.
Guides
Getting the D4 Student Visa for Portugal
The consular residence visa for study, the 920 euro means of subsistence floor, the legal basis, and the residence permit from AIMA.
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Getting the D3 Highly Qualified Worker Visa for Portugal
The D3 visa and the EU Blue Card: who qualifies, the salary rules, the documents, the fees, and the steps from job offer to AIMA residence card.
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Getting the D7 Retirement and Passive Income Visa for Portugal
Who qualifies for the D7, the income you need (based on the minimum wage), the documents, the fees, and the steps from consulate to AIMA.