Guides
Getting the D2 Entrepreneur Visa for Portugal
Who qualifies for the D2, the money you must show, the documents, the fees, and the steps from consulate to AIMA for the self-employed and business owners.
AIMA
News
AIMA's Reagrupamento Familiar Fee-Shortfall Tape Maps Onto the Lei dos Estrangeiros 2026 Restriction Vote — How the Half-Settled Application Cohort Tests the 90-Day Renewal-Calendar Architecture
AIMA's Saturday 13 June procedural ping to reagrupamento familiar applicants who only partially settled the application fee tests the 90-day renewal-calendar architecture against the 11 June Lei dos Estrangeiros 2026 restriction vote.
News
AIMA Chases Reagrupamento Familiar (Family Reunification) Applicants Who Settled Only Half the Fee — Reminder Pings Land as Process Holds Mount Across the Pipeline
The Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo (Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum) — AIMA — has begun chasing immigrants whose reagrupamento familiar (family reunification) requests advanced after only the first half of the statutory...
Guides
Getting the D8 Digital Nomad Visa for Portugal
Who qualifies for the D8 remote work visa, the income you must earn, the documents, the fees, and the steps from consulate to AIMA residence card.
imigração
Assembleia da República Tables 14:00 Vote on Three New Lei dos Estrangeiros Restrictions — PSD-CDS Pin Passage on Chega for the Student-Visa Gate, the Parents-of-Minors Clause and the Tacit-Approval Cut
Parliament votes at 14:00 on three additional restrictions to the Lei dos Estrangeiros (Foreigners Law) tabled by PM Luís Montenegro. The PSD-CDS minority counts on Chega votes for the student-visa requirement, the parents-of-minors clause and the elimination of tacit residence approval.
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Operação Portugal Sempre Seguro Tallies 2,527 Foreign-National Stops Across 1–7 June, 3.2× the March Sweep — MAI Tape Logs 76 Detentions, 111 Road and Drug Crimes and 41 Undocumented Findings
Ministério da Administração Interna's June 9 release of the Operação Portugal Sempre Seguro tape posts 2,527 foreign-national documentation checks across 1–7 June, 3.24× the March round, with 76 detentions, 111 road and drug crimes and 41 undocumented findings.
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AIMA Receives 643 Complaints in January–April 2026, Up 8.4% Year-on-Year — 41.3% Flag Residence-Permit Delays, Lisbon Concentrates 37.8% of the National Tape and Just 15.4% of Cases Get Resolved
AIMA received 643 complaints from immigrants between January and April 2026, up 8.4% year-on-year — with 41.3% citing slow residence-permit processing, 37.8% concentrated in Lisbon, only 15.4% of cases resolved and just 14.7% receiving any AIMA response.