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Immigration policy, visa changes, and the expat experience in Portugal.
Ryanair Demands Portugal Suspend the Entry-Exit System Until September After Two-Hour Queues at Faro, Funchal and Porto — Letter to Minister Luís Neves Cites Greece Precedent and EU's 90+60-Day Flexibility Window

Ryanair Demands Portugal Suspend the Entry-Exit System Until September After Two-Hour Queues at Faro, Funchal and Porto — Letter to Minister Luís Neves Cites Greece Precedent and EU's 90+60-Day Flexibility Window

Ryanair has formally asked Portugal to suspend the EU's biometric Entry-Exit System until after summer, citing one-to-two-hour queues at Faro, Porto and Funchal three weeks after launch. Greece has already exercised the EU's 90-day suspension carve-out.
The Portugal Brief
Via Verde Foreign-Worker Visa Scheme Crosses 6,080 Requests From 32 Nationalities One Year On — Ministry of the Presidency Posts a 4,042 Approval Tally as Agriculture Captures 66% of the Greenlit Cases Across 38 Consular Posts in 29 Countries

Via Verde Foreign-Worker Visa Scheme Crosses 6,080 Requests From 32 Nationalities One Year On — Ministry of the Presidency Posts a 4,042 Approval Tally as Agriculture Captures 66% of the Greenlit Cases Across 38 Consular Posts in 29 Countries

Ministry of the Presidency tells parliament the Via Verde fast-track work-visa channel has logged 6,080 requests / 4,042 approvals from 32 nationalities through 38 consular posts in 29 countries — agriculture captures 66% of the cleared cases.
The Portugal Brief
AIMA Reopens the Family-Reunification Portal for CPLP Minor Children — First Concrete Step Out of the Reagrupamento Freeze, Ten Days After Lula's Visit and on the Back of Roughly 220,000 Title Exchanges Cleared Through Spring

AIMA Reopens the Family-Reunification Portal for CPLP Minor Children — First Concrete Step Out of the Reagrupamento Freeze, Ten Days After Lula's Visit and on the Back of Roughly 220,000 Title Exchanges Cleared Through Spring

Ten days before President Lula touched down in Lisbon for his five-day state visit, the Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo quietly switched a piece of its services portal back on. As of 18 April 2026, citizens of Community of Portuguese...
The Portugal Brief