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Immigration policy, visa changes, and the expat experience in Portugal.
Polícia Judiciária Searches AIMA's Ponta Delgada Office in Operação Linha Direta — Public Servants Suspected of Selling Appointment Priority and Case-Processing Speed Inside the Loja AIMA dos Açores

Polícia Judiciária Searches AIMA's Ponta Delgada Office in Operação Linha Direta — Public Servants Suspected of Selling Appointment Priority and Case-Processing Speed Inside the Loja AIMA dos Açores

PJ executed nine warrants on 29 April in Operação Linha Direta — three residences and three premises including the Loja AIMA in Ponta Delgada. Crimes: abuso de poder, recebimento indevido de vantagem, corrupção. AIMA opened an internal inquiry; STM union responded 2 May.
The Portugal Brief
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