Immigration policy, visa changes, and the expat experience in Portugal.
Decreto-Lei 207/2026 lets the Prime Minister approve legal positions that bind every public body, and tells the State's lawyers not to drag out cases or appeal rulings that match them. No determination exists yet.
The bar association and the solicitadores' body launch "Tem de estar em Ordem", a campaign against illicit legal practice with a site linking both official registers. Here is how to check an adviser and what the law says.
The family reunification subject disappeared from AIMA's online contact form on Friday with no notice. Here is what the law now requires, which relatives are exempt from the two-year wait, and where residents can turn.
The Council of Ministers adopted the decree-law that puts the amended Nationality Law fully into practice. Its text is not yet public, it still needs the President's signature, and pending applications stay under the old rules.
Courts that hear immigrants' cases against AIMA had about 89,000 pending in September, down from 124,793 in January. The judges' council says 23,945 urgent files have had no judge since July, and its special team now runs until at least 30 January 2027.
A Portuguese builder drew more than 600 applicants in São Tomé and Príncipe for 100 jobs paying over 1,000 euros, Lusa reported. How the fast-track work visa protocol and the 2025 and 2026 law changes work, and what rights hired workers have.
About 6,500 of Portugal's roughly 190,000 RSI recipients are foreign nationals, the Social Security secretary of state told Parliament. Foreign workers paid over 3 billion euros in contributions to August. Joint pensions now take 25 days; the CGA cuts stand.
