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The year starts brightly for the Portuguese Golden Visa applicants waiting for their biometrics appointment, as AIMA (Agência Portuguesa para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo) aspires to schedule all collection meetings still in 2025. A set of measures are being implemented in an attempt to recover from the delays occurred in the past few years.
New Procedure for Golden Visa Applications Process
New information from brings good news for applicants waiting for their biometrics appointment to be scheduled, as the agency is establishing new procedures to shorten its backlog of processes.
The recent backstage news suggests that, within the begin of the year, AIMA intends to resolve all Golden Visa pending processes by mid-2025, although that deadline can be expanded until the end of the year. Even though these changes count only for applicants waiting to schedule their biometric appointment, they are bound to fast-track the Golden Visa process for all down the line, as it should clear AIMA’s pipeline and streamline not only current, but also future processes.
Portugal’s Government Boosts Golden Visa with Full Digital Shift
In yet another effort from the Portuguese Government to and to speed up administration services in the country through the , the Golden Visa process will be adjusted to become fully electronic, following the trend of the , that is now also done entirely online. From now on, a series of procedures that used to be done manually will be automated or totally eliminated, accelerating AIMA’s operation.
Furthermore, the government will also expand the number of locations where the biometrics data can be collected and will increase on the availability of human resources involved in the process, so that approvals and issuance of residency cards are done much faster.