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Explore processing trends and patterns, or browse all 2373 community reports with their original sources.
Explore processing trends and patterns, or browse all 2373 community reports with their original sources.
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Community reports
With timing data
AIMA offices
Data sources
How you submit affects how long you wait.
Range: 3–470 days · 264 reports
Range: 2–1460 days · 1799 reports
What the data tells us about processing times.
Online Renewals
60 days
Fastest renewal channel
17 reports
In-Person Renewals
~4 months
Office-based renewal processing
76 reports
Initial Applications
55 days
First-time residence cards
238 reports
Approval to Card
21 days
After approval, waiting for physical card
149 reports
Office Variation
14–195 days
Median varies across 28 offices
173 reports
Post-July 2024
~3 months
vs ~120 days before July (new AIMA regime)
165 reports
Processing times for each Portugal residence permit category.
66–258 day range · 59 reports
14–63 day range · 42 reports
14–72 day range · 40 reports
14–94 day range · 29 reports
20–100 day range · 26 reports
25–88 day range · 18 reports
14–40 day range · 9 reports
48–76 day range · 4 reports
Side-by-side processing time comparisons.
Online Portal
19days median
FasterIn-Person
72days median
Initial Application
55days median
FasterRenewal
70days median
D7 Passive Income
20days median
FasterD8 Digital Nomad
60days median
Golden Visa
180days median
D8 Digital Nomad
60days median
Faster