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Explore processing trends and patterns, or browse all 806 community reports with their original sources.
Explore processing trends and patterns, or browse all 806 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: 6–470 days · 95 reports
Range: 2–1460 days · 616 reports
What the data tells us about processing times.
Online Renewals
60 days
Fastest renewal channel
15 reports
In-Person Renewals
~4 months
Office-based renewal processing
53 reports
Initial Applications
46 days
First-time residence cards
165 reports
Approval to Card
23 days
After approval, waiting for physical card
92 reports
Office Variation
13–168 days
Median varies across 25 offices
120 reports
Post-July 2024
~3 months
vs ~90 days before July (new AIMA regime)
118 reports
Processing times for each Portugal residence permit category.
14–62 day range · 32 reports
14–95 day range · 25 reports
14–60 day range · 23 reports
41–99 day range · 20 reports
46–175 day range · 18 reports
36–78 day range · 14 reports
9–145 day range · 6 reports
48–76 day range · 4 reports
Side-by-side processing time comparisons.
Online Portal
32days median
FasterIn-Person
60days median
Initial Application
46days median
FasterRenewal
75days median
D7 Passive Income
19days median
FasterD8 Digital Nomad
68days median
Golden Visa
114days median
D8 Digital Nomad
68days median
Faster