Dig deeper into the data
Explore processing trends and patterns, or browse all 1949 community reports with their original sources.
Explore processing trends and patterns, or browse all 1949 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 · 233 reports
Range: 2–1460 days · 1471 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
74 reports
Initial Applications
55 days
First-time residence cards
209 reports
Approval to Card
22 days
After approval, waiting for physical card
140 reports
Office Variation
14–195 days
Median varies across 27 offices
155 reports
Post-July 2024
~3 months
vs ~120 days before July (new AIMA regime)
157 reports
Processing times for each Portugal residence permit category.
76–250 day range · 57 reports
13–71 day range · 38 reports
14–60 day range · 36 reports
14–95 day range · 27 reports
38–101 day range · 23 reports
25–88 day range · 18 reports
16–75 day range · 8 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
75days median
D7 Passive Income
20days median
FasterD8 Digital Nomad
75days median
Golden Visa
180days median
D8 Digital Nomad
75days median
Faster