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Lisbon is planning to establish a network of dedicated 'AIMA Spaces' to streamline support services and residency processing for the migrant population.
Legal challenges against expulsion orders and residency permit denials in Lisbon reached a record high in April 2025, driven by a surge in rejections following AIMA's file reviews.
AIMA is set to launch a digital form this week to facilitate family reunification for babies born in Portugal, addressing administrative challenges arising from recent changes to the Nationality Law regarding citizenship eligibility.
Brazilian expatriates in Portugal are raising concerns over immigration law changes, rising xenophobia, and administrative backlogs at AIMA ahead of President Lula da Silva's visit, urging diplomatic intervention.
The Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA) has reopened its online portal for family reunification applications just before the Brazilian President's visit to Portugal.
Cultural mediators from the Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA) are striking at the Government headquarters in Lisbon to demand permanent employment status and salary equality, protesting the ministry's reliance on precarious labor.
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Four offices of the Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA) will be open on Saturdays this month to distribute residence cards returned by the postal service. Immigrants with pending documents will be notified via email. The measure aims to manage a backlog of approximately 10,000 documents without disrupting regular weekday appointments. Participating locations include António Augusto Aguiar in Lisbon, as well as offices in Porto, Vila Real, and Braga, with specific schedules varying by location. Recipients must wait for an email notification before attending, and a fee of 29 euros applies.
Administrative and Tax Courts cite a context of “heavy procedural pressure,” with an exponential growth in filings and priority given to urgent cases such as those against AIMA.
Brazilian national Ygor Daniel Zago, known as Hulk, who was arrested by the Judicial Police in November, filed a request for international protection with the Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum.
There is an emotional toll that does not appear in the statistics. Immigration sells the idea of a future, but often delivers a bureaucratic and lonely reality.
Administrative courts have seen a surge in cases challenging voluntary departure requests, expulsion orders from Portugal, and residency permit denials, with 496 new cases filed in Lisbon in April. This increase follows the AIMA mission structure's review of over half a million files, leading to numerous rejections. Currently, 2,271 such cases are pending, part of a broader backlog of 128,851 residency-related processes. A judicial task force is working to clear the backlog, though comments from Supreme Administrative Court president Jorge Aragão Seia regarding 'total panic' within AIMA have sparked a dispute between the judiciary and the agency.
The number of new cases to challenge voluntary departure requests, expulsion orders from Portugal, and residence permit denials reached its highest level in Lisbon in April since at least January 2025.
The number of new lawsuits challenging voluntary departure requests, expulsion orders from Portugal, and residence permit denials reached its highest level in Lisbon in April since at least January 2025. According to data sent to Lusa by the Superior Council of Administrative and Tax Courts (CSTAF), the number of cases filed...
The association reported the prolonged delays in the regularisation processes and renewal of residence permits at AIMA.
With the return law under discussion in committee and the nationality law about to be regulated, the Presidency decided to hear from various immigrant associations to learn about the bureaucracy at AIMA and the real problems on the ground.
The presidency has started a series of meetings to better understand the immigration landscape in Portugal. On Wednesday, May 20, representatives from Casa do Brasil, including president Ana Paula Costa and vice-president Cyntia de Paula, met at the Belém Palace. They presented a document to the President, António José Seguro, highlighting issues such as bureaucratic delays at AIMA, the risk of irregular status due to administrative failures, and concerns regarding xenophobia and the recognition of professional qualifications.
AIMA aims to accelerate immigrant regularisation processes, which currently average between two and three thousand per day, totalling around 70,000 per month. Pedro Portugal Gaspar, president of the agency, announced plans to expand services nationwide to address delays, which he acknowledged as a form of 'violence' against migrants. While promising better local response capacity, he maintained that current queues are not comparable to those of the past. He also noted that rising immigration levels present integration challenges that require public understanding to maintain social cohesion. Complaints against AIMA rose by 37% in the first quarter.
The President of Brazil disappointed the Brazilian community by not significantly addressing changes to Portuguese immigration and nationality laws during a joint statement with Prime Minister Luís Montenegro. While Brazilian groups hoped for a stronger stance on immigration issues, Lula focused on praise for the Brazilian workforce. Prime Minister Montenegro clarified that the Portuguese government has regularised over 235,000 Brazilian immigrant applications in the last two years, noting that only a small fraction of requests were denied. Lula also met with the new Portuguese President, António José Seguro, and discussed the Mercosur-EU trade agreement.
Ygor Daniel Zago, known as 'Hulk' and suspected of being a leader of the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), had his request for international protection rejected by the Lisbon Court of Appeal. The court maintained the extradition order, ruling that his claims of persecution were unfounded. Zago, who was living in a private condominium in Cascais, is wanted in Brazil for his role in a major money laundering scheme involving fuel fraud and links to the Balkan mafia.
Since the Brazilian authorities requested the extradition of 'Hulk' at the end of November last year, the case has already gone through the Supreme Court of Justice.
Home News AIMA overnight queues led to police intervention in Lisbon AIMA overnight queues led to police intervention in Lisbon The AIMA agency in Anjos, Lisbon, was the scene of tense moments on 7 April in the morning, requiring police intervention to control the disorder caused by hundreds of i
Attempts to jump the queue and the large turnout at AIMA in Anjos led the PSP to request police reinforcements as a preventive measure to contain tensions and ensure order among hundreds of people.
Angry scenes outside the offices of AIMA (the agency for integration, migrations and asylum) saw police reinforcements called in today, to try and keep ‘order’ among the many hundreds waiting The post Police ‘reinforced’ as immigrants ‘revolt’ outside AIMA offices in Lisbon appeared first on Portugal Resident.
The reason was the long queue recorded during the morning. Police have already demobilised. Also in this news bulletin, an analysis of Donald Trump's latest threats to Iran.
The deadline for former Immigration and Borders Service (SEF) inspectors to work at Portuguese airports ends next Thursday, April 9. However, according to the Ministry of Internal Administration (MAI), not all professionals will leave. The ministry stated that inspectors with specific technical expertise, such as document analysis, will remain until PSP officers are fully trained. The PJ criminal investigation union expressed uncertainty regarding these extensions, noting that previous deadlines were changed at the last minute. Meanwhile, the union has criticised the transfer of 100 PSP officers to the Lisbon Municipal Police, arguing that these resources should be prioritised for border control.
Dozens of sociocultural mediators demonstrated this Monday in front of the Government headquarters.
200 people waited all night to be served in Anjos. Furthermore, the Minister for State Reform does not feel targeted by Passos Coelho's criticisms regarding the Government's lack of reformist momentum.
