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Lisbon is currently facing a complete halt in scheduling for the renewal of identification cards.
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.
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An analytical look at the recurring trend of AIMA overturning deportation orders, highlighting the ongoing challenges regarding expat residency rights and permit regulations.
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.
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Two suspects were engaged in the repeated practice of several crimes related to aiding illegal immigration. A businessman is subject to periodic reporting and the payment of bail.
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 number of new cases to challenge voluntary departure requests, expulsion orders, and residence permit denials reached its highest value in April since January 2025.
The Casa do Brasil de Lisboa presented the main concerns of immigrants at a meeting at the Portuguese Presidency, such as documentation status, the tightening of expulsion laws, the non-recognition of qualifications, and discrimination.
The PJ believes the suspects charged immigrants between 130 and 200 euros to provide them with fake addresses and facilitate witnesses. Searches were carried out in Loures and Odivelas.
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.
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.
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.
The court postponed from today until 25 May the decision regarding a network that allegedly used false addresses in Penha de França, Lisbon, to facilitate the legalisation of immigrants, a judicial source told Lusa today.
The alleged leader of the network confessed to having provided his address for compatriots from Bangladesh to legalise their status, but claimed he did not know it was a crime.
A network is accused of using false addresses in the Penha de França neighbourhood.
The Portuguese Public Prosecutor's Office has charged 15 individuals and six companies in a scheme that facilitated illegal immigration by falsifying employment contracts. The operation, called 'Contrato Formoso,' uncovered a network led by Mustafiz Sairniabat, based in Lisbon, which charged migrants around €6,000 for fake documentation and work contracts. Sairniabat allegedly received nearly €449,000 from 2020 to 2025 through these services. The scheme involved creating false employment records, recruiting vulnerable Portuguese citizens to sign fake residence attestations for small payments, and establishing fake companies to legitimize the process. The network's activities resulted in the legal legalization of thousands of migrants using fraudulent documents, highlighting a significant immigration fraud operation in Portugal.
