AIMA, the Portuguese Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum which has seen long queues of migrants camped outside its offices for weeks now, has put a link online that should allow many of them to resolve their problems via email. The link can be found on the agency’s website (https://services.aima.gov.pt/SAPA/change_mail.php) An official source has stressed it should be enough to expedite the procedure for scheduling appointments and “ensure compliance with the new rules that came into force at the beginning of 2024”.
AIMA creates online link for immigrants
Once AIMA's 400,000 backlog of applications has been cleared, there won't be the same pressure on the agency, because the expression of interest mechanism that allowed people to come to Portugal as tourists and then apply for residency no longer exists. Image: Lusa
