AIMA says 30,000 complex cases remain from a backlog of nearly a million
AIMA reports that around 30,000 "complex" cases are still pending, out of the roughly one million it inherited. Lawyers quoted in the coverage question both the figure and how those remaining cases are being decided.
Why it matters for your move
If your file has been silent for months, this is the bracket it likely sits in — and "complex" in AIMA language usually means it needs a decision by a person, not a queue position.
This is Re-locant.com’s own brief, written to explain what the update means for people moving to or living in Portugal. For the full original report, see the source below.