Hundreds of kilometres for a two-minute AIMA appointment
Portuguese media report that immigrants are travelling hundreds of kilometres and spending significant sums to attend AIMA appointments, with some consultations lasting only a few minutes. Slots are assigned where they are available rather than where the applicant lives.
Why it matters for your move
Plan an AIMA slot as a full day and a real travel cost, not an hour — and take a complete file, because a missing document means making the whole trip again.
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.