SEF simplifies procedures for residence permit applications
in News · 29-05-2020 01:00:00 · 12 Comments
SEF will have simpler procedures for applications for the granting and renewal of residence permits, allowing them to “substantially” reduce service times at the counters for around 250,000 foreign citizens.
In a statement, the Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF) states that the procedures envisage “mitigating the consequences that resulted from the health emergency situation, adopting exceptional and temporary measures that allow for a recovery of pending issues and an efficiency gain in the document management of foreign citizens”, said a spokesman from SEF.
SEF maintains that, in the context of pending applications for renewal of residence permits, the citizen does not need to go to a service desk and instead can make their request on the SEF Portal.
Subsequently, SEF will carry out all security consultations to confirm the suitability of the applicant, as well as consultations with the databases necessary to assess the fulfilment, by the applicant, of its tax obligations and before Social Security, explains SEF, adding that, after paying the fees, the citizen will receive a residence permit at his / her tax address.
With this measure, SEF foresees “a substantial reduction in the service times at the counter, which should decrease from 40 to 15 minutes”.
Meanwhile, according to a decree-law published this May, the approximately 130,000 immigrants who were provisionally settled in Portugal due to the Covid-19 pandemic will continue in this situation until 31 October.
The 130,000 foreign nationals who remained in good standing were those who had pending cases at SEF until 18 March, when it was decided to declare a state of emergency due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Hi there just an query uhm I had my renewal in February and I still didn't receive my card yet so just wanna know when can I expect
How can I change my residence permit from Germany to Portugal?
Portugal is being more flexible for migrants, it's a cool decision for us who were waiting for a rapid actions against being delayed.
I have already requested an apointment for renewing my resident permit online and SEF has sent me an email indicating when and where I should go. Now, my question is that whether SEF will automatically follow up my application or I have to make another request for renewing my resident permit?
I had maracaço 20 Mach but still they don't call me am confusion
Je voudrais savoir si tous les étrangers qui ont déjà déposé leur demande de permis de séjour auprès du sef Seront-ils régularisé au mois de juin ????
Pease let me know about the cancelled appointments for familly reunification?
In this situation what we have to do for the pending familly reunification requests? Our appointments are also cancelled due to Covid19
This is not simplification at all. Before, you had to make an appointment to submit your documents and they would send your new residency card by post within 3/4 weeks. Now you have no idea how long it’ll take after you send the documents online.
This is an amazing initiative that surely seems helpful. It would bring down the chaos from the point of views of the citizens, immigrants as well as the authority. I am one of those who had applied for a tax residence in the first week of April. I previously had an NHR status. There is a clear cutoff date of 18th Mar, though I would like to understand the perspective on a few queries.
1. What happens to the applications that were applied on a later date beyond 19th Mar?
2. Is there a clarity on when the new process would start? I hear it's July 1st.
3. Is there a clarity on reduction in the timelines?
4. We already have 1 single verifiable document in the form of an ID. As a provisional there should be some kind of a provisional ID be created this way the other 100 accompanying documents won't be required. Verification of the documents needs a central database and not 3-4 different partners checking different accounts.
5. As an alternative through machine learning where there is facial recognition softwares, we could introduce a new path instead of having finger prints. Finger prints would require the attendance of both the authority and the applicant and is unhygienic. This could be far fetched though a great idea to introduce.
When it will come into force. All having confusion about it . Thank you
I am agree with SEF. Its a very good step for all guys.
Did we have to change our expair doucment ,because of us we don't hear at about our lawyer