Struggling to find a Portugal visa appointment from London — any tips?

@Nicole Kidman

I think you just have to keep on trying.

I had the same problem back in December / January / February.  I finally got so fed up I did some searching online, and some people on reddit suggested signing up for Signal and hiring a bot that sends notifications when appointments open up.  I did that, and after a couple of weeks I received a notification that appointments were available and I was able to book 3 appointments, all within a few hours of each other. 

I was actually on a zoom call with my lawyer when the notice from the bot came in, and a person from their staff who was on the call started booking appointments as soon as I told them they were finally available. 

The whole thing felt sketchy, but it worked.  Alternatively, you can just keep checking.  In my experience, once appointments become available it takes a couple of days for them to fill up.  You probably can just check once or twice a day. 

@Xhosa1968

Hi, l did mine from the VFS San Francisco which is very hard to find a spot and what l did was try going online early morning or middle of the month and l got 2 openings on different days. Iam in Portugal and already AIMA appt cancelled for Dec until January 2026!