AIMA - New service centre to handle pending processes

New immigrant AIMA centre opening on Monday (September 9)


AIMA will open the first service centre for immigrants on Monday, at the Hindu Center, in Telheiras neighbourhood (Lisbon). The objective is to handle with more than 400,000 pending processes for analysis.


This is a kind of emergency task force to solve a problem which concerns thousands of immigrants....


The center will have more than 100 workers (including AIMA employees, collaborators from organizations linked to immigrants and civil society). This service centre will operate between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.


Here:

Hindu Community of Portugal

Alameda Mahatma Gandhi, 1600-500 Lisboa

https://informacoeseservicos.lisboa.pt/ … mplo-hindu


New service centers will soon be opening in other cities across the country.


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English

https://www.theportugalnews.com/news/20 … nday/91859


Portuguese

https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/pais/aima-n … s_a1597843


https://sicnoticias.pt/pais/2024-09-06- … s-a751f1df


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@JohnnyPT This is great news! Likely one will open soon in Porto?

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@wordsmith555,


That information is not available yet. But it's expected that around 30 service centers will open soon.


https://www.publico.pt/2024/09/06/socie … ao-2103201

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@JohnnyPT,


Are these centers where people can just stand in line and be seen the same day and action can be taken on their requests if all documentation is provided? Or are applicants supposed to call some new number for appointments? This doesn't have anything to do with the AIMA numbers in Lisbon?

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@wordsmith555,


They are only available by appointment.


Keep your contact details up to date on the AIMA website.


https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/aima/imigran … b82904f3d1


https://rr.sapo.pt/noticia/pais/2024/09 … to/393000/

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@JohnnyPT,


So, basically, this new center, and those to follo, will increase the number of available appointments because there are more AIMA employees and more physical spaces to conduct in-person interviews?

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That's right. The aim is to have solved the 400,000 pending cases by June 2025.

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@JohnnyPT,


Thank you so much for the information and clarification!! People were suggesting these new centers would be "walk-in" claim centers.

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