The Agency for Integration, Migrations and Asylum will succeed the SEF and the High Commission for Migrations, which is also abolished.
AIMA is responsible for administrative functions related to foreign citizens in Portugal, namely residence permits and refugees.
The High Commission for Migration will be responsible for the reception and integration of immigrants in Portugal.
AIMA will inherit from SEF around 300,000 pending immigrant legalization processes.
590 workers from SEF's general and IT careers will be transferred to AIMA. The ACM has approximately 190 employees.
This transfer of competence takes place at a time when more than a million immigrants live in Portugal.
What will the IRN do?
The IRN now ensures the competences in granting and issuing the Portuguese electronic passport and handling renewals of residence permits.
75 non-police workers from the SEF go to the IRN.
What will happen to SEF facilities?
The SEF facilities that exist in the country will be transferred to the services that assume their responsibilities, but so far the fate of the building where the SEF headquarters is located, in Porto Salvo (municipality of Oeiras, district of Lisbon) is still unknown. , which is leased.