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Citizen Card will be able to serve as a transport ticket. Simplex has 18 new measures

The main novelty of the new generation of the Citizen Card is contactless technology. In the future, it will be possible to use it as a transport ticket or ticket for a show.

Anew service model based on the integrated service of the various Public Administration entities, the Cidadão brand and the new Cidadão Card will be presented this Friday

Health professionals demand suspension of the certificate policy for immigrants from the Lisbon council of Arroios

Fifty health professionals accuse the council of not having "legal support" to adopt the measure of limiting the granting of residence certificates to immigrants from countries outside the European Union.

Fifty health professionals this Friday demanded the Parish Council of Arroios, in Lisbon, to "immediately suspend" the decision to limit the granting of residence certificates to immigrants from countries outside the European Union.

Legislative Elections 2024, results show gauranteed instability

Less than one percent of the votes separate the Democratic Alliance from the Socialist Party, at a time when the results in constituencies inside and outside Europe still need to be determined. After an extremely close election night, uncertainty still hangs in the air. If, on the one hand, the PS has already recognized defeat and assumed itself as a force for the opposition, on the other, the left remains hopeful for a government solution.

Bar Assocation signs a cooperation protocol with the AIMA to speed up services

The Bar Association has signed a Protocol with the Agency for Integration, Migrations and Asylum, IP, with a view to making available the provision of services of a legal nature for the instruction of processes for granting extensions of stay, residence permits, renewals of residence permits, removal permits, as well as the granting and renewal of residence permits for investment activities (ARI), provided for in Law No. 23/2007, of July 4, in its current wording.

Portal for family reunification to start soon

There are reports in the Portuguese media that portal for family reunification will start either today (Jan 25) or tomorrow. Initially, it will only be available to families with children aged 5 to 10 and already living in Portugal without documents with their parents. The parents will also have an appointments. First appointment will begin on February 10th. It is pertinent to note that immigrants with a CPLP title and adults without children are also left out at this stage.

New law published for improving services” for migrants in Portugal

A new law on immigrants, published today in the Diário da República, proposes several measures to facilitate the issuance of cards, family reunification, and other matters for immigrants and has been formalised into law. The details of which are available on the website of  Diário da República.

According to the regulatory decree published today, the newly established agency will be empowered to decide on its own the issuance of temporary cards to immigrants and to expeditiously process cases in line with the office's modern procedures. can handle

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