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Family reunification of immigrants, as provided for by law, remains a priority for the current government, but with limitations. This was stated by Rui Armindo Freitas, Deputy Secretary of State for the Presidency. In an interview with Diário de Notícias, he admitted that "it is a right that requires regulation".

According to the Secretary of State, the vacancy system will continue, that is, there will be no full access to the right. "8,500 vacancies have been created, but we are doing a difficult job, which is to first find out what capacity Portugal has," he said.

Starting today (14) immigrants with a residence permit from the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries will be given guidance on how to renew their documents. 

In this correspondence, you will be sent a link to the portal, where you will need to revalidate your account, change your password and log in again. The website will have a button that says "pay" to generate the Single Collection Document (DUC) for the amount of 56.89 euros. Then, simply make the payment within the period specified in the email.

In an interview with Diário de Notícias/DN Brasil, the Deputy Secretary of State for the Presidency, Rui Armindo Freitas, answers some of the questions that most concern immigrants in Portugal.

Specifically, why are residence permit renewals no longer carried out via the website? It was a service that came from the old SEF and was one of the few things that worked very well. 

Call will begin next week, according to the Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, António Leitão Amaro. At least 220,000 citizens will benefit from the new residence permit.

The construction of two temporary centers to accommodate irregular immigrants will cost 30 million. Funding is provided by the PRR. The lack of centers explains the lack of repatriations.

The Government has approved the construction of two temporary accommodation centres for illegal immigrants, which will cost 30 million euros and will be financed by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) . One will be located in Odivelas and the other further north, and both will have the capacity to accommodate 300 immigrants.

Catarina Martins spoke again about the problem of immigrants, this time to argue that Portugal must ensure "public services for the entire population".

The MEP for the Left Bloc (BE) Catarina Martins argued, on Tuesday night, on the Linhas Vermelhas program, on SIC Notícias , that "Portugal must know how to have the public services it needs for the entire population", in yet another comment on the problem of migrants in our country.

Agency for Migration has trained all people who work in the 20 mission centers to serve immigrants who will exchange printed bonds on A4 sheet of paper for plastic cards.

Between 2021 and 2024, foreigners living in Portugal contributed 9.88 billion euros. Brazil is at the top of the list of contributors. It is the largest immigrant community in the country and in the last four years there have been more than 3 billion euros in discounts. 

Over the last four years, Angolan, Indian and Nepalese immigrants have tripled the amount of their social security contributions. Brazilians are the ones who have contributed the most , with a value of over 3 billion euros.

The Lisbon Administrative Court ended 2024 with 46,824 pending immigration and asylum cases, 80 times more than in 2023. The increase is due to the extinction of SEF and the creation of AIMA.

The Lisbon District Administrative Court closed 2024 with 46,824 pending immigration and asylum cases, a number 80 times higher than in 2023 and which runs counter to the general trend of decreasing pending cases in the territorial area it covers.

The call has not yet started. The project has not even been approved by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

Misinformation is circulating on Instagram that immigrants with a title from the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) have started to be called by the Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA). One of the posts with the fake news has reached thousands of people.