Travelling while still waiting for your residency card

Last activity 20 March 2024 by nimrod_1976

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Buzz 2023New member28 February 2024 09:08:44

Hello! A classic question I know but wondering if anyone has any recent experience of this.

I'm due to travel to Kenya (via Istanbul) ad the end of next month for 9 days. But I still haven't received my Residency Card for my D8 visa, despite it being 90 days since my AAIMA appointment. Has anyone had any trouble getting back into the country with their temporary residency permit?

JohnnyPTPortugal Expert29 February 2024 08:17:18

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Travelling while waiting for your residency process to be completed can lead to a number of problems, such as your residency being rejected and you being out of the country, unable to return or having problems returning. As well as being in possession of provisional documents.

I suggest you check this with AIMA.

nimrod_1976Active member04 March 2024 10:05:08

@JohnnyPT would this also be the case if you return to Portugal but you have the receipt from AIMA for your D8 visa and in possession of an Atestado de residência document ?

nimrod_1976Active member20 March 2024 12:43:45

@Buzz 2023 are you still intending on travelling and have you heard anything from AIMA I am calling continously every day ?

JohnnyPTPortugal Expert20 March 2024 17:12:52

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@nimrod_1976,

Why don't you enquire at one of the AIMA agencies? It's a info request, I don't think it's necessary to make an appointment.

https://aima.gov.pt/pt/a-aima/servicos/lojas-aima

nimrod_1976Active member20 March 2024 17:19:15

@JohnnyPT thanks yes I am going to have to go to an AIMA office I think, the phoneline never gets answered from the main AIMA site.

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