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Portuguese Golden Visa (ARI) application and renewal fees (AIMA)

Portugal · Taxas da Autorização de Residência para Investimento (ARI / Golden Visa)

Receipt immediately; AIMA decisions take months

What the report shows

Government fees paid to AIMA for analysing, granting and renewing a residence permit for investment (Golden Visa) and its family-reunification permits. The application is not analysed and the card is not issued until each fee is paid.

Who needs it

Golden Visa investors, Israeli and other foreign investors, family members, immigration lawyers, fund investors

Why people order it

pay the analysis fee, pay the grant fee after approval, pay renewal fees, pay family members' fees

Legal limits

Applications are filed by the investor or their lawyer; anyone may pay the reference. Large amounts require prepayment and anti-money-laundering checks; Joy gives no immigration advice.

Issued by

Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo, AIMA) · Official source

Questions and answers

How do I get Portuguese Golden Visa (ARI) application and renewal fees (AIMA)?

Only the person concerned can obtain it, directly from Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo, AIMA). AIMA investment-residence (ARI) portal → the investor's lawyer logs in → application or renewal → AIMA issues the payment reference for the analysis fee, and later for the grant or renewal fee → pay → upload or confirm payment.

Joy Work OS is a private service and not the issuing authority. You can also order this document directly from the authority at the official fee.

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