Portugal Opens Online Renewals for Residence Permits Expiring by 31 January 2027

Portugal's migration agency has moved the online renewal window forward again. Since Friday 23 October 2026, the AIMA Renewals Portal accepts residence permits whose term ends after 1 July 2025 and up to 31 January 2027. Until then, the portal only took permits expiring by 31 December 2026, a window AIMA opened on 3 August.

AIMA is the Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo (Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum). The agency has not issued a news release on the change. The update appears as a notice on the portal itself, and DN Brasil, the Diário de Notícias desk for Brazilians in Portugal, reported the opening on 23 October. If your card runs out in December 2026 or January 2027, you are now free to file online instead of waiting for an appointment.

What the portal accepts right now

According to the notice quoted by DN Brasil and The Portugal Brief, the Renewals Portal handles three kinds of request at the moment:

• Ordinary residence permits with a term ending after 1 July 2025 and up to 31 January 2027.
• Residence permits for investment (ARI), often called golden visas, with validity expired from 22 February 2020 up to 31 January 2027.
• Certificates and permanent residence cards for EU citizens and their non-EU family members.

The portal notice is clear about later dates. If your permit expires after 31 January 2027, you must wait for the portal to open to the following months.

Two groups fall outside this portal. Ordinary permits (not ARI) which expired between 22 February 2020 and 30 June 2025 go through a separate platform, services.aima.gov.pt. Address changes also do not go through the Renewals Portal. AIMA asks you to use the AIMA contact form and choose the subject for the Renewals Portal and address correction, with supporting documents attached.

Who is eligible to renew

The official gov.pt service page, updated on 1 September 2026, sets the basic rule. Foreign nationals holding a valid residence permit, or one expired for less than six months, are eligible for renewal through the AIMA portal. A legal representative is also allowed to file the request for you.

The six-month line matters. If your permit expired more than six months ago, renewal is off the table. You must file a fresh residence application at an AIMA counter, which means a new process and a longer wait.

Under Article 78 of Law 23/2007 (the Portuguese Aliens Act), renewal of a temporary permit depends on four core conditions:

• You have means of subsistence.
• You have accommodation.
• You have met your tax and Social Security obligations.
• You have no criminal sentence, alone or combined, above one year in prison.

When to file

The gov.pt page states two dates for a temporary residence permit. You should file at least 30 days before your permit expires. You are allowed to file from 90 days before the expiry date.

Here is how the current window maps onto real dates:

• A card expiring on 31 January 2027 reaches the 90-day mark on 2 November 2026 and the 30-day mark on 1 January 2027.
• A card expiring on 15 December 2026 entered the 90-day window in mid-September and hits the 30-day mark in mid-November.
• A card expiring in February 2027 enters the 90-day window in November 2026, but the portal does not take February dates yet.

If your date sits in the last group, keep checking the portal. Past openings suggest the next step will cover February and March 2027, but AIMA has not announced a date, so treat any timing as unconfirmed.

How the online renewal works

AIMA set out the procedure when the portal launched on 11 July 2025, and the steps still apply:

• You register on portal-renovacoes.aima.gov.pt. AIMA sends an access password to the email address you give.
• You submit the renewal request. The system runs automatic checks and issues a payment document for the fees.
• You pay within 24 hours of the payment document being issued.
• After payment, the portal issues a renewal request receipt and AIMA starts the review.
• AIMA checks your criminal record, any precautionary or security measures, and your means of subsistence.
• AIMA calls you to a Loja AIMA office for biometrics only if the renewal is approved and your biometric data or passport has expired.

Fees vary by permit type. They are set in the fee table under Portaria n.º 307/2023 of 13 October, which includes a separate column of charges for requests made online. Check the table for your own permit category before you start, since the 24-hour payment window leaves little room for surprises.

One practical point catches people out. The portal page tells visitors access is only allowed from Portugal. If you are travelling abroad when your window opens, plan to file once you are back.

Documents to have ready

The gov.pt service page lists the standard documents for a renewal:

• Your residence permit, valid or expired for less than six months.
• A valid passport or travel document.
• Proof of means of subsistence, for example your IRS tax return with your last three payslips and your employment contract, or green receipts (recibos verdes) issued in the last 12 months if you are self-employed.
• Proof of accommodation, such as a certificate from your Junta de Freguesia, a rental contract with the latest rent receipt, or a property deed or registration.
• Proof of a regular tax position, where applicable, from the Portal das Finanças.
• Proof of a regular Social Security position, where applicable, from Segurança Social Direta.
• Authorisation for a criminal record check, unless you are under 16.

Some permit types need extra documents. The AIMA website lists requirements for each category. Upload clear, legible scans.

The receipt protects your status while you wait

Once you pay, you are able to download a Recibo Comprovativo do Pedido (proof of application receipt) from your personal area on the portal. In a public notice, AIMA states this receipt:

• is valid for 60 days and is renewable until the final decision,
• carries the legal effects set out in Article 78(7) of Law 23/2007,
• works in print or on your phone, and
• includes a QR code to verify authenticity and ownership.

Show this receipt to employers, banks, landlords, or public offices while your new card is in production. DN Brasil reports readers have received renewed cards within 60 days of filing online, but this is anecdotal and not an AIMA service standard.

No blanket extension this time

During the pandemic and the backlog years, Portugal extended the validity of expired residence documents by decree. The last of these, Decreto-Lei n.º 85-B/2025 of 30 June, kept documents valid only until 15 October 2025, as AIMA and the Instituto dos Registos e do Notariado (IRN) confirmed at the time.

Nothing on AIMA's current pages points to a new general extension. If your card expires and you do not file, you have no automatic cover. You also risk drifting past the six-month limit, after which only a new application is open to you.

Since 1 August 2025, renewals are the responsibility of AIMA, as the IRN announced at the time. In-person renewal works only by appointment, and gov.pt says the IRN contacts eligible people to book one. You are not able to walk into a Registos desk and file.

What to do this week

• Check your card's expiry date. If the date falls on or before 31 January 2027, you are inside the current window.
• Fix your tax and Social Security records first. Download fresh certificates from the Portal das Finanças and Segurança Social Direta.
• Confirm your address and email with AIMA. A wrong address sends your new card to the wrong place. Use the contact form route for address correction.
• Check the fee for your permit type under Portaria 307/2023, and have the payment method ready for the 24-hour window.
• Use only the official portal. The address is portal-renovacoes.aima.gov.pt. Avoid intermediaries who charge you to submit a request you are able to file yourself.
• Save your receipt as soon as the portal issues one, and renew the receipt every 60 days until AIMA decides.

If your card expires after January 2027, use the wait well. Gather your payslips, rent receipts, and tax certificates now, so you file on the first day the portal opens to your month.

Sources

• gov.pt: Renovar a autorização de residência (updated 1 September 2026)
• AIMA: O Portal das Renovações já está disponível (11 July 2025)
• AIMA notice on the Recibo Comprovativo do Pedido (60-day receipt)
• IRN: IRN deixa de renovar Autorizações de Residência a partir de agosto
• Diário da República: Portaria n.º 307/2023 fee table
• DN Brasil: Títulos de residência que vencem em janeiro já podem ser renovados (23 October 2026)