AIMA Figueira da Foz (Figueira da Foz) — Offices, Wait Times & Legal Help

AIMA Figueira da Foz is the coastal migrant service point for the northern Coimbra district, at Avenida de Espanha 380, 3080-271 Figueira da Foz. It runs as an appointment-only counter: biometrics, document hand-in and card collection all require a scheduled slot, and there are no routine walk-ins. The quickest way to reach the office is the national AIMA line 300 003 990 (weekdays 9am–7pm), because the local counter does not publish a direct public number. If Figueira da Foz has no slot for your service, the larger AIMA Coimbra office (Rua Dr. Manuel Rodrigues 3) covers the same district and often has availability sooner — the booking system assigns you by availability, not strictly by the office nearest your address.

Figueira da Foz and the wider Beira Litoral run shorter first-appointment waits than the Lisbon–Porto axis — roughly 6 to 11 months is typical in 2026 — because the coastal caseload is smaller and shared with Coimbra. That is an average, not a promise: cases caught in AIMA's national renewals and decision backlog can still stall far longer with no appointment offered at all. Since 11 September 2026, Lei 62/2026 removed the rule that treated a renewal as approved when AIMA missed its 60-day deadline, so silence no longer resolves itself in your favour. If your application has sat beyond the legal decision window with no response, you do not have to keep waiting — an administrative court action (intimação) filed at the Tribunal Administrativo e Fiscal de Coimbra is the standard remedy and usually compels AIMA to schedule or decide within weeks of the court order.

Figueira da Foz's caseload leans toward family reunification cases, D7 retirees and remote-income residents drawn to the lower cost of living on the Mondego coast, alongside a growing number of CPLP nationals regularising their status under the 2026 rules. Because the office is small and shares the district with Coimbra, applicants from neighbouring municipalities — Montemor-o-Velho, Cantanhede, Soure — are frequently routed here. Whatever your permit type, the 90-day decision deadline and the right to force a decision apply in Figueira da Foz exactly as they do in Lisbon: if AIMA has gone silent on a pending case, a court injunction is the lever that moves it.