Greater Lisbon
AIMA Lisbon (Lisboa) — Offices, Wait Times & Legal Help
Current 2026 wait for a first appointment in Lisbon: 14–24 months. Below: every AIMA office serving the district, the local backlog picture, and how a court injunction can compel AIMA to schedule your case.
Legal help · AIMA Lisbon
Stuck waiting on AIMA in Lisbon?
We file administrative court injunctions (intimação) at the tribunal administrativo de círculo that serves your district. Courts typically order AIMA to schedule biometrics within 10–60 days. 2-minute eligibility check below.
Check eligibility in 2 min →Lisbon and the surrounding Área Metropolitana hold the largest single concentration of AIMA cases in Portugal — well over 100,000 pending files spread across six district offices. The two Lisbon offices (Lisboa I on Avenida António Augusto de Aguiar, Lisboa II on Rua Álvaro Coutinho) handle the highest volume; the four satellite offices in Cascais, Odivelas, Cacém, and Alverca absorb spillover but each carries its own multi-month queue. The Anjos area saw well-documented overnight queues through April 2026, with appointment-holders still being turned away or rescheduled despite arriving before opening.
The structural picture in Greater Lisbon is the worst in the country. The Lisbon administrative court (Tribunal Administrativo de Círculo de Lisboa) issued more than 12,000 orders against AIMA between January and May 2026 alone — the bulk of all judicial pressure on the agency nationally. AIMA's response capacity is the bottleneck: even when a court orders biometrics within 30 days, scheduling compliance in the Lisbon district averages 45–60 days because the offices are already saturated. The June 2026 union strike (1, 2, 3, and 5 June) is expected to push appointment cancellations heavily into the Lisbon district given the staff concentration.
Lisbon's caseload skews toward Golden Visa renewals, D7 first-time applications, and family-reunification cases tied to Brazilian and Indian nationals, who together represent the largest national groups in the district. D8 digital-nomad cases are growing fastest in percentage terms, driven by Lisbon's remote-work economy. Renewals dominate over new applications by roughly 60/40 in 2026, reflecting the 2022–2023 cohort of D7 and Golden Visa holders now hitting their two-year renewal cliff. If your case falls into any of these buckets and has been pending more than 90 days, a court injunction is the standard remedy and works regardless of which Lisbon office issued (or failed to issue) your appointment.
AIMA offices serving Lisbon
| Office | Address | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Lisboa I | Avenida António Augusto de Aguiar 20, 1069-119 Lisboa | Mon–Fri 9am–5pm |
| Lisboa II | Rua Álvaro Coutinho 14, 1150-025 Lisboa | Mon–Fri 8am–5pm |
| Cascais | Rua da Misericórdia 1, 2750-434 Cascais | Mon–Fri 9am–5pm |
| Odivelas | Centro Comercial Strada Outlet, Estrada da Paiã, 2675-626 Odivelas | Mon–Fri 9am–5pm |
| Cacém | Praceta Duque de Saldanha 17, 2735-330 Cacém | Mon–Fri 9am–5pm |
| Alverca | Praceta Estanislau Raimundo Nogueira 1 e 2, 2615-075 Alverca | Mon–Fri 8:30am–3:30pm |
Source: AIMA office directory, current at publication. Hours can change without notice. Looking for an office outside this district? See the full AIMA offices directory.
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Our lawyers file court injunctions weekly against AIMA on behalf of residents in Lisbon and surrounding municipalities. Take the 2-minute eligibility check and we will tell you whether your case qualifies and what the realistic timeline is.
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