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FS47E - MB green button
Did you know that by pressing the green key on a Multibanco ATM, you activate MB WAY?
The green key is usually used to confirm selections. However, when pressed without inserting a bank card, it automatically starts an MB WAY operation.
FS47F - La touche verte MB
Le saviez-vous ?
En appuyant sur la touche verte d’un distributeur Multibanco, vous activez MB WAY.
La touche verte est normalement utilisée pour confirmer une sélection. Cependant, lorsqu’elle est pressée sans insérer de carte bancaire, elle lance automatiquement une opération MB WAY.
News from afpop
Included in this Member Briefing:
1. UK Electronic Travel Authorisation
2. ETIAS delayed
3. Criminal background checks for US and Canadian citizens
4. IUC tax clarification - reminder
5. Citroën recall
6. Volta ao Algarve
7. European Border Control System suspended in Lisbon - reminder
8. AIMA Renewals Portal (non-EU): January and February 2026 - reminder
9. Residency renewal for EU citizens and family members – reminder
10. Annual General Meeting (AGM) - reminder
11. Satellite offices
News from afpop
Included in this Member Briefing:
1. IUC tax clarification - reminder
2. European Border Control System suspended in Lisbon
3. Nationality law update
4. Season’s greetings come with surprises - reminder
5. Bank Transfer problems - reminder
6. AIMA Renewals Portal (non-EU): January and February 2026
7. Residency renewal for EU citizens and family members – reminder
8. Annual General Meeting (AGM)
9. Satellite offices
News from afpop
Included in this Member Briefing:
1. IUC tax update
2. European Border Control System may be suspended during Christmas
3. Toll exemptions
4. Pharmacy opening hours
5. AT warns for phishing
6. Nationality law update
7. Mondego Metro
8. Waste disposal at Christmas
9. Christmas markets
10. Bank Transfer problems
11. Season’s greetings come with surprises
12. AIMA Renewals Portal (non-EU): December 2025 - reminder
13. AIMA Residence Permit applications for holders of Highly Skilled Visas - reminder
14. Residency renewal for EU citizens and family members – reminder
15. Christmas closing
16. Satellite offices
News from afpop
Included in this Member Briefing:
1. IMI tax – reminder
2. IUC tax
3. General strike 11th of December – reminder
4. Civil Protection issues autumn-winter warning
5. Banco Alimentar
6. National holidays December
7. Portimão town holiday
8. AIMA Renewals Portal (non-EU): December 2025
9. AIMA Residence Permit applications for holders of Highly Skilled Visas
10. Right of Residency – reminder
11. Residency renewal for EU citizens and family members – reminder
12. Satellite offices
Portugal Foreigners Law Update: Residency & Resident Rules
New afpop Factsheets deliver practical, actionable advice on foreign residency law changes, resolving common condominium parking disputes, and clean termination of any telecom contract in Portugal.
News from afpop
Included in this Member Briefing:
1. IMI tax
2. General strike 11th of December
3. Presidential election
4. Transferring phone numbers
5. Navegante Pass now available online through CARRIS
6. AIMA – reduced mobility
7. Right of Residency - reminder
8. Residency documents (non-EU) expired between 22/02/2020 and 30/06/2025 - reminder
9. Residency renewal for EU citizens and family members – reminder
10. AIMA Renewals Portal (non-EU): November 2025 - reminder
11. Foreigners’ law – reminder
12. Satellite offices
13. Social media
FS46E - Ending a telecom contract
This remains the most reliable way to end a telecom contract in Portugal.
Sending a registered termination letter (carta de rescisão) with acknowledgment of receipt to any operator — whether
NOS, MEO, Vodafone, or NOWO — is the best way to avoid being routed to the retention department and pressured to
stay.
FS44E - Foreigners Law
This law updates Portugal’s immigration framework, specifically amending Law No. 23/2007, which
governs the entry, stay and departure of foreigners from Portuguese territory.