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News from afpop
Included in this Member Briefing:
1. State of Alert
2. EU introduces new €3 charge on small parcels
3. IRN phishing warning
4. Government approves Guimarães-Braga metrobus line
5. Algarve electrified train line
6. Ageing Well in Portugal – seminar materials
7. IPMA – weather warnings and temperature updates
8. Train services during heatwave
9. Summer events - reminder
10. AIMA Renewals Portal (non-EU): until October 2026 - reminder
11. Residency renewal for EU citizens and family members – now on the Renewals Portal
12. New benefits for members
13. Satellite offices
News from afpop
Included in this Member Briefing:
1. Taxi fares
2. Bathing Season
3. IMT alert
4. IRC filing deadline extended
5. Public information portal about rural fires
6. Summer events
7. ANSR campaign “Big Party, Zero Risk”
8. Land clearance deadline extension – reminder
9. CUF private hospitals
10. Ageing Well in Portugal – June seminar - reminder
11. Living in the Algarve seminar
12. US Citizen digital fingerprinting
13. AIMA Renewals Portal (non-EU): until October 2026 - reminder
14. Residency renewal for EU citizens and family members – reminder
15. New benefits for members
16. Satellite offices
News from afpop
Included in this Member Briefing:
1. Land clearance deadline extension
2. Nationality law update
3. Enhanced electric mobility on the A1 and A2 highways
4. Fake e-mails AT
5. Green Rail Pass app
6. IRN strike
7. Ageing Well in Portugal – June seminar - reminder
8. AIMA Renewals Portal (non-EU): until October 2026
9. Residency renewal for EU citizens and family members – reminder
10. New benefits for members
11. Satellite offices
FS45 - Nationality Law
The new “Nationality Law” n. º 1/2026 has been published and amends Portugal’s previous Nationality Law (Lei n.º 37/81) in the Diário da República on the 18 May 2026. The new law came into force on the 19 May 2026 (day after publication).
News from afpop
Included in this Member Briefing:
1. Nationality law update
2. Border control Lisbon
3. New online service for land registry certificates
4. APA clears up beach rules
5. EU to ban cash payments over €10,000
6. General strike 3 June
7. Corpus Christi Holiday in Portugal
8. Portugal Day
9. Planning your Future in Portugal – seminar materials
10. Ageing Well in Portugal – June seminar - reminder
11. AIMA Renewals Portal (non-EU): until August 2026 – reminder
12. Residency renewal for EU citizens and family members – reminder
13. New benefits for members
14. Vilamoura boat show
15. Satellite offices
News from afpop
Included in this Member Briefing:
1. Nationality law
2. Land clearance reminder
3. Blue Flags
4. IMI payment deadlines
5. Attention American Members: Town Hall in Faro
6. Planning your future in Portugal seminar – reminder
7. Ageing Well in Portugal – seminar
8. Welcome our new Ericeira AEOs: Tim & Maria Kirkham!
9. AIMA Renewals Portal (non-EU): until August 2026
10. Residency renewal for EU citizens and family members
11. Satellite offices
12. Social media
News from afpop
Included in this Member Briefing:
1. Driving rules
2. IRS tax benefits for oncological disease
3. IMI notices
4. AT alert
5. Polícia Segurança Pública warning
6. HPV vaccine
7. Dia do Trabalhador
8. Segurança Social portal
9. Planning your future in Portugal Seminars - reminder
10. Living in the Algarve event - reminder
11. Navigating your way in Portugal – Ericeira edition - reminder
12. AIMA Renewals Portal (non-EU): April, May and June 2026
13. Residency renewal for EU citizens and family members
14. New benefits for members
15. Satellite offices
16. Social media
News from afpop
Included in this Member Briefing:
1. Nationality law
2. Recall platform
3. The U.S. Embassy outreach trip Porto
4. Biometric data collection (EES)
5. Portal das Finanças – Apoio ao Contribuinte
6. Planning your future in Portugal Seminars - reminder
7. Living in the Algarve event - reminder
8. Navigating your way in Portugal – Ericeira edition - reminder
9. AIMA Renewals Portal (non-EU): April, May and June 2026
10. Residency renewal for EU citizens and family members – reminder
11. New benefits for members
12. Satellite offices
Recall platform
Since March 1, 2026, if a vehicle goes to the mandatory periodic inspection (IPO) with an uncorrected active recall
FS50 - Vehicle Recall (Ação de Chamada)
A vehicle recall is a free, mandatory safety repair ordered by the manufacturer - and in Portugal, an unfixed recall now causes your vehicle to fail inspection.