My residence card expired and I still have no appointment. What now?
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The card ran out. The portal has no slots. A Facebook page says they can book AIMA for me if I pay this week. Is the card’s expiry the whole story?
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The plastic date is not something to ignore, and it is also not something a stranger can fix for a fee. Renewals go through the channel AIMA publishes, which has been the renewal portal and, for some EU-family cases, a contact form with a cutoff AIMA itself printed. Read aima.gov.pt on the day you act. Keep the confirmation that you asked. That PDF is what you show a landlord or an employer while you wait, together with the expired card, not a chat message.
Paying for an appointment is how people lose the money and sometimes the real slot. If a post says “this week only”, close it.
Checked 24 October 2026. This is not legal, tax or immigration advice. If an official page disagrees, follow that page.