Country Report: List of authorities intervening in each stage of the procedure
Last updated: 10/07/24
Author
| Stage of the procedure | Competent authority (EN) | Competent authority (PT) | ||
| Until 28/10/2023 | From 29/10/2023 | Until 28/10/2023 | From 29/10/2023 | |
| Registration of applications | Immigration and Borders Service (SEF) | Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA) | Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF) | Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo (AIMA) |
| Dublin | Immigration and Borders Service (SEF) | Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA) | Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF) | Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo (AIMA) |
| Refugee status determination | Immigration and Borders Service
(SEF) Minister of Home Affairs |
Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA)
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs[1] |
Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF)
Ministro/a da Administração Interna |
Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo (AIMA)
Ministro/a dos Assuntos Parlamentares |
| First appeal | Administrative and Fiscal Courts | Tribunais Administrativos e Fiscais | ||
| Onward appeal | Central Administrative Courts
Supreme Administrative Court |
Tribunais Centrais Administrativos
Supremo Tribunal Administrativo |
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| Subsequent application | Immigration and Borders Service
Minister of Home Affairs |
Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA)
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs |
Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (SEF)
Ministro/a da Administração Interna |
Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo (AIMA)
Ministro/a dos Assuntos Parlamentares |
[1] According to the Asylum Act, the Ministerial competencies referred to in the table are attributed to the Minister responsible for the field of migration. Between 29 October 2023 and the end of 2023, the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs was in charge of migration.