Brexit: Complications in IRN to Renew British Residence Permits

From 10th of October, the Institute of Registration and Notary Affairs (IRN) will open 11 service desks specialised in receiving and processing applications for renewal of the residence permit of British citizens benefiting from the Agreement on the Exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Brexit).

According to the Ministry of Justice, the new counters will work next to the corresponding services of the Beja Civil Registries; Civil, Commercial and Automobile Registries in Marinha Grande; Seixal Citizen’s Shop, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Faro and Porto Seixal Citizen’s Shop; the Pombal and Santarém Registration Spaces; Campus de Justiça Civil Identification Department and Marvila Civil Identification Department.

The Ministry further explains in a statement that “these counters are part of a joint project between the SEF – The Immigration and Border Service and the AMA - Agency for Administrative Modernisation.”

This way, British citizens can now also use the IRN offices, which, together with the SEF and AMA offices, are now competent and able to receive and decide on these requests, in accordance with the recent attribution operated by Law Nr. 18/2022 of 25th August.

The IRN intends to contribute towards the reinforcement of this network, with a proximity service, making counters available at its registration services located in the municipalities/districts in Portugal that have a higher concentration of British citizens' communities.

Source: Eco