Midwives may run pregnancy care, AIMA has slots for skilled workers without a visa, and Caixa asks the jobless for a contract
Nurse-midwives may run pregnancy care at health centres: some in the chat are calm, others fear a missed complication
On 28 October the Diário da República — the official gazette where laws are published — carried an order from the health minister: low-risk pregnancies at state health centres can be looked after by nurse-midwives, that is, nurses specialising in maternal health and obstetrics (EEESMO). They will order tests, scans and screenings, prescribe vitamins and vaccines, and issue the pregnancy certificate. For now it is a pilot project, and where it will start has not yet been decided; there is more on the order in our article.
In the pregnancy chat many took the news calmly: tests, vaccines and vitamins are routine and a nurse can handle them, while a doctor's appointment often comes down to asking ‘is everything all right?’ anyway. People also point out that at a state health centre a pregnancy is currently monitored by the family doctor, not a gynaecologist, and any problem means a referral to a hospital specialist in any case. Some say a nurse already does all their care, and the doctor only writes referrals.
“Well, basically, ordering tests, vaccines and vitamins is routine, the same for everyone, so a nurse can cope. Most likely there will still be doctor's visits, just less often.”
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“For us, the doctor only writes referrals and prescribes vitamins, and the nurse does all the rest of the care”
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Others fear a nurse might miss a complication and they would then have to wait to see a doctor. One mother said a nurse could not tell her internal bleeding from constipation, and she was seen by a doctor only several days later. Others replied that a pregnancy appointment already means seeing a nurse first and then a doctor, and that if there are complaints, the doctor's appointment is urgent, in the next available slot.
“However many years they've studied, in my case the nurse couldn't tell internal bleeding from constipation. I lost time, and only after several days of my moaning did a doctor see me and confirm it.”
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“You don't necessarily have to wait: right now a pregnancy appointment is the nurse first, then the doctor. If you have complaints or questions, you'll see the doctor; if not, you can skip it. Or they'll book you as Cito, the next available slot.”
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AIMA gave a skilled worker without a visa a slot within nine days, but 300 km away; an untranslated diploma was rejected
In the Ukrainians in Porto chat and the IT workers' chat, people are discussing how AIMA handles appointment requests for the highly qualified worker residence permit from people who already live in Portugal without a residence visa. In the chats this route is called ‘90.2’, after the article and paragraph of the foreigners law. According to members, the request is sent through the contact form on the AIMA website, with a passport and employment contract attached. The AIMA page on this permit still mentions a visa.
Appointments are already coming through. One member got a slot for mid-November nine days after sending the form — but at an office in a village near Lisbon, 300 km from home. Others recall travelling from Porto to an AIMA office in Tavira, in the south of the country.
“AIMA gave me an appointment for mid-November under 90.2, nine days after starting the process. In a village near Lisbon, a 300 km drive.”
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AIMA rejected an application with a diploma in Ukrainian and English and no Portuguese translation; in the chat, people replied that a translation is needed regardless.
“Everywhere, documents are accepted in the language of the country you're applying in — in Ukraine too.”
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There is also a debate over whether a Portuguese employment contract is required. The chats often repeat that it is, but in the IT workers' chat people write that the law does not seem to require one.
“The law really doesn't seem to require a Portuguese contract, but every chat keeps playing this broken record about 90.2.”
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Caixa asks even the jobless for an employment contract; the chat says the account will not be closed over it
A Caixa Geral de Depósitos customer received a request from the bank to update her details by bringing in a utility bill and an employment contract. Her residence permit is for family reunification, she has no job of her own, and she had already confirmed her address and residence card in September. She asked in the banking chat whether accounts are now being closed for people who do not work.
She was told they are not: most likely it is a standard request. One member recently got the same one, gathered his documents and went to the branch, where the staff member looked only at his residence card, asked whether he still lived at the same address and whether his marital status had changed, and updated everything. People advised her to show whatever she has, or her husband's contract with an explanation.
“They don't close them, it's fine. It's most likely just a standard request. I recently got a request to update my occupation and home address. I prepared the documents, went to the branch — the staff member only looked at my residence card, asked ‘still living at the same place, same marital status?’ And updated everything 👌🏼”
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Plenty of people in the chat are on the D7 visa, which is granted on the basis of passive income: they do not work, and in the occupation field they write ‘desemprego’ (unemployed) or ‘temporarily out of work, looking’. That, they say, is enough to update the details. At Santander it is not so easy, another member complains: branch staff ‘updated’ him twice, yet the app still kept asking him to update.
“There are loads of people here on D7 who don't work at all and have no contract whatsoever. But they have other rendimentos (income), of course. If you have nothing to put in that field, write desemprego (unemployed). It'll do for the update.”
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“That trick won't work at Santander. I went to the branch a couple of times and different staff ‘updated’ me and swore blind it was done, but the app still kept asking me to update.”
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A landlady kept €1,400 of a deposit for cleaning and a court backed her; Reddit advises recording the flat's state on move-in
In the motorcyclists' chat one member said his former landlady had kept €1,400 of his deposit: she charged for dry-cleaning all the furniture and carpets, washing rain streaks off an outside wall and professionally cleaning darkened clay tiles — in effect, restoring the house to as-new condition at his expense, even though the contract had a clause on normal wear and tear. He went to court, but the court ruled she had good reason to keep the money, and the lawyer cost him another €500. He still does not regret trying.
“She charged me for dry-cleaning all the furniture and carpets, professional cleaning of rain streaks off the outside wall, professional cleaning of the darkened tiles (you know, that traditional clay tile that darkens when you walk on it), basically bringing the house back to new. Even though the contract had a clause on normal wear and tear”
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Meanwhile, on Reddit, people debated whether flats should be inspected before being let, as in Ireland, where homes are checked before tenants move in and regularly after that. Most were against it: inspections would become yet another piece of paperwork and another fee, and tenants can inspect a flat themselves or hire a specialist.
“That's how they do it in Ireland: an inspection at the start and regular inspections, which protect both the tenant and the landlord.”
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When moving in, people advise recording the condition of the flat and the appliances — photographing them and making a list — and writing it into the contract; the landlord does the same before letting the property.
“Anyone with their head screwed on will note down the main things when moving into a house — or everything they want. And the landlord will do the same before letting. When signing the contract you can also write in the condition of the house, the appliances and everything important.”
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Another suggestion is that the deposit should be held not by the landlord but by a third party that would settle disputes.
“I'd start by having the deposit held by a third party that would settle any disagreements, not the landlord or their representative.”
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Moey has stopped accepting Chave Móvel Digital on phones running Android 13 or earlier, people complain on Reddit
A customer of Moey, the digital bank of Crédito Agrícola, warned on Reddit that the bank's app no longer lets you confirm an action with Chave Móvel Digital (the state digital signature) if the phone runs Android 13 or an earlier version. Confirmation is needed, for example, to change limits. The bank offers no other way, he writes; he has filed an official complaint.
Some in the discussion think the bank is right: Android 13 came out in 2022, it has had no security updates since 2025, and this way the bank protects customers who are not very good with technology. Others are surprised: many people keep their phones for five or six years, and other banks' apps, they say, do not do this.
“Android 13 came out in 2022 and stopped getting security updates in 2025. They're not doing this because they want to, but to protect the user, especially those who aren't very good with digital things.”
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“To me it's strange to drop support for a system that's only four years old... I usually keep phones for five or six years, unless they die sooner, and I think many people do the same.”
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When buying a phone, people advise checking how many years of system updates the manufacturer promises: Pixel, they write on Reddit, gives seven years, Samsung six.
“That's why I only choose phones with long support. Pixel gives 7 years, Samsung 6.”
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