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2 years ago
Greetings!

We had our interview with SEF in May and they said that all is fine and we should receive our resident cards within 10 days.
A week later they contacted us and said that we need to give them some additional documents and more proof of finances and we did it.
So, by now 2 months pass by and they still did not contact us with their decision.
We are on the Azores Islands and we have our local SEF but they said that they do not make the final decision. Someone in SEF in Lisbon does.
We do not even know if this is the truth. :(
We have already heard from other expats that SEF just denied someone application and then on the second approach SEF said that they made a mistake.
So, in short, we sent emails, tried to contact them and the answer is the same - wait.
At this point, we feel that something is up and we need a legal help, a lawyer, a representative to contact SEF in Lisbon on our behave.
Please can someone recommend a layer (not a notary that helps with NIF or social security and so on)
Can someone recommend a lawyer based on their experience.
There is a post on Expat Exchange that someone pretends to be an expat and suggests a good lawyer and then it is a scam.

Thank you for your answer and help in advance

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