Bangladeshi people have become regular in Portugal twice in one year
September 19, 20241 Min Read

International Desk: The immigration report of 2023 in Portugal shows that 10 thousand 77 Bangladeshis have become regular in Portugal in the last one year or have received residence permit or resident card in the country. Which is double compared to the previous year. In 2022, there were 6,153 Bangladeshi citizens who received new residence permits.

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The report shows that there are currently 1 million 44 thousand 238 foreigners living in Portugal, which is more than 10 percent of the country's total population. Regularization of foreign nationals has increased by 33.71 percent compared to last year 2022.

According to the report of the immigration agency of Portugal, 25 thousand 666 Bangladeshis are living in the country with residence permit or resident card until December 2023, of which 20 thousand 395 are male and 5 thousand 271 are female.

However, last year the citizens of Brazil got the most restaurant cards in the country, 1 lakh 47 thousand 262 citizens of the country became regulars. Among all the countries in the world, it can be said that the position of Bangladesh is seventh. Right after Bangladesh are Italy, Nepal, United Kingdom.

However, the number of Bangladeshis hoping to immigrate to the country is still not very low. It is believed that there are more than 20,000 Bangladeshis waiting due to the long process of completing the application process of the country's immigration agency AIMA.