Hundreds of Nepalis working in Portugal are facing serious legal problems after fake authentication stamps were found on their police clearance certificates. While the police reports were genuine, forged stamps and signatures of the Portuguese Embassy and the Nepali Embassy in New Delhi had been used. As a result, the processing of their Temporary Residence Cards (TRC) has been halted, and many now risk deportation.
Portugal’s Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum (AIMA) flagged the use of fake stamps during TRC evaluations and sent emails to hundreds of Nepalis instructing them to leave the country or face legal action, including up to one year in prison.