SEF ended and AIMA took over SEF’s administrative immigration/asylum functions.  In practice, residents should stop searching for “SEF renewals” and instead use AIMA’s online services  (especially the Renewals Portal ) and watch for official email notifications  from AIMA’s Mission Structure  for certain renewal cases. SEF → AIMA: what that means in practice Portugal created AIMA (Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo)  and set it to succeed SEF in administrative compe