Residency permit denied despite family links

The Court of Second Instance (TSI) has rejected an appeal filed by a Hong Kong citizen over a residency permit renewal that was denied by Macau authorities. He is married to a MSAR permanent resident and the couple’s three children are permanent residents, too.
In 2006, after marrying a Macau resident, the Hong Kong citizen filed hisrequest for a residency permit in Macau, which was approved by local authorities. Until 2011, his requests to renew the residency permit were approved as well.
However, when trying to renew his permit on December 2011, the Public Security Police Force (CPSP) acknowledged that between November 2009 and October 2010 and between November 2010 and October 2011 he had only been in the MSAR 73 and 43 days respectively.
Authorities argued that this had violated one of the residency permit granting rules, which states that one should regularly reside in Macau to be entitled to the permit. Therefore, his request was denied by the office of the Secretary for Security in January 2012.
The Hong Kong resident filed an appeal to the Court of Second Instance, claiming that the investigation conducted by Macau authorities had been insufficient and that their decision lacked substantiation.
While filing the request for the residency permit renewal, the Hong Kong citizen stated that he had not resided in Macau the necessary number of days, as his mother was ill and he needed to take care of her.
The court said they had reflected upon all facts and information provided by the applicant. TSI recalled that his request was not approved based on the CPSP report, which clearly stated that he had not stayed in Macau enough days to be entitled to a new residency permit.  CP

Contracts renewed for two portuguese judges

Contracts of the Portuguese Judges Gil de Oliveira and Carlos Carvalho were renewed for an additional period of two years, according to a note published in the government’s Official Gazette (BO). Judge Gil de Oliveira serves at the Court of Second Instance, whereas Carlos Carvalho serves as a judge at the Court of First Instance. The committee responsible for the nomination of judges had suggested the renewal of the contracts, which the Chief Executive approved and officiated through an executive order.