At least three parish councils in the municipality of Lisbon are in the sights of the Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF) due to fraudulent schemes to obtain a residence permit for immigrants. Expresso found that the issue is the issuance of several hundred genuine residence certificates, but with false data. These documents, issued by the boards, are then presented by foreign nationals to the SEF as proof that they have a certain fixed address in Portugal, a mandatory requirement for them to legalize their stay in the country.
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