Openwalk

Understand every AIMA page, in your language.

Openwalk is a browser extension that reads the government page you're stuck on and explains it: what a field wants, what an error actually means, how to fill it in without a mistake. Guided walkthroughs of the whole loop (appointments, renewals, status) come as it learns each portal.

Openwalk Guided steps for AIMA and Portuguese gov portals
Free · Works with Chrome and Edge · Firefox later

What it looks like

The portal doesn't change. Openwalk draws the current step on top and highlights the field it's talking about.

How it works

You keep using the official portal. Openwalk rides along.

1

It knows the page

Open the portal as you always do. Openwalk recognizes where you are, whether that's the scheduling page or a renewal form, and offers to walk you through it.

2

It shows the next move

One step at a time, in your language: what each field wants, and what that error message means.

3

You submit it complete

Since April 2025 an incomplete application can mean automatic rejection and a lost slot. The whole job here is that you never submit half-done.

Two things we want to be plain about

Because you'd be running this on the site that holds your residence status.

What you type stays yours

Everything you type stays in your browser — your NIF, your address, all of it. The extension looks at labels and button text to work out which step you're on, and keeps no record of your case. No account, no data sent to our servers, and permissions are per-site, so it stays inert everywhere except the portals it covers.

We guide. We can't conjure slots

If there is no appointment to be had, no software can invent one, and anyone selling guaranteed AIMA slots is running a scam. What Openwalk does is make sure that when your turn comes, a confusing form or a mistranslated dropdown doesn't cost you it.

Questions people ask

Short answers; longer ones before launch.

Will this get me an appointment sooner?

No, and be suspicious of anything that claims otherwise. Openwalk gets you through the forms and the status loop without mistakes, which since the 2025 rule change is what protects the appointment you do manage to get.

Which languages?

English and Portuguese at launch. What comes next depends on who signs up; Ukrainian, Russian and French are the current shortlist.

Is it safe to use on a government site?

It requests access only to the portal domains it guides, and it works off page structure: labels and button text, nothing you type. Before launch we'll publish the full permission list and what each one is for, in plain words.

What will it cost?

Free during the beta. Long term the everyday flows stay free and complex ones may cost a few euros. For scale: the going rate for having someone fill in a €10 government form for you is about €150.

Stuck in the loop right now?