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RAPID4ALL (Reconhecimento Automático de Passageiros Identificados Documentalmente)

Justice and securitySystemNational5 connections

Automated border-control e-gates designed by SEF that read e-passports and verify the traveller's face; RAPID4ALL extended to Porto, Faro and Funchal (Oct 2021) in addition to Lisbon.

Acronym: RAPID
Type: System
Level: National
Area: Justice and security
Owner: Sistema de Segurança Interna (UCFE) — inherited from SEF
Used by: citizens, public staff
In service since: 2007
Evidence: Checked against sources
Would the model apply?: Not yet analysed

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Connects to1

Sistema de Controlo de FronteirasAutomated e-gates are part of the national border-check chain operated by PSP/UCFE

Run by2

Sistema de Segurança Interna — Gabinete do Secretário-Geral (incl. UCFE)
Unidade de Coordenação de Fronteiras e EstrangeirosPlans and manages (LSI art. 23-B, added by DL 41/2023)

Hosted by2

Agência para a Integração, Migrações e Asilo, I.P.RAPID outage of Mar 2026 attributed by RTP to AIMA's data centre (reported, not officially confirmed)
Centro de dados da AIMA (Tagus Park, Oeiras)RAPID outage of 8 Mar 2026 attributed to a technical problem in AIMA's data centre

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