Portuguese · IMT
Ask about the status of your licence exchange: what to say in Portuguese
You've submitted the application to exchange your licence and want to find out what stage it's at.
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How it's done. You can often check the status of an IMT application online with the case number - keep it.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
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1
YOU START
Queria saber como está o meu pedido de troca da carta.
KREE-uh suh-BEHR KOH-moo shtah oo meh-oo pih-DEE-doo d TROH-kuh duh KAHR-tuh.
I'd like to know how my licence exchange is going.
THEY SAY
Tem o número do processo?Tayn oo NOOM-roo doo proo-SEH-soo?
Do you have the case number?
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YOU REPLY
Sim, está aqui.
Seen, shtah uh-KEE.
Yes, here it is.
THEY SAY
Ainda está em análise.Uh-EEN-duh shtah ayn uh-NAH-leez.
It's still under review.
They might also say:
A carta já foi emitida. Chega por correio.
Uh KAHR-tuh zhah foy ee-mee-TEE-duh. SHEH-guh poor koo-RAY-oo.
The licence has already been issued. It'll arrive by post.
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YOU FINISH
Muito obrigado!
MWEE-too oh-bree-GAH-doo!
Thank you very much!
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Portuguese for life in Portugal”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Queria
KREE-uh
verb
would like (polite)
saber
suh-BEHR
verb
to find out, to know
como
KOH-moo
adverb
how
está
shtah
verb
is, is located (now)
pedido
pih-DEE-doo
noun
order
troca
TROH-kuh
noun
exchange
16 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Pode falar mais devagar, por favor?
Pod fuh-LAHR mighzh dvuh-GAHR, poor fuh-VOR?
Can you speak more slowly, please?
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