Well I never received any email response. So this morning I logged in to the site and saw that my application has a status of "READY FOR ISSUANCE". Under "Action" there's a little download icon which I clicked. Sure enough "Announcement.pdf" appeared in my downloads folder and it's the visa with a giant QR code, the pic I submitted, and other details.

BUT ...

It notes "Applicant must pay the fee on site / O pedido deve ser pago na fronteira." Fair enough - there are no charges on my AMEX so this definitely not prepaid. The big thing though is that validity is 29/09/2025 (day after I applied - again, fair enough) and the valid until is 28/11/2025. i.e 30d validity.

So this particular visa is useless to me since I'm only going in December.

Evidently I'll need to apply again and choose a longer validity / apply a little closer to when I'm actually going.