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07 Mar

Immigration Law, Legal Advice

EU long-term residence permit in Greece: Conditions and procedure for obtaining the long-term resident status

• March 7, 2025
• By D.siopi
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Obtaining long-term resident status is a key objective for many third-country nationals residing in Greece, due to the beneficial conse...

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19 Feb

Immigration Law, Legal Advice

Residence permit for financially independent persons (FIP) in Greece: Increase to the amount of sufficient resources required

• February 19, 2025
• By D.siopi
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The residence permit for financially independent persons (FIP - more precisely "residence permit for persons with sufficient means of s...

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19 Nov

Immigration Law, Legal Advice

Residence Permits for Employment in Greece: All Categories and Requirements

• February 19, 2025
• By D.siopi
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In recent years, there has been a growing interest among third-country nationals in working in European Union countries, including Gree...

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23 Apr

Immigration Law, Legal Advice

The new changes in the Greek Golden Visa procedure after Law 5100/2024

• February 19, 2025
• By D.siopi
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Radical changes are about to take place in the process of issuing investor residence permits in Greece (Golden Visa) following the publ...

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02 Apr

Immigration Law, Legal Advice, Μη κατηγοριοποιημένο

National entry visa (Visa) and residence permit for Digital Nomads in Greece: The documents required under the new Immigration Code

• February 19, 2025
• By D.siopi
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On 20.03.2024, the Joint Ministerial Decision of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Immigration and Asylum No. 95391/20-03-2024 was i...

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11 Mar

Immigration Law, Legal Advice

Residence permit in Greece for “highly qualified” employees (EU Blue Card)

• February 19, 2025
• By D.siopi
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It was the need to attract highly qualified personnel that led to the introduction of a special residence permit in Greece for "highly ...

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14 Feb

Immigration Law, Legal Advice

Residence permit in Greece for Financially Independent Persons (FIP): What changes after 01st of April 2024

• February 19, 2025
• By D.siopi
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On 01.04.2024 the implementation of the new law 5038/2023 (New Immigration Code) will begin. The new law has caused concern among peopl...

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08 Jan

Immigration Law, Legal Advice

Post study work residence permit in Greece

• February 19, 2025
• By D.siopi
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One of the most frequent issues that concerns citizens of third countries who have a residence permit for studies in Greece is their st...

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28 Dec

Immigration Law, Legal Advice

New type of residence permit in Greece for illegal immigrants

• December 28, 2023
• By D.siopi
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With article 193 of Law 5078/2023 (Government Gazette A΄211/20.12.2023), a new type of residence permit is introduced in Greece for cit...

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27 Dec

Immigration Law, Legal Advice

Residence permit in Greece for digital nomads: Answers to the main questions of the applicants

• December 27, 2023
• By D.siopi
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Greece is a particularly popular destination for digital nomads, i.e. people who work remotely using technological means. Precisely for...

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21 Dec

Immigration Law, Legal Advice

Ten-year residence permit in Greece (residence permit type M2)

• December 21, 2023
• By D.siopi
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According to article 161 of Law 5038/2023, it is stipulated that third-country citizens who reside in Greece are granted a ten-year res...

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18 Dec

Immigration Law, Legal Advice

Mass legalization of illegal immigrants in Greece: New type of residence permit for illegal immigrants expected to be introduced

• December 18, 2023
• By D.siopi
• 6 comments

According to an amendment submitted on 16.12.2023 to the draft law of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security entitled "Professional ...

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13 Dec

Immigration Law, Legal Advice

Retire in Greece: Attractive Tax Scheme for Foreigners

• December 13, 2023
• By D.siopi
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As the famous Greek poet Odysseas Elytis who won the Nobel Prize in Literature (1979) once said "If you disconnect Greece, in the end y...

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06 Dec

Family Law, Immigration Law, Legal Advice

Civil partnership agreement in Greece and residence permit in Greece based on a civil partnership with a Greek citizen

• December 27, 2023
• By D.siopi
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The civil partnership (cohabitation) agreement was established in Greece for the first time as an institution in the year 2008 and was ...

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29 Nov

Immigration Law, Legal Advice

Residence permit for digital nomads in Greece: What changes from 01.01.2024 (Law No 5038/2023)

• December 27, 2023
• By D.siopi
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A major innovation in Greek immigration legislation was the institution of a new category of national entry visa (visa type D) for digi...

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23 Nov

Family Law, Legal Advice

Obtaining a child through a surrogate mother in Greece: Conditions and Procedure

• November 23, 2023
• By D.siopi
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  The institution of surrogacy serves the woman's need to have a child, when she is unable to carry it for medical reasons, but also...

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21 Nov

Immigration Law, Legal Advice

Residence Permit in Greece for Family Members of a Greek Citizen: Prerequisites and Procedure

• November 21, 2023
• By D.siopi
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The New Greek Immigration Code (Law 5038/2023 – former Law 4251/2014) provides the possibility of granting a residence permit to third-...

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21 Nov

Immigration Law, Legal Advice

A Guide to Citizenship by Naturalization for Third-Country Nationals in Greece

• November 21, 2023
• By D.siopi
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Naturalization is an important part of the national and social life of any country. Especially in Greece, naturalization is of historic...

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