PERMANENT RESIDENCY

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Permanent Residency

The Golden visa program in Greece offers an affordable real estate investment route to permanent residency in Europe. The Greece Golden Visa offers immediate five-year residency to the investor and can be renewed indefinitely as long as you maintain the investment. To qualify for a Golden Visa for Greece, you must make one of the following investments:

  • Purchase a real estate property worth at least €250,000
  • Sign a lease agreement with a hotel or tourist establishment for at least 10 years
  • Make a capital investment of at least €400,000 in a company registered in Greece
  • Make a €400,000 investment in Greek government bonds.
  • Make a €400,000 investment in bonds or shares of real estate investment companies.
  • Make a €400,000 deposit in a Greek bank.
  • Make an €800,000 investment in corporate or government bonds.

Why the Greek Golden visa program?

  • The threshold investment options are relatively lower than in most other EU countries with Golden Visa routes.
  • You can extend the visa to include your family members, like your spouse, (unmarried) children under 21 years of age, and dependent parents of either yourself or your spouse. If your child is over the age of 21, but no older than 24, and they are a student, they may also be included in the Golden Visa application.
  • You and your family members will enjoy visa-free travel to the Schengen Zone.
  • There are no requirements to live in Greece for any duration in order to renew the residence permit.
  • You can choose to rent out your property after purchase.
  • You can apply for Greek citizenship after seven years of residence. Greece is an EU Member State, so you would have access to the EU free market and visa-free travel to more than a hundred countries.
  • You can live, work, and invest in Greece.
  • You have access to Greek education and healthcare
  • The program is NOT blacklisted by the OECD, unlike many other Golden Visa programs.
  • Greece recently introduced a flat tax rate incentive of 7% to pensioners who move their tax residency to Greece.