Greece Investor Visa

The Immigration and Social Integration Code (Law 4251/2014, Government Gazette 1, no 80) contains provisions that facilitate the stay of third-country investors, whose investments are characterized as strategic investments, via the provision of extended stay time limits for the representatives of investment bodies and their partners.

Strategic Investments shall be construed as those productive investments which relate specifically to the construction, reconstruction, expansion, restructuring, modernization or maintenance of existing infrastructure, facilities and networks:

a. in manufacturing

b. in the energy sector

c. in tourism

d. in transport and communications

e. in the provision of health services

f. in waste management

g. in projects of high-end technology and innovation

h. in the education sector

i. in the culture sector

j. in the primary sector and the processing of agri-foodstuff

k. in the provision of services of the tertiary sector in general

Application Process:

Step 1: The private investor shall initially send through the specially designed web page of Enterprise Greece, an electronic request to arrange a meeting. The investor’s request shall, as a prerequisite, be accompanied by the required files.

Step 2: On the day of the meeting for the final submission, the investor shall submit three copies inclusion application and investment plan, both in hard copy and electronic format.