(Greek Residence Permit and Schengen Visa to non-EU Nationals with the purchase of Property with minimum value 250,000 Euros)
The Golden Visa status in Greece offers to whomever is a beneficiary owning this certain visa, the advantage of free movement within the zone as provided by the Schengen Convention (“Schengen Convention Area”).
It is an extended area-zone, consisted by 26 EU member-states that have decided to abolish any passport or any other control check among them that would have taken place when at their borders. In other words, and in principle, the total area of the 6 operates as a single common zone which in this way it allows free movement, by practically setting in action a common visa policy.
ADVANTAGES RELATED TO THE GREEK GOLDEN VISA PROGRAM
What one has to bear in mind is that as soon as he/ she purchases a Property of a minimum value of 250.000, 00€, he/she is entitled to get a Greek Residence Permit and the thereto related Schengen Visa provided to non-EU Nationals.
The Greek Golden Visa Program is an exceptional opportunity offered both to any natural person but also to the core members of his/ her family given that all of them are allowed to freely reside within the EU, while also making use of other sorts of beneficial arrangements and options such as reliable education, people-friendly healthcare system, insurance policies regarding pensions, other supporting programs and so forth and so on.
In particular this is a program that helps all members of a single family, i.e. father, mother, children of minor age and even children up to 24 years of age who are anyhow dependent on their parents, plus the parents of both spouses, to get permanent residence within Greece in 3 months’ time, from the moment the actual purchase of a real estate property takes place; and this is unique in terms of the whole of the EU.
It is to be noted that the Golden Visa Program as such de jure facilitates travelling throughout all Schengen Zone Countries, 90 days in total for very s-month period; beside that, there is also the option of insurance policies which is an advantage of the sort you would not expect to find elsewhere in the world, while there is also the option of getting a passport in case you wish to elaborate further in what this initial step of property purchase enables.
Documentation required for the Greek Golden Visa
- Valid copy of passport.
- 3 recent color photographs.
- Copy of the final sales contract of property or properties with minimum value of €250,000.
- Transfer Certificate (of title deed) from the Land Registry.
- Residence Permit Application
For the Applicant’s family members (spouse, children): additional recent certificate of marital status, translated and stamped APOSTILE, proving the relationship.
OIKONOMAKIS CHRISTOS GLOBAL LAW FIRM retains in Greece a network of real estate evaluators, notaries and certified lawyers in fields such as corporate law, real estate law, citizenship law and even with regards of the provision of residence permits, all of whom are ISO 9001:2015 CERTIFIED and able to intervene and facilitate the issuance of Golden Visa in Greece regardless the state of origin of the applicant e.g. Singapore, Hong-Kong, China, Turkey, Russia, Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Jordan, Ukraine, Pakistan, India, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, etc.