Greece Golden Visa (Permanent Residence Permit for Investors)
- Processing time
- 4–6 months
- Physical presence
- None. The permit has no minimum-stay requirement and is renewed every five years.
- Family
- Spouse, children up to 21, and dependent parents of both spouses.
Investment routes
Real estate
From €800 000
- Capital
- Non-refundable
Residential property of at least 120 m² in the highest-demand areas: Attica, the municipality of Thessaloniki, Mykonos, Santorini and islands with more than 3,100 inhabitants. Figure corroborated by professional sources; the official detail page was unreachable on the verification date.
Real estate
From €400 000
- Capital
- Non-refundable
Residential property of at least 120 m² elsewhere in the country. Professional-source figure, to be reconfirmed on migration.gov.gr.
Real estate
From €250 000
- Capital
- Non-refundable
Conversion of a commercial building to residential use, or restoration of a listed heritage building. Professional-source figure.
Limits and drawbacks
- Properties bought under the golden visa cannot be let on short-term rental platforms such as Airbnb; the government tightened this in 2025.
- The permit gives residence, not citizenship. Naturalisation requires seven years of effective residence and a Greek language test — a far higher bar than the permit itself, and one we could not reconfirm against an official source for 2026.
- A newer startup route through the Elevate Greece platform is reported at 250,000 EUR since late 2025, but its exact legal basis was not identified; confirm it directly before relying on it. Note that Law 5275/2026 is a separate tech-employment visa, not this route.
- The official detail pages were unreachable on the verification date, so the geographic thresholds rest on concordant professional sources pending reconfirmation.