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Getting a Greece Golden Visa (Investor Residence Permit)
Document Checklist
Application form
What is required: The investor residence-permit application form, submitted electronically through the Ministry of Migration and Asylum e-services.
Valid travel document with entry status
What is required: A copy of the valid passport or travel document, together with the valid entry visa, or proof of entry under a visa-waiver or visa-free regime, or a valid Greek residence permit.
The travel document must be recognised by the Greek authorities and meet the criteria of the Schengen Borders Code (Regulation (EU) 2016/399).
Passport photographs
What is required: Four recent printed digital passport photographs, also supplied digitally on CD in JPEG2000 format.
Notarial certificate
What is required: A certificate from the notary who drew up the transfer deed, confirming the purchase details, that payment was made, and the property's acquisition value.
Proof of property-transfer registration
What is required: Proof of registration of the transfer with the Land Registry, or registration with the cadastral office; or proof of the registration application; or a lawyer's certificate.
Engineer's technical report (change-of-use route only)
When required: Where the property is being converted from commercial to residential use, an engineer's technical report on the change of use is required.
Private insurance contract
What is required: A private insurance contract covering health and accident risks, as required under Article 136 paragraph 3 of Law 4251/2014.
Conditional supporting documents
Where applicable: A real-estate declaration (E9) and company-ownership documentation, where these apply to the investment.
ΑΦΜ
Greek tax registration number
Why it is needed: A Greek tax registration number is needed to purchase property and register the transfer. Obtain it before the purchase.
The ΑΦΜ (AFM) underpins the property purchase and the deed registration; arrange it, and a Greek bank account for the qualifying payment, before you begin.
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