Golden Visa: Interests interest

By Vasilis Kaltsas

The new applications for Golden Visa decline, as 564 were submitted in April against 785 in the same month last year.

The decline rate corresponds to 27%.

A particularly important role in this development was played by the fact that the Golden Visa acquisition criteria were tightened, and the deadline for February for those who had signed and had paid advances (with the previous criteria) to submit the final contracts.

Increased rates

Since last year, rates per region increased, making the acquisition of Golden Visa more difficult, part of the national policy for tackling the housing crisis.

Specifically:

Eucharistic acquisition value of 800,000 euros

• Attica
• Regional Unit of Thessaloniki
• Mykonos and Santorini Regional Units
• All islands with a population of over 3,100 inhabitants

Minimum value of 400,000 euros

For the rest of Greece, the minimum value for the acquisition of real estate at the time of acquisition is set at 400,000 euros. In both categories (800 thousand and 400 thousand euros) there is a minimum area of ​​120 sq.m. for a single house.

Minimum value of 250,000

The 250,000 threshold also includes spaces that are converted into a residence, regardless of the area.

The 250,000 euro threshold also includes the preserved buildings to be renovated.

In addition, properties cannot be used for short -term lease.

Finally, since the beginning of 2025, Golden Visa has been given the opportunity to invest 250,000 euros in start-up companies.

Will conflicts in the Middle East increase interest?

The real estate market is closely monitored by what is happening in the Middle East, as a possible further ignition of the Israel -Iran conflict can signal the increase in demand for Golden Visa by both nationals.

It is noted that traditionally, Iran and Israel belong to the leading demands for Golden Visa.

In particular, citizens from Iran are in fifth place with a total of 618 Golden Visa, while citizens from Israel are ranked eighth with 429.

Requests for Golden Visa

The 35,812 applications submitted from 2021 – April 2025 are analyzed in 19,555 issued, 189 rejections, 44 recalls and 16,024 pending.

The lion’s share of Golden Visa applications is held by Attica with 12,993, followed by Macedonia – Thrace with 1,137

Documents of permanent residence permit

• Application form
• Four (4) color recent photos in natural format, the technical specifications of which are the same as those of passports, as they always apply, as well as in digital format in visual storage disk (CD) in JPEG2000 graphics format.
• Validated copy of a applicable passport or travel document recognized by our country with the applicable entry vision provided.
• Finally, a residence permit printing costs in the form of an independent document of 16 euros.
• Fee in the form of an electronic fee in accordance with the provisions of article 132 of Law 4251/2014 and Article 38 of Law 4546/2018 (101 A), where required.
• Insurance insurance policy, where permitted by the current legislation, which will cover all the risks and the amount of the benefits covered, as defined in the decision issued by the provisions of Article 136 (3) of Law 4251/2014.
• Certificate of the notary who drafted the notarial transmission acts or leasing contracts of Article 20 (b) of paragraph 2, certifying the details of the parties, the details of the property, the method of payment of the agreed price or rent, and all of the payments, and all of the payments, Severe as well as if this property has been used by the seller to issue a permanent investor residence permit or
• Certificate of Notaries (if the property of the property was paid less than two hundred and fifty (250,000) thousand euros during the property of the property but the current objective value of the property exceeds or is equal to the amount in question, in which it should be stated, “from the audit of the property no. It is no more conditional, sects and deadlines and the fair value of the property, as it is today, amounts to the amount ……. “
• Certificate of Land Registry or Land Registry from which the non -existence of weights
• A copy of a notarial lease document of hotel accommodation or tourist furnished houses in complex tourist accommodation, which proves the full payment of EUR 250,000 and there is a reference to granting relevant operation by EOT and
• Evidence of the transfer of the relevant landfill in which the relevant lease has been transferred to the relevant lease or
• Plain or Plot Purchase Contract and Construction Establishment/Restoration of Home Filed in the Tax Office in accordance with law and
• Building permit in the name of the person concerned and
• Escap invoices and the corresponding repayments of
• Timerist lease contract at least five years of duration referring to the price corresponding each year and
• Evidence of transcription from the competent Registry and
• Certificate of EOT that he has been aware of the training of the particular time lease

* With data from the Ministry of Immigration and Asylum