Greece has made amendments to golden visa scheme, regarding the issuance of permanent residence permits to investors and changes are published in Official gazette B-1106 dated on 04 April 2019
According to the new decree applies for golden visa applicants
- Due to increase in volume, applications for the granting and renewal of the permanent residence permit of an investor can be filed with any one-stop service of the Aliens and Immigration Departments of the Decentralized Administrations of the country.
- The examination and the issuance of such permits, when accompanied by full supporting documents, should be completed within two months
- Pending applications are examined by the department to which they have been submitted until the decree is in force.
- Applications submitted for the issue of a residence permit shall be subject to a declaration including the residence data of the applicant (street, number, municipality and postal code).
Applications for the residence permits must be submitted to the one-stop-service of the Aliens and Immigration Department at the Decentralized Administrations in the place of residence or at the Migration Department of the Ministry for Migration Policy. There are four Aliens and Immigration Departments in Attica with jurisdiction over specific municipalities:
- a) Aliens and Immigration Department – Athens A
- b) Aliens and Immigration Department – Central Sector and Western Attica
- c) Aliens and Immigration Department – Northern Sector and Eastern Attica
- d) Aliens and Immigration Department – Souther Sector, Piraeus and Islands
