Greece digital nomad visa: requirements (2026)

Greece's revised Immigration Code (Law 5275/2026) enters force, requiring all Digital Nomad Residence Permit applicants to obtain a national Type-D visa from a Greek consulate abroad before travelling; entry on a tourist visa or Schengen waiver then converting in-country is no longer permitted. This is the most significant procedural tightening of the digital nomad pathway since its launch.

From 1 September 2024, Law 5100/2024 imposes a €800,000 minimum property investment in Attica, Thessaloniki, Mykonos, Santorini and islands with more than 3,100 residents, and €400,000 elsewhere; all properties must be at least 120 m² and cannot be used for short-term rentals. The prior blanket €250,000 threshold survives only for heritage restorations and commercial-to-residential conversions.

Greece's consolidated Immigration Code (Law 5038/2023) supersedes Law 4825/2021; Article 68 re-establishes the Digital Nomad Visa (Type D, up to 12 months) and a renewable Residence Permit Type I.8 (2 years initial, extendable to a total of 5 years), and adds a new route allowing Schengen C-visa holders to apply for the permit directly without first obtaining a national visa.

The Ministry of Migration and Asylum issues Circular EGK 6/2024, specifying procedural and eligibility details for the Digital Nomad Residence Permit under Article 68 of Law 5038/2023; it classifies digital nomads under Category Z national-visa holders and reconfirms the absolute prohibition on any Greek-source professional or business activity.

Published in Government Gazette A' 157/4.9.2021, Law 4825/2021 introduces a national Type-D visa for third-country nationals working remotely for employers or clients exclusively outside Greece; applicants must demonstrate net monthly income of at least €3,500 and carry full health insurance. The visa is valid up to 12 months and convertible into a renewable 2-year residence permit.

Enacted by Law 4758/2020 (4 December 2020) and effective from 1 January 2021, Article 5C of the Greek Income Tax Code grants a 50% exemption on Greek-source employment or sole-trader business income for up to seven tax years to individuals who transfer their tax residence to Greece from a qualifying country and commit to staying at least two years; it is the primary fiscal incentive linked to the digital nomad and remote-worker pathway.

A 2020 amendment (Law 4686/2020) to the Financially Independent Person (FIP) residence permit, originally created under Article 20 of Law 4251/2014, introduces a mandatory 183-day annual physical presence in Greece; the change distinguishes the FIP permit from the passive Golden Visa and aligns it with genuine residency, making it the suitable route for remote-income earners who are not employed but are not investors.

Greece's comprehensive Immigration and Social Integration Code (Law 4251/2014) replaces Law 4146/2013 and permanently codifies two residency pathways: the Investor Residence Permit (Art. 16 — min. €250,000 real-estate, renewable every 5 years, no physical-presence requirement) and the Financially Independent Person permit (Art. 20 — sufficient passive income, no local employment); these two tracks define Greece's non-employment residency framework that subsequent laws modify but do not replace.

Greece launches the Investor Residence Permit (Golden Visa) in July 2013 under Law 4146/2013 'Creation of a Development Friendly Environment for Strategic and Private Investments', granting five-year renewable residence to non-EU nationals who invest a minimum of €250,000 in Greek real estate; designed as a capital-attraction stimulus during the sovereign-debt austerity period, it is the foundational act from which all subsequent Greek residency-by-investment rules descend.