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๐Ÿšจ ๐™‚๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™˜๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™‹๐™š๐™ง๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™๐™ฅ๐™™๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š (2026): 10 ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ทIf you live in Greece (or youโ€™re planning to mov...
02/03/2026

๐Ÿšจ ๐™‚๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™˜๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™‹๐™š๐™ง๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™๐™ฅ๐™™๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š (2026): 10 ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท

If you live in Greece (or youโ€™re planning to move), these updates affect ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š๐™จ, ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ก๐™จ, ๐™™๐™ž๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ข๐™–๐™™๐™จ, ๐™๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ , ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™›๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™จ.

Here are the3 ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ:

โœ… Many permits now have a 90-day decision timeline (+30 days in special cases)
๐Ÿ’ถ Renewals can be filed up to 3 months late (โ‚ฌ100/month fine)
๐Ÿ’ป Digital Nomads: you now need Visa D first (no more โ€œtourist entry โ†’ applyโ€)

Weโ€™ve listed ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ 10 ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ clearly (with what to do next).

๐Ÿ”— ๐…๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ.

๐Ÿ“ฉ ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ? ๐„๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข@๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ.๐ ๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ 694 555 1914

25/02/2026

โš ๏ธ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐œ๐ž (๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”)

If youโ€™re planning a longer stay in Greece, this is the key change to know:

โŒ You can no longer enter on a tourist visa / visa-free stay / short-stay Schengen visa (type C) and then apply directly in Greece for the initial digital nomad residence permit.

โœ… The route now is:
๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐š (๐“๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ž ๐ƒ) ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ โ†’ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐œ๐ž

Weโ€™ve updated our guide to reflect the new rule and explain the difference clearly (visa vs residence permit, who each option suits, and what changed).

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒโ€”๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒโ“Our latest guide breaks down the main residence per...
15/01/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒโ€”๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒโ“
Our latest guide breaks down the main residence permit routes for non-EU nationals, including:
โœ… Greece Golden Visa (real estate scenarios)
โœ… Shareholder permits (listed & non-listed companies)
โœ… Permits for directors, managers & legal representatives
โœ… The documents that usually delay filesโ€”and how to avoid it

Read the full guide on expatlaw.gr (๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ / website).

๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€โ“ Contact ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜„ for an eligibility review.

Weโ€™ve just updated our guide to the Greece digital nomad visa vs digital nomad residence permit for 2025. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ†• New:โ€ข A s...
25/11/2025

Weโ€™ve just updated our guide to the Greece digital nomad visa vs digital nomad residence permit for 2025. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ’ป

๐Ÿ†• New:
โ€ข A simple 3-question framework to decide which option fits you
โ€ข Fresh FAQs on when to choose the Greece digital nomad visa vs the digital nomad residence permit

Thinking about making Greece your remote base? Start here ๐Ÿ‘‡

Dream of working in Greece? The digital nomad visa and residence permit offer unique paths to settle. Discover which option suits you best!

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’„๐’‚๐’“ ๐’•๐’ ๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’„๐’† ๐’–๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“ ฮผฮตฯ„ฮฟฮนฮบฮตฯƒฮฏฮฑ? ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿš—Yesโ€”you can get major tax relief (duty/VAT and often the re...
30/10/2025

๐‘ป๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’Œ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’„๐’‚๐’“ ๐’•๐’ ๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’„๐’† ๐’–๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“ ฮผฮตฯ„ฮฟฮนฮบฮตฯƒฮฏฮฑ? ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿš—

Yesโ€”you can get major tax relief (duty/VAT and often the registration levy) if you meet the rules: 2 years abroad, 6-month ownership/use, Euro 6 (or EV). Our new guide explains it step-by-step, incl. a US-vehicle example, documents, NOVA โ†’ Customs โ†’ KTEO โ†’ Plates, and what to do if ToR is denied.

Our new 2025 guide breaks it down step-by-step (incl. a US example) and shows what happens if ToR is denied.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ.

Have questions? Reply or DM and weโ€™ll check eligibility & next steps.

๐Ÿ“… ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“, Greece applies measurable standards for short-term rentals. If youโ€™re a foreign owner, this is yo...
29/09/2025

๐Ÿ“… ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐Ÿ ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“, Greece applies measurable standards for short-term rentals. If youโ€™re a foreign owner, this is your quick briefโ€”what inspectors will actually check and what carries penalties under ๐‹๐š๐ฐ ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•๐ŸŽ/๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“..

โœ… Bedrooms: main-use legality, 2.50 m height, 10%/5% light/ventilation
โœ… AC in bedrooms (โ‰ฅ600 m elevation exemption)
โœ… YDE confirming RCD (electricianโ€™s declaration)
โœ… 6 kg (21A-113B-C) extinguisher, ceiling smoke detectors, emergency lighting
โœ… Licensed pest control, bilingual first-aid kit, emergency numbers

๐Ÿšจ Fines: โ‚ฌ5,000; if a repeat violation is found within 12 months, the fine doubles; subsequent same violations: 4ร—.

Read the full checklist on the first comment below ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡

๐Ÿ› Inheriting property in Greece? ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐›๐ญ๐ฌ.A little-known legal option โ€” the Benefit of Invent...
13/08/2025

๐Ÿ› Inheriting property in Greece? ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐›๐ญ๐ฌ.

A little-known legal option โ€” the Benefit of Inventory โ€” lets you accept an estate while protecting your own assets.

โœ… Step-by-step process
โœ… 2024 law updates for heirs abroad
โœ… Inheritance tax classes & examples

๐Ÿ“Œ Full guide in the first comment.

๐Ÿšจ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€ & ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ โ€“ ๐—”๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป! ๐ŸšจAre you unknowingly triggering Greek tax obligations? ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Understanding t...
16/07/2025

๐Ÿšจ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€ & ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ โ€“ ๐—”๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป! ๐Ÿšจ
Are you unknowingly triggering Greek tax obligations? ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Understanding tax residencyโ€”not just your visa typeโ€”is the deal-breaker. Our latest blog unpacks everything you need to know:
๐Ÿ” ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—น๐—น ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ:
โ€ข ๐Ÿ“… The two residency tests: 183-day rule or โ€œcentre of vital interestsโ€
โ€ข ๐Ÿ’ถ How Greece taxes residents vs. non-residents (same rates for Greek sourced income, but residents get hit on global income)
โ€ข ๐Ÿ… Golden Visa perks: Flat โ‚ฌ100k โ€œnon-domโ€ option, business rightsโ€”but no local salary
โ€ข ๐ŸŒ FIP & Digital Nomad nuances: When remote work = Greek tax resident
โ€ข ๐Ÿงพ AADE filing essentialsโ€”what forms you need, when (including that crucial March 31 deadline)

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„.

๐Ÿ” Share with a fellow expat or future investor
โœ๏ธ Comment โ€œTAXโ€ below if you want a personal checklist or 1:1 help.

๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐œ๐š๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐œ๐ž? ๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ.๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿš—Registering a vehicle here can be complexโ€”especially if itโ€™s coming from a...
02/04/2025

๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐œ๐š๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐œ๐ž? ๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ.๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿš—

Registering a vehicle here can be complexโ€”especially if itโ€™s coming from another country.

From NOVA declarations and customs clearance to emissions classes and registration levies, each step is legally defined and easy to get wrong.

Weโ€™ve written a full guide to help expats and individuals navigate the process with confidenceโ€”covering:
โœ… EU vs non-EU import rules
โœ… Required documents
โœ… Real-world tax examples
โœ… When environmental tax applies (and when it doesnโ€™t)

๐Ÿ“˜ ๐…๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ.

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โš–๏ธ Clear, compliant, and stress-free legal support for expats | www.expatlaw.gr

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐†๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ง ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐š? ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ: the โ‚ฌ250,000 option still existsโ€”even after recent changes!...
24/02/2025

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ฅ ๐„๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ค ๐†๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ง ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐š? ๐†๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ: the โ‚ฌ250,000 option still existsโ€”even after recent changes!

While new thresholds in Athens, Thessaloniki, and Crete rose to โ‚ฌ400Kโ€“โ‚ฌ800K, certain renovated commercial properties remain eligible at the original โ‚ฌ250K investment.

Our latest article clarifies how you can secure residency affordably, highlighting real investment opportunities and alternative options.

๐Ÿ“ฉ Need guidance? Reach out to Expat Law: [email protected] | +306945551914

๐Ÿ‘‰ More details in the first comment!

๐Ÿ“ข๐๐ข๐  ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ-๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ ๐‘๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐œ๐ž! ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ทStarting October 1, 2025, new laws will impact Airbnb & short-term rent...
04/02/2025

๐Ÿ“ข๐๐ข๐  ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ-๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ ๐‘๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐œ๐ž! ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท

Starting October 1, 2025, new laws will impact Airbnb & short-term rentals in Greece! ๐Ÿกโš ๏ธ

โœ… Mandatory liability insurance
โœ… Stricter fire & safety rules
โœ… Fines for non-compliance

If you're an expat or property owner, you NEED to know these updates to stay compliant. ๐Ÿ’ธ

๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐…๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ! ๐Ÿ‘‡

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