The long anticipated Joint Ministerial Decision No. 214926/2025 (FEK 6014/B/11.11.2025) introduces a refreshed legal framework detailing the updated documentation, procedures, and conditions for granting residence permits to third-country investors.
This Decision aims to enhance clarity and legal certainty in the framework governing real estate investments in relation with the Greek Golden visa program.
Most notably, it introduces detailed guidance on the certification process in cases of real estate investments that involve a change of use and listed buildings, areas that have raised significant interpretative and procedural uncertainty for both investors, developers and competent authorities.
This development is expected to streamline the application process, ensure greater compliance with regulatory requirements, and reinforce investor confidence in Greece’s real estate and residence-by-investment regime.
Key points:
- Change of property use: Engineer’s report confirming conversion to residential use
- Completion of the change of use on the date the relevant permit or file update is issued
- Pre-law permits qualify if updated/revised on or after 5 April 2024
- Investments in listed properties: Specific reference of the Government Gazette (FEK) confirming the building’s listed status in the notarial certificate.
- Renewal of permits: Declaration that the property remains under the investor’s ownership, without short-term leasing and without use of the main areas as a company headquarters or branch.
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