Dependent Employment (Metaklisis) (Skilled and Unskilled workforce)

• Employer’s application: Required
• Visa requirement: National Entry Visa (type D)
• Duration: 3 years
• RP Renewal: Applicable (3 years)
• Family reunification: Applicable after 2 years of the employee residing in Greece

Highly Qualified Personnel (EU Blue Card)

• Employer’s application: Required (under conditions)
• Visa requirement: National Entry Visa (type D) or Uniform Entry Visa or Valid RP or Visa exemption regime
• Duration: 2 years
• RP Renewal: Applicable (2 years)
• Family Reunification: Direct right granted to family members (without prior approval procedure)

Seasonal Work in the Tourism Sector

• Employer’s application: Required
• Visa requirement: National Entry Visa (Type D) or Uniform short term Entry Visa (Schengen) for multiple entries
• Duration: Up to 9 months per 12-month period, with extension up to 5 years
• RP Renewal: Applicable (up to 5 years), provided that the total duration of the residence does not exceed a total of 10 years

Intra-Corporate Transfer for managers, qualified employees and trainees

The host entity and the undertaking established in a third country should belong to the same company or group of companies

• Employer’s application: Required
• Visa requirement: National Entry Visa (type D)
• Duration: 3 years for managers and qualified employees and 1 year for trainees
• RP Renewal: Applicable (3 years for managers and qualified employees and 1 year for trainees)
• Family Reunification: Direct right granted to family members (without prior approval procedure)

Special Purpose Employment

• Eligibility:
• Managers, operational and technical executives of companies engaged in marine research, drilling and extraction of hydrocarbons
• Employees and legal representatives in commercial-industrial companies (L. 89/1967) and shipping companies
• Technicians in mines or industries under the terms of L. 448/1968
• Executives of investment schemes of a strategic investment vehicle
• Employer’s application: Required
• Visa requirement: National Entry Visa (type D)
• Duration: 3 years
• RP Renewal: Applicable (3 years)
• Family Reunification: Direct right granted to family members (without prior approval procedure)

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