Greece Digital Nomad Visa

Greece's digital nomad route is a national visa (type Z.1) set out in Article 68 of the Migration Code (Law 5038/2023), followed by a residence permit for those who stay on. It covers nationals of countries outside the EU, the European Economic Area and Switzerland who work remotely, through information and communication technology, for employers or clients based outside Greece.

A consulate grants the visa for up to 12 months. The main applicant needs €3,500 a month after tax, and neither the holder nor accompanying family may work for anyone based in Greece.

The route changed in 2026: applications now start at a Greek consulate abroad, and a visitor already in Greece can no longer switch to this status.

• Who qualifies: a third-country national who is employed by, or provides services to, employers or clients established outside Greece, or who runs a business based abroad, and works remotely through technology.
• No Greek employers: the applicant must not provide work, services or projects in any way to an employer based in Greece.
• Income: €3,500 a month, net of tax in the country where the work is done.
• Family: +20% for a spouse or registered partner and +15% for each child (EUR 4,200 with a spouse; EUR 4,725 with a spouse and one child). A spouse or registered partner and unmarried children under 18 get their own visas, which end with the main applicant's. They may not work or run any economic activity in Greece.

Work From Greece, the portal the Foreign Ministry points applicants to, lists these documents for the visa:

• Declaration: a signed statement that the applicant will use the visa for remote work and won't work for a Greece-based employer.
• Proof of work: an open-ended employment or services contract, or proof of employment, with an employer established outside Greece. A fixed-term contract must run for at least the length of the visa. Self-employed applicants show contracts with their foreign clients.
• Proof of funds: the employment or services contract, an employment certificate or bank statements showing stable income at the required level.
• Passport: a travel document recognized by Greece.
• Criminal record certificate from the foreign authorities.
• Travel insurance.

Consulates publish their own checklists and booking systems. The embassy in London, for example, sends applicants to its visa center for the document list. For the residence permit, the same supporting documents are filed again with proof of accommodation in Greece, such as a lease or property deed.

• National visa: €75 per applicant, under Article 68 of the Migration Code.
• Residence permit: €1,000 for the main applicant.
• Residence card: €16 for printing the electronic permit.
• Family members: Work From Greece lists a further fee for each accompanying family member at both stages.

Visa centers may add service charges. Insurance, translations and document legalization are extra.

Where to apply: Greek consulate for the applicant's place of legal residence (in person, by email or registered letter); the consulate must reply within 10 days. Since Feb. 6, 2026 there is no in-country switch from a tourist stay or visa-free entry.

1. Visa: file at the consulate that covers the applicant's place of legal residence, in person, by email or by registered letter.
2. Arrival: travel to Greece on the visa, which carries a digital nomad note.
3. Residence permit: to stay beyond the visa, apply in Greece before it expires. Work From Greece says applications go to the Ministry of Migration and Asylum's residence permits directorate.

There is no official processing time for the residence permit stage.

• Visa: up to 12 months.
• Residence permit: Before the visa expires, the holder can apply in Greece for a two-year residence permit (type I.8, sufficient resources) while the visa conditions still hold; it is renewable.
• Conditions: the permit lasts only while the remote work abroad, the income and the ban on Greek employers still hold.

Neither the visa nor the residence permit sets a tax treatment of its own. Tax follows the ordinary rules.

Under AADE's summary of Article 4 of the Income Tax Code, a person present in Greece for more than 183 days in total in any 12-month period is tax-resident from the first day of presence, as is anyone whose permanent residence, habitual abode or center of vital interests is in Greece. Tax residents are taxed on worldwide income. The day count doesn't apply to stays of up to a year made purely for tourism or medical reasons.

A holder who spends most of the year in Greece will usually become tax-resident there, so the home country's rules and any tax treaty with Greece decide how the same income is treated in both places.