Greece · Digital nomad
Digital Nomad Visa and Residence Permit
Restructured by Law 5275/2026 (in force 6 February 2026): a D visa obtained at a Greek consulate or through the digital portal before entry is now mandatory. Applicants can no longer enter on a C visa or visa waiver and convert on arrival.
Marginal for a UHNW family, and the tax story usually pitched alongside it does not work as advertised. The DNV forbids working for Greek companies or clients; Article 5C's 50% exemption historically requires Greek employment or a Greek-registered business. The two do not fit together without deliberate structuring — a Greek sole proprietorship invoicing only foreign clients, or an employer-of-record arrangement — and clients told they can simply stack the visa and the 50% break are being misled.
Qualifying routes
minimum monthly net income; +20% for a spouse/partner, +15% per dependent child
The facts
- Qualifying figure
- €3.5k
- Total landed cost
- Visa and permit fees of roughly EUR 1,000 plus health insurance and accommodation. The two-year permit is renewable.
- Timeline
- 1–3 months — D visa first, then the residence permit on arrival
- Physical presence
- Greece-based by design; exceeding 183 days triggers Greek tax residence
- Family
- spouse or partnerdependent children
- Permanent residency
- Time on the DNV can count toward long-term residence, but the permit is not designed as a settlement track
- Citizenship
- 7 years of genuine residence plus the Greek language and integration examination
- Language test
- Greek — B1
- Dual citizenship
- Permitted
- Requirements
- third-country nationalminimum EUR 3,500 net monthly income, +20% for spouse/partner, +15% per childemployment, freelance or business activity performed remotely for non-Greek employers or clientsD visa obtained before entry via consulate or the digital portalhealth insurance, accommodation evidence, clean criminal recorddeclaration not to work for Greek employers or clients
- A D visa before entry is now mandatory under Law 5275/2026 — the old arrive-then-apply route is closed.
- The regulatory mismatch with Article 5C is real: the visa bars Greek clients, the tax break historically requires Greek-source employment or business income. Structuring is required and adds cost and risk.
- Exceeding 183 days makes you Greek tax resident on worldwide income at up to 44% unless a special regime is elected.
- The EUR 3,500 threshold is net monthly income, not gross — a common error.
- The permit builds little for a UHNW client that the Golden Visa or Article 5A would not build better.