Digital nomad visa in Greece

• The digital nomad visa (permit type Z.1, article 68 of the Migration Code) is for people from outside the EU who work remotely, as employees or self-employed, for employers or clients outside Greece.
• You sign a declaration that you will not work in any way for an employer based in Greece, so it is not a route into a Greek job or Greek clients.
• A spouse or partner and unmarried children under 18 can come on individual visas that end when yours does, and they may not take dependent work or any economic activity in Greece.
• The legal text is article 68 of the Migration Code. We read it in the Government Gazette issue of 1 April 2023 that the Ministry of Migration and Asylum publishes. The Code has been amended since, so confirm the current rules with your consulate.

Sources: Hellenic Republic. Checked 17 October 2026.

• The statute asks for sufficient resources of about €3,500 a month. Where the income comes from employment or services, that means net income, after the taxes due in the country where the work is done. To be safe, have more than €3,600 a month.
• The 2024 joint ministerial decision on sufficient resources repeats the same monthly figure for digital nomads, lets it be assessed monthly or yearly, and treats resources as net income or capital. An older Attica administration page prints a lower figure, so the sources run from €2,000 to €3,500 a month; to be safe, plan on more than €3,600 a month.
• You show the income with your employment or service contract (or details of your business outside Greece), or with a bank account.
• The test rises by 20% for a spouse or partner and by 15% for each child: about €4,200 a month for two people and about €4,700 for a couple with one child. To be safe, have more than €4,300 a month for two and more than €4,800 for three.

Sources: Hellenic Republic. Checked 17 October 2026.

• The Foreign Ministry’s Canada page for national visas lists a completed application form with a recent ICAO-standard photo, and a passport valid for at least three months after you plan to leave the Schengen area, with two blank pages and issued in the last ten years.
• The same page also lists a criminal record certificate from the country where you live and a medical certificate showing no disease that poses a public health risk.
• It also asks for travel insurance for at least the length of the visa that covers repatriation for medical reasons, urgent medical care and emergency hospital care.
• Article 68 adds its own documents: a signed declaration that you will not work for an employer based in Greece, a work or service contract or proof of your business outside Greece, proof of your income by contract or bank account, and the €75 visa fee.
• We found no digital nomad checklist on the Foreign Ministry’s US or Canada visa pages, which describe general documents and a separate list for each type of national visa, so confirm the exact list with your consulate.

Sources: Hellenic Republic. Checked 17 October 2026.

• You apply to the Greek consulate that covers where you legally live, in person, by email or by registered letter, and the consulate must answer within 10 days; the law gives no time for the decision itself.
• Before the visa ends you apply for the next permit (type I.8) to the Directorate of Aliens and Migration of the Decentralised Administration where you live.
• The EU’s Entry/Exit System has been fully operational since 10 April 2026 and takes fingerprints and a facial image at the border; the European Commission has not yet announced the start date of ETIAS, the travel authorisation for short visits.

Sources: Hellenic Republic, European Commission. Checked 17 October 2026.

• The statute sets a visa fee of €75.
• The Attica administration’s page for the permit that follows the visa lists a €1,000 fee, and the fee table in the Migration Code lists a €1,000 fee for permit type I.8, or a €150 fee for people with a Greek public pension.
• Self-employed people who register with e-EFKA pay one of six monthly insurance categories for the year, from €250.77 to €675.87 for pension and health together in 2026.

Sources: Hellenic Republic, e-EFKA (Greek social security institute). Checked 17 October 2026.

• The visa lasts up to 12 months.
• Before it ends you can apply for an I.8 permit if the conditions still hold. Article 68 describes it as two years, while article 163(8) gives I.8 permits three years, renewable, so confirm the length with the Decentralised Administration.
• The I.8 permit gives no right to dependent employment or independent economic activity in Greece, for you or your family.

Sources: Hellenic Republic. Checked 17 October 2026.

• Long-term resident status is permanent and needs five years of lawful continuous residence, income above the minimum wage plus 10% for dependants, full health insurance and a Greek language and history test.
• Absences count towards the five years if each is under six consecutive months and the total is ten months or less.
• Whether years on the digital nomad visa or an I.8 permit count towards the five is unknown: the article that lists excluded permits names study, protection, temporary stay and diplomatic permits, not these.

Sources: Hellenic Republic. Checked 17 October 2026.

• You are a Greek tax resident if your permanent or main home, habitual abode or centre of vital interests is in Greece, or if you are there more than 183 days in any twelve months. AADE sets aside people in Greece only for tourism, medical or similar private reasons for up to 365 days, and does not list a stay for remote work among them. Greek tax residents are taxed on income arising in Greece and abroad.
• Greek tax residents are taxed on worldwide income; the scale for wages and business income runs from 9% to 44%, and Greek tax on foreign income is reduced by the foreign tax paid on it, up to the Greek tax on that income.
• The 7% flat regime in article 5B is written for people who receive a pension from abroad, not for wages or freelance income.
• The 50% relief in article 5C covers employment or business income earned in Greece, under a job with a Greek company or the Greek branch of a foreign company, or as a sole trader. AADE’s guide does not mention remote work for a foreign employer, so whether it covers this visa is unknown.

Sources: Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE), Hellenic Republic. Checked 17 October 2026.

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1. Visas (Foreign Ministry): short stay and the Schengen area (as recorded by the Atlas Visa Map), Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Checked 27 May 2026. As recorded by the Atlas Visa Map: US passport holders visa-free, 90 days in any 180-day period in the Schengen area (map refreshed 13 May 2026, verified 27 May 2026).
2. Visas (Greece in the USA), Internet Archive copy of 20 April 2026, Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Greek missions in the USA). Checked 15 October 2026. National (D) visa: longer than 90 and up to 365 days; the mission where the applicant is legally located handles it; no digital nomad checklist on this page.
3. Contact our Missions in the USA, Internet Archive copy of 3 October 2026, Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Greek missions in the USA). Checked 15 October 2026. Lists the Washington embassy and the consulates general in San Francisco, Boston, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Tampa and the consulates in Atlanta and Houston, with the states each covers.
4. Identity History Summary checks: frequently asked questions, United States Federal Bureau of Investigation. Checked 16 October 2026. Fee 18 dollars; the FBI authenticates results and you then send them to the State Department for an apostille.
5. Status table: Convention of 5 October 1961 abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents (Apostille Convention), Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH). Checked 16 October 2026. In force for Greece from 18 May 1985, the United States from 15 October 1981, Canada from 11 January 2024, Australia from 16 March 1995 and New Zealand from 22 November 2001.
6. US citizens abroad: filing requirements, Internal Revenue Service. Checked 15 October 2026. US citizens abroad file as they would at home.
7. Physical presence test, Internal Revenue Service. Checked 15 October 2026. 330 full days in a foreign country in any 12 consecutive months.
8. Greece in Canada: home page with the list of Greek missions, Internet Archive copy of 17 June 2026, Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Embassy of Greece in Ottawa). Checked 15 October 2026. Lists the embassy in Ottawa, the consulates general in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver and an honorary consulate in Winnipeg; the link to the consulates' areas of jurisdiction did not open.
9. Visas (Greece in Canada), Internet Archive copy of 25 September 2026, Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Embassy of Greece in Ottawa and its consulates general). Checked 15 October 2026. Long-stay national visa from a mission in Canada: appear in person before the mission covering where you legally live, be interviewed, file the general documents; prices in euros converted monthly; cash in Canadian dollars only (Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal also take debit cards); no digital nomad or I.8 checklist on the page.
10. Greece travel advice and advisories, Government of Canada (travel.gc.ca). Checked 15 October 2026. Page last updated 5 October 2026: Greece is a Schengen country; Canadian citizens need no visa for up to 90 days in any 180-day period; a work visa is required.
11. Criminal record checks: processing times and fees, Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Checked 16 October 2026. Federal fee 25 Canadian dollars per check (waived for Canadian immigration applicants, not for a Greek visa), collected with any local fingerprinting charge; 3 business days or less with no match, up to 120 business days if manual processing is needed.
12. Entry into force of the tax convention between Canada and the Hellenic Republic (notice), Department of Finance Canada. Checked 15 October 2026. Entered into force on 16 December 2010; applies to withholding on or after 1 January 2011 and to other taxes for taxation years beginning on or after 1 January 2011; archived notice.
13. Greece: pensions and benefits (Canada-Greece social security agreement), Government of Canada (Service Canada). Checked 15 October 2026. Agreement in force since 1 May 1983, replaced by a revised agreement in force since 1 December 1997; covers CPP and OAS, not the QPP; Greek schemes named.
14. Consular Section, Embassy of Greece in Canberra, Internet Archive copy of 24 August 2025, Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Embassy of Greece in Canberra). Checked 15 October 2026. Address 9 Turrana Street, Yarralumla ACT; public hours Monday to Wednesday 09:30 to 14:30; an appointment is mandatory.
15. Honorary Consulates (Greece in Australia), Internet Archive copy of 10 May 2026, Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Embassy of Greece in Canberra). Checked 15 October 2026. Brisbane honorary consulate page says its consulate can help with a Schengen visa but all visa matters are handled by the Embassy of Greece in Canberra; also lists honorary consulates in Darwin, Newcastle and Hobart.
16. Greece travel advice, Internet Archive copy of 12 October 2026, Smartraveller (Australian Government, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade). Checked 15 October 2026. Page updated 30 September 2026: Greece is in the Schengen area; Australian passport holders register biometrics under the EES; Schengen duration rules apply; no confirmed ETIAS date.
17. List of Member States' bilateral visa waiver agreements with third countries allowing an extended stay (Official Journal C 130, 8 April 2019), European Commission (Official Journal of the European Union, C 130, 8 April 2019). Checked 15 October 2026. Greece's 2019 list names Canada, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand and others, but not Australia, so no Greek bilateral waiver for Australians is on record there; the list is from April 2019.
18. National police checks, Australian Federal Police. Checked 16 October 2026. Fee 57 Australian dollars (114 with fingerprints); most checks posted within 48 hours, fingerprint checks 15 to 30 business days; lists visa applications for some countries and working overseas as purposes.
19. Income tax treaties: treaties in force (Australia), Australian Treasury. Checked 15 October 2026. Table last updated 24 March 2026: the only Greece entry is an Airline Profits Agreement signed 5 May 1977, in force from 7 April 1981; there is no double tax agreement with Greece.
20. Australia and Greece: Social Security Agreement (press release of 1 October 2008), Internet Archive copy of 20 November 2025, Australian Embassy, Athens. Checked 15 October 2026. Says the agreement was signed on 23 May 2007 and entered into force on 1 October 2008.
21. Greece and New Zealand (bilateral relations), Internet Archive copy of 16 May 2026, Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Checked 15 October 2026. The Embassy of Greece in Canberra is accredited to and represents Greece in New Zealand; a Greek embassy in Wellington operated from 1999 to 2015; the Honorary Consulate in Wellington (3-5 Hania Street, Mount Victoria) names the Embassy in Canberra as its competent authority.
22. Exchange of Notes between New Zealand and Greece concerning visas, 6 December 1961 (record and treaty text), New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (New Zealand Treaties Online). Checked 15 October 2026. In force since 6 January 1962, no termination. New Zealand citizens may enter Greece without a visa if they do not intend to stay longer than three months or take up gainful employment; those who wish to work or stay longer, once approved, get visas free of charge; the agreement does not exempt anyone from Greek law on entry, residence and employment.
23. List of Member States' bilateral visa waiver agreements with third countries allowing an extension of the period of stay (2019/C 130/07), European Commission (Official Journal of the European Union, C 130, 8 April 2019). Checked 15 October 2026. Greece's section lists New Zealand: entry into force 6.12.1961, authorised length of stay 90 days, ordinary passports. This is the April 2019 list; we found no newer one.
24. Criminal records: request your own record, New Zealand Ministry of Justice. Checked 16 October 2026. Online request through the criminal records service; the Ministry aims to answer within 20 working days; the page gives no fee and does not mention overseas visas or apostilles.
25. Double tax agreements (New Zealand tax treaties), Inland Revenue (New Zealand), Tax Policy. Checked 15 October 2026. 41 agreements in force, signed or under negotiation: Greece is on none of the lists.
26. New Zealand's social security agreement with Greece, Work and Income (Ministry of Social Development). Checked 15 October 2026. Page updated 23 June 2026: covers New Zealand Super, Veteran's Pension, Supported Living Payment, Sole Parent Support for widows and widowers, Orphan's Benefit and Funeral Grant, and Greek old age, invalidity, survivors and funeral benefits; residence periods can be added together; it describes payments, not contributions.
27. Migration Code (Law 5038/2023), Government Gazette A 81 of 1 April 2023: text as first published, Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Migration and Asylum (publishes the Government Gazette issue). Checked 17 October 2026. Article 68 (digital nomad visa: eligibility, documents, 3,500 euro monthly resources plus 20% and 15%, 75 euro visa fee, family, I.8 permit applied for before the visa ends), article 163(8) (I.8 permit: three years, no right to work), article 171 (permit fees: I.8 1,000 euros or 150 euros with a Greek public pension), articles 143 to 145 (long-term resident status: five years, income, insurance, language test, permanent status; absences under six months each and ten months in total count). This is the text as first published on 1 April 2023; later amendments are not in this file. Greek text.
28. Joint ministerial decision 225679/2024: amount and proof of sufficient means (Government Gazette B 5223, 17 September 2024), Hellenic Republic, Ministry of Migration and Asylum (joint decision with the Ministers of National Economy and Finance and of Labour and Social Security), Government Gazette. Checked 17 October 2026. Article 1(1)(ι): at least 3,500 euros a month for permits under article 163(8), plus 20% for a spouse and 15% for each child, shown by a foreign pension, a bank account or own funds; for digital nomads under article 68 income is assessed monthly or yearly; article 1(2): resources mean net income or capital. Greek text.
29. Residence permit documents: financially independent persons (Attica Decentralised Administration), Hellenic Republic, Decentralised Administration of Attica. Checked 15 October 2026. Written under Law 4251/2014: 2,000 euros a month (+20%, +15%) and a 1,000 euro fee; older than the 2024 decision, so not used for the figure.
30. Entry/Exit System, European Commission, Migration and Home Affairs. Checked 15 October 2026. Registers fingerprints and a facial image; fully operational since 10 April 2026.
31. Main differences between the EES and ETIAS (news item of 28 April 2026), European Commission, Migration and Home Affairs. Checked 15 October 2026. ETIAS scheduled to start in the last quarter of 2026, exact date to be announced; authorisation valid 3 years or until the passport expires.
32. Freelancers and self-employed: insurance categories for 2026, e-EFKA (Greek social security institute). Checked 15 October 2026. Six categories from 1 January 2026, pension plus health, 250.77 to 675.87 euros a month; the choice binds for the year (Greek-language page).
33. Tax residence for natural persons (Income Tax Code, article 4), Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE). Checked 17 October 2026. Greek tax resident if the permanent or main home, habitual abode or centre of vital interests is in Greece, or if present in Greece more than 183 days in any twelve-month period; the 183-day test is not applied to people there only for tourism, medical, therapeutic or similar private reasons for no more than 365 days.
34. Income taxation (Tax Guide), Hellenic Republic, Ministry of National Economy and Finance. Checked 17 October 2026. Greek tax residents are taxed on income arising in Greece and abroad; scale for employment, pension and business income from tax year 2026: 9%, 20%, 26%, 34%, 39% and 44%, with lower rates in the second and third bands for dependent children; the guide also notes that incentives exist for foreign tax residents who transfer their tax residence to Greece, under conditions (articles 5A, 5B and 5C of the Income Tax Code).
35. Taxation of non-Greek-sourced income obtained by Greek tax residents (as recorded by the Atlas Tax Map), Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE). Checked 30 May 2026. As recorded by the Atlas Tax Map: Greek tax residents are taxed on worldwide income (checked 30 May 2026).
36. Tax incentives for attracting new tax residents under articles 5A, 5B and 5C of the Income Tax Code (guide of 12 November 2025), Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE). Checked 17 October 2026. 5A: not Greek tax resident in 7 of the previous 8 years, investment of at least 500,000 euros within three years, 100,000 euros a year for 15 years; 5B: pension from abroad, not Greek tax resident in 5 of the previous 6 years, move from a state with a tax administrative cooperation agreement, 7% on foreign income, 15 tax years; 5C: 50% exemption for 7 tax years on employment or business income earned in Greece, not Greek tax resident in 5 of the previous 6 years, stay at least two years.