Transitional period in Golden Visa after changes come into effect

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Greece's Golden Visa program has been in a transitional period since September 1, when the new changes voted a few months ago came into force. In Attica, Thessaloniki and large islands (with over 3,100 permanent residents), the minimum amount of investment for securing a residence permit has been raised to 800,000 euros for realty investments to secure a five-year residence permit to non-European Union citizens.

Until Saturday there was a threshold of €250,000, while in the center of Athens and the northern and southern suburbs (as well as in the municipality of Thessaloniki, Mykonos and Santorini), the threshold was €500,000, after last year's changes.

Already, as the figures of the Ministry of Immigration and Asylum show, many investors wanted to register properties with the former regime, which could be done until August 31 as long as a private agreement or...

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