Greece's implementation of the EU Blue Card for highly qualified non-EU employees with a qualifying job offer and a salary above an average-pay multiple. It offers enhanced rights and a faster path to EU long-term residence, with expedited processing for recognised employers.
Highly skilled non-EU workers with a qualifying Greek job offer and relevant higher qualifications.
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Greece's EU Blue Card is for highly qualified non-EU employees with a qualifying job offer and a salary above an average-pay multiple. It offers enhanced rights and a faster path to EU long-term residence, with expedited processing for recognised employers.
It's the standard employed-worker residence permit for non-EU nationals with a Greek job offer. Greece operates an admission-quota system set periodically by ministerial decision, and a separate seasonal-work route covers agriculture and tourism.
It's a residence permit for non-EU nationals running their own business or economic activity in Greece, as distinct from passive investment. There's a general activity sub-type (two years) and an investment-activity sub-type (three years, with a minimum capital requirement).
It's a permit for managers, specialists and trainees transferred within a multinational group from a non-EU entity to a Greek branch or subsidiary, valid up to three years (one year for trainees), with EU mobility.
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