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Founders seeking golden visa optionality, Greece
Greece's golden visa programme grants 5 year residence for property investments from EUR 250,000 (rising to EUR 400,000 or EUR 800,000 in prime zones in 2024), with no minimum stay requirement. Founders running a Greek company can pair business operations with personal residency planning, and the non dom regime offers 7% flat tax on foreign source pension income for retirees.
Golden visa from EUR 250KNon dom 7% pensionEU residency
Start setup {placement} 4 min · no card required
Corp tax
22%
Fastest setup
2-3 weeks
Tax treaties
57
Region
Europe
What you'll need
- No resident director required
- Local registered office required
- Economic-substance test applies
- Minimum capital: EUR 1
- Administrative language: Greek
- Legal system: Civil law
Tax and treaty profile
- Corporate tax 22%
- Tax treaties 57
- VAT rate 24%
- Withholding on dividends 5%
Key treaty partners
GermanyCyprusUKUSAItalyFrance
Banking and payments
- Banking takes 2 to 4 weeks with KYC
- Stripe supported
- Wise supported
- EMI license framework available
Considerations
If you want sub 1 week setup
Greek One Stop Shop (Υπηρεσία Μιας Στάσης) IKE formation takes 3 to 7 business days; AE formation runs 14 to 21 days due to higher capital and notarial requirements. For faster EU setups:
3 to 7 day IKE timelineGreek language filingsNotarial requirements