Market is happy with startup attraction

Greek companies are giving positive feedback to the tech visa, a new national entry visa valid for one year, which provides the possibility for highly skilled people to work in Greece for startups on the national register of startups (Elevate Greece) - i.e. for technology companies based or present in this country.

If until now Greece has attracted digital nomads - citizens of third countries who take their laptop and remotely provide their services to employers outside Greek territory - now, with the tech visa, it also invites company founders and employees of high specialization to work at Elevate Greece businesses and quickly obtain a residence permit in the country. More than 800 startups have already registered with Elevate Greece.

"The ecosystem does not evolve if it does not have access to people coming from different markets, with different knowledge and...