Uglobal Immigration Magazine Volume 2, Issue 1 | Page 15

UGLOBAL.COM Even though technically all sectors are eligible for the purpose of residency-by-investment, it is important to prove in your application that your business will actually have a positive impact on the Greek economy, society and culture. This can be broken down into these guiding points: creating jobs, innovation, technological advances, use of domestic resources, exports of products and services. The more people your company needs to being able to operate, the more the country benefits overall. Even though some executives can be non-EU residents and be granted a Golden Visa too, the rest of the staff will need to be residing in Greece. New ways of thinking and working, as well as new products, can provide interesting business plans and there is a high possibility these will be eligible for a Golden Visa. Greece welcomes new ideas. The program is there to nurture such one-of-a-kind endeavors. 13