Visas & Customs Requirements

Employment:

Unlike a significant number of other European countries, Greece does not seem to have a program or special visa for skilled or highly talented individuals. (Hypothetically, this may be solved in the future by the European Blue Card.) For the moment, Greece is pretty old-school when it comes to its issuing of work permits.

Any non-European national wanting to work in Greece needs to have their employer file a request for an opinion on the use of foreign labor prior to his/her arrival in Greece. Following filing of the request, the Ministry of Labor determines whether they want to have a non-EU person to do a job. The file is then forwarded to the local police for their OK.

Following approval, the file is forwarded to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which grants a favorable opinion and authorizes the Greek Consulate with jurisdiction over the applicant’s usual place of residence to issue the right visa. After arrival in the country, a residency permit is issued. These are issued for one year, and this is renewable up to five times. Some information suggests that nationals who do not require an entry visa may be issued a work permit within two to three months. Nonetheless, you'll all but have to get the right entry visa since local officials don't seem to allow conversions of status.

If you are coming for the first time, the company will have to file some additional paperwork on your behalf, including assurances that it will be covering your expenses when you first arrive in the country and that it has enough money to cover your deportation if that becomes necessary. Further requirements were added early in 2008.

Teaching Positions:

A smaller amount of Americans teach in Greece because of visa difficulties. Non-European teachers necessitate a teacher’s license in addition to work and residence permits. The Ministry of Education delays and frequently rejects to grant them. Americans of Greek extraction might think about maintaining citizenship. A potential teacher must get a letter of hire from the employer sent to an address outside Greece. The teacher then takes the letter to the nearest Greek consulate and applies for a work permit, a procedure that takes at least two months.

Yet numerous schools, particularly small ones in distant locations, may be ready to undertake the bureaucratic procedures. Decisions are frequently based more on whether or not you hit it off with the interviewer than on your qualifications and experience, although a good university degree is necessary.

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