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E.3-C — Foreign-company or shipping-company staff or representative

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Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

Office staff and legal representatives employed exclusively in companies of the specific types listed in the Code: foreign commercial or industrial companies established in Greece under Emergency Law 89/1967 and Law 378/1968, offices or branches of foreign shipping companies under Article 25 of Law 27/1975, or businesses under Legislative Decree 2687/1953 on foreign capital investment.

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Limits of the record
  • Quoted provision is the original 2023 Migration Code text (Law 5038/2023, FEK A 81/2023); later amendments were checked only against Laws 5100/2024, 5162/2024 and 5275/2026 (FEK A 17/2026).

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

Yes. The employer must be a company that has come under Emergency Law 89/1967 and Law 378/1968 (establishment in Greece of foreign commercial/industrial companies), an office or branch of a foreign shipping company under Article 25 of Law 27/1975, or a business under Legislative Decree 2687/1953 on foreign capital investment. Entry requires a prior national visa under Article 27, under which an employer wishing to hire third-country nationals for dependent work files an application.

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Limits of the record
  • Quoted provision is the original 2023 Migration Code text (Law 5038/2023, FEK A 81/2023); later amendments were checked only against Laws 5100/2024, 5162/2024 and 5275/2026 (FEK A 17/2026).

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the decisive professional requirements of this route.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

The permit is marked 'residence permit for special-purpose work - type E.3' and records the holder's professional capacity. E.3 is listed as a single permit, whose holder has the right to change employer subject to the Code's special provisions. Family members may accompany the holder and receive family-reunification permits expiring with the sponsor's permit.

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Limits of the record
  • Quoted provision is the original 2023 Migration Code text (Law 5038/2023, FEK A 81/2023); later amendments were checked only against Laws 5100/2024, 5162/2024 and 5275/2026 (FEK A 17/2026).
  • How the general single-permit change-of-employer right interacts with each E.3 category is not spelled out.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

The permit is valid for three years and is renewed every three years as long as the holder continues to provide their services. The official source does not state a longer-term residence direction.

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These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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