E.3-H — Hydrocarbon offshore director or technical staff

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

Directors and operational and technical executives of companies under Law 2289/1995 engaged in marine research, drilling and extraction of hydrocarbons.

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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).

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α. διευθυντές, επιχειρησιακά και τεχνικά στελέχη εταιρειών του ν. 2289/1995 (Α’ 27) που ασχολούνται στη θαλάσσια έρευνα, στη γεώτρηση και στην εξόρυξη υδρογονανθράκων,

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

Yes: the person enters to reside and be employed in Greece after first obtaining a national visa under Article 27, under which an employer wishing to hire third-country nationals for dependent work files an application; the employing businesses, organisations or legal persons must notify the Ministry or the decentralised administration of every change in the person's employment situation.

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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).

https://migration.gov.gr/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/%CE%9A%CF%8E%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%82-%CE%9C%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AC%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%83%CE%B7%CF%82.pdf
Υπό την επιφύλαξη της περ. στ’, επιτρέπεται να εισέλθουν στη χώρα, αφού προηγουμένως λάβουν εθνική θεώρηση εισόδου σύμφωνα με το άρθρο 27, πολίτες τρίτων χωρών που πρόκειται να διαμείνουν και να απασχοληθούν στην Ελλάδα ως:
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1. Κάθε εργοδότης, ο οποίος επιθυμεί να προσλάβει πολίτες τρίτων χωρών για παροχή εξαρτημένης ερ-
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4. Οι επιχειρήσεις, οργανισμοί, νομικά πρόσωπα δημοσίου ή ιδιωτικού δικαίου, στα οποία απασχολούνται οι πολίτες τρίτων χωρών της παρ. 1, υποχρεούνται να γνωστοποιούν στη Διεύθυνση Αδειών Διαμονής του Υπουργείου Μετανάστευσης και Ασύλου ή στις αρμόδιες διευθύνσεις των αποκεντρωμένων διοικήσεων της χώρας κατά περίπτωση, κάθε μεταβολή στην εργασιακή κατάσταση των ενδιαφερομένων.

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.

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3. Στην άδεια διαμονής των πολιτών τρίτων χωρών της παρ. 1 αναγράφεται «Άδεια διαμονής για εργασία ειδικού σκοπού - Τύπου Ε.3» και στο πεδίο «Παρατηρήσεις» η επαγγελματική ιδιότητα του κατόχου.
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Οι κατηγορίες αδειών διαμονής, οι οποίες νοούνται ως ενιαίες άδειες διαμονής σύμφωνα με την περ. ιζ)
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β) η άδεια διαμονής για απασχόληση ειδικού σκοπού («Ε.3»),
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2. Ο πολίτης τρίτης χώρας που είναι κάτοχος ενιαίας άδειας, έχει το δικαίωμα αλλαγής εργοδότη με την επιφύλαξη των ειδικών προβλέψεων του παρόντος.
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Οι ανωτέρω πολίτες τρίτων χωρών μπορούν, κατά παρέκκλιση των παρ. 1 και 2 του άρθρου 84, να συνοδεύονται από τα μέλη της οικογένειάς τους, στα οποία χορηγείται άδεια διαμονής για οικογενειακή επανένωση που λήγει ταυτόχρονα με την άδεια διαμονής των συντηρούντων.»

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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«2. Η ισχύς της άδειας διαμονής είναι τριετής, η οποία ανανεώνεται ανά τριετία, εφόσον οι ενδιαφερόμενοι εξακολουθούν να παρέχουν τις υπηρεσίες τους.

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E.3-H — Hydrocarbon offshore director or technical staff

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

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

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

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

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

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