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E.3-T — Teacher at a foreign school

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

Teachers at foreign schools operating in Greece under a licence from the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs; the same procedure also covers teachers at private and equivalent schools and at certain other bodies.

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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).

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

Yes: the category covers teachers of foreign schools operating in Greece under a licence from the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs; for teachers of private and equivalent schools, written contracts under which they teach in their mother tongue (an official EU language) must be produced. The schools, organisations or legal persons employing them must notify the Ministry of Migration and Asylum or the decentralised administration of every change in their 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).
  • Art. 59's national-visa/Art. 27 entry route is stated 'subject to point (στ)'; how that reservation applies to teachers is not explicit in the captured text.
  • 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
    στ. εκπαιδευτικοί ξένων σχολείων που λειτουργούν στην Ελλάδα με άδεια του αρμοδίου οργάνου του Υπουργείου Παιδείας και Θρησκευμάτων. Η ίδια διαδικασία εφαρμόζεται και για τους εκπαιδευτικούς των ιδιωτικών και ισότιμων σχολείων, καθώς και για τους εκπαιδευτικούς των φορέων της υποπαρ. Θ.3 της παρ. Θ του πρώτου άρθρου του ν. 4093/2012 (Α’ 222), εφόσον προσκομίζονται έγγραφες συμβάσεις, δυνάμει των οποίων οι εκπαιδευτικοί της παρούσας διδάσκουν μαθήματα στη μητρική τους γλώσσα, η οποία είναι επίσημη γλώσσα κράτους μέλους της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης,
  • 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
    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?

For teachers at private and equivalent schools, written contracts must show that they teach courses in their mother tongue, which must be an official language of an EU Member State.

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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 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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