Special Cases of Schengen Visas
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HELLENIC REPUBLIC HELLENIC REPUBLIC MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS C4 DIRECTORATE C4 DIRECTORATE JUSTICE – HOME AFFAIRS & JUSTICE – HOME AFFAIRS & SCHENGEN SCHENGEN IMMIGRATION AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION CODE APPLICATION HANDBOOK CASES, REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURE OF ISSUING NATIONAL VISAS SPECIAL SCHENGEN VISA CASES Drafting Group Nikolaos Liousis, Expert Minister Counsellor A΄ Nikolaos Ziogas, Expert Minister Counsellor A΄ Efrosyni Koromantzou, Expert Minister Counsellor Β΄ Trisevgeni Gaitani, Expert Counsellor A΄ Last update: 11 February 2021 Contents II. ADMISSION AND RESIDENCE OF OTHERS IN GREECE – NATIONAL LAW .............................................. 9 III. NATIONAL VISAS - TYPE D VISAS ......................................................................................................... 10 III. a. Procedure for issuing national visas ................................................................................................ 11 III. b. Fill out paper-based visa sticker fields ............................................................................................ 11 III. c. Duration of national visas ............................................................................................................... 11 III. d. Issue of residence permit................................................................................................................. 12 III. e. Verification of validity of residence permit, file route for residence permit issue ........................... 12 III. f. Rights of holders of national visas ................................................................................................... 13 III. g. General supporting documents and procedure for issuing national visas. ...................................... 14 III. h. Grounds for refusal of a national visa ............................................................................................. 15 III. Consular fees for national visas .......................................................................................................... 18 (A) ADMISSION FOR SELF-EMPLOYMENT, SPECIAL GROUNDS, INVESTMENT ACTIVITY AND HIGHLY- SKILLED EMPLOYMENT............................................................................................................................. 23 Α.1 . Recalling on the grounds of employment or provision of services on the basis of works or service contracts 23 Special purpose workers .......................................................................................................................... 25 A.2.1 Board members, shareholders, managers, legal representatives and senior executives (general managers, directors) of Undertakings Established in Greece ................................................................... 26 A.2.2 Staff of domestic companies involved in a contract of a foreign company with third parties for the supply of services or works with a view to promoting products and the provision of technical support to other enterprises and consumers. ............................................................................................................ 29 Α.2.3. Employees working as legal representatives, directors, staff and employees of undertakings, under special Interstate agreements or motions from competent Greek authorities .............................. 31 Α.2.4. Managers, administrative or technical staff of undertakings working in maritime research, exploration and extraction of hydrocarbons ............................................................................................ 32 A.2.5 Employees and legal representatives working in shipping, industrial, construction or other companies 33 A.2.6 Technical personnel employed by industries or mines under the conditions stipulated in Law 448/1968 34 A.2.7 Athletes and coaches of sports recognised by the Greek sports authorities ................................... 35 A.2.8 Intellectual or artistic creators (mainly authors, writers, directors, painters, sculptors, actors, musicians, singers, choreographers and set designers) ........................................................................... 37 A. 2.9 Ministers for the prevailing religion or any known religion ........................................................... 38 A.2.10 Foreign press correspondents ....................................................................................................... 39 A.2.12 Education professionals of the minority schools of Thrace and of foreign schools whose operation in Greece has been authorised by the Minister for Education and Religious Affairs and education professionals of private and equivalent schools ...................................................................................... 41 Α.2.13. Aides for persons with disabilities entering for the development of strategic investments ........ 42 A. 3.1 Investors (investment of at least EUR 250.000) ............................................................................. 43 A.3.2 Senior executives, financial and legal advisors, experts and middle executives, specialised workers experts involved in the implementation of an investment ....................................................................... 46 MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS/C4 DIRECTORATE OF JUSTICE, IMMIGRATION & SCHENGEN PAGE 2 / 172 A. 3.3 Strategic investors ......................................................................................................................... 47 A.3.4 Staff working on strategic investments .......................................................................................... 48 A.3.5. Investors in securities or bank deposits ......................................................................................... 49 Α.4. Highly qualified employment EU "Blue Card" ................................................................................. 54 Α.5. Entry and residence for intra-corporate transfer (ICT’ s) .................................................................. 56 B) TEMPORARY STAY ............................................................................................................................... 59 Β1. Seasonal workers .............................................................................................................................. 59 B.2 Fishermen ......................................................................................................................................... 61 B.3 Members of artistic groups ................................................................................................................ 63 B.4 Third-country nationals who move from an undertakings established in an EU or EEA Member State for the provision of a specific service ....................................................................................................... 64 B.5 Third-country nationals who move from undertakings established in third countries with the purpose of providing services ................................................................................................................... 65 B.6 Tour leaders ....................................................................................................................................... 66 B.7 Third-country nationals who are tertiary education students participating in traineeship programmes............. ............................................................................................................................... 67 B.8 Athletes, coaches and other accompanying specialised staff, entering the country for purposes of preparation..... ......................................................................................................................................... 69 B.9. Australian citizens participating in the Youth Μobility Program, in line with the Memorandum of Understanding between Greece and Australia (Work and Holiday Visa)................................................. 70 B.10. Trainees according to L. 4666/2020 (A΄35), which incorporated EU Directive 2016/801 ................ 71 Β.11. Flight, technical and administrative personnel entering the country to cover forest fire-fighting needs during the fire season .................................................................................................................... 73 B.12 Scholarship holders of the Fulbright Institute .................................................................................. 74 B.13. Greek Language Learners in University Language Centres ............................................................. 75 B.14. Participation in summer education programmes ............................................................................ 76 B.15. ‘Business employees involved in a college education programme’ ................................................. 77 (C) HUMANITARIAN REASONS - OTHER REASONS ................................................................................... 78 C1.1. Humanitarian reasons: Minors whose custody has been granted under a court judgement to families of third-country nationals with permanent residence in the country or in the process of adoption.......... ........................................................................................................................................ 78 C.1.2. Humanitarian Reasons : Minors hosted in boarding houses, operating under the supervision of the competent ministries. .......................................................................................................................