View source for ΔΔ:Approval of employment for a highly qualified third-country national (Article 27 of Law 5038/2023)

{{process
|process_official_title=Approval of employment for a highly qualified third-country national (Article 27 of Law 5038/2023)
|process_alternative_titles=Approval of the secondment of a third-country national as a highly qualified employee
Approval of employment for a third-country national in a highly qualified job
|process_description=The procedure concerns applications for employment approval, which an employer must submit when it wishes to hire a third-country national to work in a highly qualified job.
|process_org_owner_is_private=No
|process_org_owner=56992
|process_provision_org_owner_directory=411257, 812562, 112547
|process_remarks=Applications for approval of employment for a highly qualified employee must be submitted through the electronic services of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum.
|process_estimated_implementation_duration_min=P50D
|process_estimated_implementation_duration_max=P60D
|process_evidence_identification_type=Identification with TAXISnet codes
|process_type=Outgoing
|process_trigger=Applied for
|process_trigger_type=Application (digital)
|process_usage=Supporting document
|process_output_type=Administrative Act, Decision, Digital document production, Launch another procedure
|process_validity_duration_set=Variable subject to conditions
|process_provided_to=Employers
|process_tax_type=Approvals
|process_life_events=Staff employment
|process_sdg_resource=Administrative appeal
|process_sdg_notes=The third-country national concerned has the right to appeal against the rejection decision. The application for treatment should be submitted within two (2) months of service of the decision. Applications for treatment are subject to a fee of EUR fifty (50). The request for treatment is submitted to the department that issued the relevant decision, which decides on it within an exclusive period of thirty (30) days from the date of submission.
|process_total_duration_steps_min=3636000
|process_total_duration_steps_max=5198400
|process_cost_min=0.00
|process_cost_max=0.00
|process_evidence_cost_guarantee=0
|process_evidence_cost_total_number=0
|process_evidence_ex_officio_total_number=0
|process_evidence_alternative_total_number=2
|process_evidence_prerequisite_total_number=0
|process_evidence_total_number=4
|process_evidence_step_total_number=0
|process_evidence_step_digital_total_number=0
|process_application_type=Application
|process_application_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (digital)
|process_application_owner=Persons
|process_application_description=Approval of employment for a highly qualified third-country national.
|process_application_note=Applications for approval of employment for a highly qualified employee must be submitted through the electronic services of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum.
|process_provided_language=Greek
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=1
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Availability
|process_conditions_name=There must be a vacancy in accordance with the provisions of Article 26 of Law 5038/2023 (procedure for the volume of admission).
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=2
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Labour
|process_conditions_name=The employer must conclude and submit an employment contract for highly qualified employment in Greece with a duration of at least six (6) months, certified by a public authority, showing that the employee’s gross annual salary is not less than the national minimum wage for highly qualified employment.
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=3
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Professional
|process_conditions_name=The employer should be able to certify that the candidate employee possesses the relevant professional qualifications in relation to the work to be performed.
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=4
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Income
|process_conditions_name=Employers must prove that they are providing a gross annual income of at least EUR 60 000 per highly qualified transferee.
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=5
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Possession of passwords to enter software
|process_conditions_name=Employers must have taxisnet codes in order to submit the application.
|process_conditions_url=https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/polites-kai-kathemerinoteta/stoikheia-polite-kai-tautopoietika-eggrapha/elektronike-eggraphe-diakheirise-kodikon-taxisnet
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{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=1
|process_evidence_type=9164
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (digital)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=An employment contract for highly qualified employment in Greece of at least a six-month duration, the employers signature being certified by a public service, showing that the employee’s gross annual salary is not less than the national minimum wage for highly qualified employment, which is equal to one point six (1.6) of the average gross annual salary in Greece.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=2
|process_evidence_type=3971
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (digital)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=A copy of the pages of the candidate’s valid travel document, containing his/her identification details and photograph.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=3
|process_evidence_type=9703
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (digital)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Certificate from the Council for the Recognition of Professional Qualifications, proving that the candidate/employee meets the conditions laid down in Presidential Decree 38/2010 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 78) adapting Greek legislation to Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications for the pursuit of the profession specified in the employment contract, in the case of a regulated profession.
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{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=4
|process_evidence_type=4084
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=Yes
|process_evidence_alternative_of_selector=3
|process_evidence_alternative_of=3
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (digital)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Documents certifying the relevant higher professional qualifications of the candidate employee in relation to the work to be performed, in the case of a non-regulated profession.
|process_evidence_note=Qualifications are certified by a higher education degree (officially certified and translated) or by high professional skills, namely (i) at least three (3) years of experience (officially translated employers certificates) within the seven (7) years prior to the application in the case of professions related to information technology professionals or (ii) at least five (5) years in the case of other professions, of a level equivalent to a higher education degree, which is relevant to the profession or field specified in the employment contract.
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{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=5
|process_evidence_type=6430
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (digital)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Income tax clearance note for the previous year, where the employer is a natural person, showing that he/she is able to pay the monthly wages, as defined in the employment contract in accordance with the provisions of Article 31 of Law 5038/2023. More specifically, employers must show that they can provide a minimum gross annual income of at least EUR 60 000 per highly qualified employee seconded.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=6
|process_evidence_type=6430
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=Yes
|process_evidence_alternative_of_selector=5
|process_evidence_alternative_of=5
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (digital)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=A copy of the tax return of a legal entity, where the employer is a legal entity, showing that it can pay the monthly wages as defined in the employment contract, in accordance with the provisions of Article 31 of Law 5038/2023. More specifically, employers must show that they can provide a minimum gross annual income of at least EUR 60 000 per highly qualified employee seconded.
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Joint Ministerial Decision
|process_rule_decision_number=95931
|process_rule_decision_year=2024
|process_rule_article=4
|process_rule_description=Listing the required supporting documents for the request for approval of highly qualified employment
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=1807
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Β
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=20240201807
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{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Ministerial Decision
|process_rule_decision_number=118654
|process_rule_decision_year=2024
|process_rule_article=10
|process_rule_description=Listing of the form, content and procedure for the submission of applications, in accordance with the provisions of Article 176(12) of Law 5038/2023
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Law
|process_rule_decision_number=5038
|process_rule_decision_year=2023
|process_rule_article=27
|process_rule_description=Regulation of issues related to the procedure for admitting third-country nationals for the purpose of providing dependent employment.
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=81
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Α
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=20230100081
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Circular
|process_rule_decision_number=6
|process_rule_decision_year=2024
|process_rule_description=Application of the provisions of Law 5038/2023
|process_rule_ada=9Ε2Π46ΜΔΨΟ-Δ39
|process_rule_url=https://diavgeia.gov.gr/doc/9%CE%952%CE%A046%CE%9C%CE%94%CE%A8%CE%9F-%CE%9439?inline=true
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=1
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Receipt of the application for employment approval
|process_step_official=Competent Directorate
|process_step_implementation=Software action
|process_step_duration_min=PT2H
|process_step_duration_max=PT4H
|process_step_description=Receipt of the application for the approval of employment of the third-country national in a highly qualified job.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=2
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Completeness check of the requirements and supporting documents
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Inspection
|process_step_duration_min=P40D
|process_step_duration_max=P55D
|process_step_description=Examination of the application and the relevant supporting documents.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=3
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Issuance of an approval decision
|process_step_official=Competent Director
|process_step_implementation=Signature
|process_step_duration_min=P1D
|process_step_duration_max=P2D
|process_step_description=After the application is examined, the approval decision is issued.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=4
|process_step_exit=Yes
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Transmission of the approval decision to the competent Greek consular authority
|process_step_official=Competent Public Agency
|process_step_implementation=Action of the executive / co-competent body
|process_step_duration_min=P1D
|process_step_duration_max=P3D
|process_step_description=Approval decisions for the secondment of seasonal employees are transmitted by email, together with the employment contract signed by the employer, to the competent Greek consular authority.
}}
{{process provision digital locations
|process_provision_digital_location_title=Electronic filing of employers’ requests
|process_provision_digital_location_url=https://portal.immigration.gov.gr/aitiseis-metaklisis-ergodoton/
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