About Sinstegi · Sinstegi

The problem

Information about moving to Greece is fragmented across immigration law firms, golden visa sales sites, expat forums and blog posts nobody has touched in three years. Most of it has the same three defects: it was written to sell a service, it does not say when it was last checked, and it silently mixes rules from different years.

That last one matters more in Greece than in most countries, because the rules genuinely move. Golden visa thresholds changed in 2024. Income tax brackets changed in January 2026. The minimum wage rose in April 2026. In-country digital nomad applications were abolished in February 2026. EU biometric border checks switched on in April 2026. A page written in 2024 and never revisited is not merely dated — it is wrong in ways that cost people money.

What we do about it

Every figure on this site — 172 of them — lives in one place with a source and a verification date, and is rendered through a component that shows you both. Open any number and you can see where it came from and when we last looked.

32 of those figures are marked as needing verification, because our sources disagree or the rule is in flux. Pages that depend on them are held back rather than published with a caveat. We would rather have a smaller site that is right.

What is here

8 residence routes, each with an explicit list of who it is wrong for
10 region profiles, each with an honest account of who it does not suit
Calculators for net salary, the 90/180 rule, Golden Visa eligibility, property costs and route selection
A dated changelog of Greek rule changes
An emergency numbers page that works offline and prints as a wallet card
A register of 12 primary government sources, linked from every data page

Who it is for

Remote workers deciding whether the income threshold is reachable. Retirees working out whether the pension regime makes the move viable. Investors who have been told the Golden Visa is still a flat number. People with a Greek job offer trying to work out what the salary is actually worth. Students, families joining family, and EU citizens who assumed free movement meant no paperwork. And the much larger group who just want to visit and would like the entry rules to be current.

What we are not

Not a law firm, not a tax practice, not an immigration consultancy, not a relocation agent. We publish information and then point you at someone qualified. Because we are not selling any of these routes, we can tell you when one is a bad fit — which is the single thing that most distinguishes this site from the material it competes with.

Where we are honest about our limits

This dataset came from a single research pass and is marked as such: every figure records who verified it and when. Before launch, every figure in the "needs verification" category goes to a Greek lawyer and a Greek accountant. Until then, the pages depending on them stay unpublished and this page says so.

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