The adoption of the new Immigration Code in 2022 was announced by the Minister of Immigration and Asylum, ( Mr. Notis Mitarakis, ) it will be submitted to the Parliament for voting

 We are preparing the new Immigration Code, in 2022 it will be submitted and voted - hopefully - in Parliament. The goal is to attract people with skills that the Greek economy needs.

He then underlined that “we instituted digital visa in 2021. We are one of the countries that give a national visa for 12 months, which can then be turned into a work permit for specialized executives who want to live in Greece and work digitally in their country. We have given tax incentives, to bring people to Greece ", saying that

 Our country has made many organized efforts to attract people of high educational and economic levels. I remind you that in 2013 we instituted the golden visa, thanks to which 3 billion. Euros have been invested in the Greek economy for the last 9 years ”.

The Minister of Immigration and Asylum stressed that “our priority is to attract labor and that is why we legislated the five-year seasonal leave, with Greece becoming the first country in the European Union to try such a multi-year, but also seasonal- immigration policy ", Adding that the workforce, that is, who will not come with his family, will not stay permanently in our country, will not be naturalized, but as the Gulf countries did with great success, will come to work for 9 months -a period that covers us in the agricultural sector, in tourism, and in other industries- and will return for 3 months in his country. "This is what we are looking at at the moment, in bilateral agreements, such as the agreement with Bangladesh."

Mr. Mitarakis added that “the attitude of the government towards illegal immigration is the same. We are absolutely strict on illegal immigration issues. Traffickers can not decide who will enter our country. And this is a clear political choice of this government and that is why we are guarding the borders effectively. Beyond that, we have to open legal passages, because we have objective needs. We see it, this year, in statements of productive bodies of the agricultural sector, tourism, construction - and not only in Greece - who are looking for workers ".

 We are trying, as the Ministry of Immigration and Asylum, to think logically in the private sector, to be able to meet the licensing needs of companies, and to be able to issue, where appropriate, residence permits in a fast way. But also in the way that business executives expect, that is, through the use of digital technology and human service, he concluded characteristically.