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>90 daysVerified 30 Apr 2026Greece Long-Term National D Visa for residency, employment, study, or family reunification (>90 days). Requires apostilled PCC + 1.5-year passport validity. Submit via GVCW; subsequent residence permit applied for in Greece.
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SureshotVisa can assist with the India-side documentation and apostille (PCC + educational + civil documents) but the underlying employment / study / residency approval is initiated by the Greek sponsor (employer / university / family member). Type D visa-holders must apply for a residence permit in Greece immediately after arrival — that's a separate process handled by Greek migration authorities.
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Guide last reviewed 2026-04-30. Fees, documents and appointment rules can change.
Greece — Apply via GVCW (NOT VFS Global)
One Greece Schengen visa unlocks all 29 Schengen countries during validity. As a full Schengen member, the visa standards mirror EU rules — but the application route is unique to Greece in India: only GVCW handles submissions, and only the Embassy in New Delhi decides outcomes.
The Greece Long-Term National D Visa allows entry and stay in Greece for more than 90 days — typically for employment, study, academic research, family reunification, or participation in cultural / scientific / religious events. Holders have an OBLIGATION to apply for a Greek residence permit immediately after entry to Greece. Apply via GVCW; the Embassy of Greece, New Delhi processes everything.
What it costs
Paid directly to Greece / GVCW — these are not our service fee, and we never mark them up.
Figures per GVCW, last verified 30 Apr 2026. Fees change without notice — the official page is final.
Long-Term D fees vary by sub-category and are not uniformly published. Confirm directly with the Embassy of Greece, New Delhi. Apostille fees are separate. After arrival, the Greek residence-permit fee applies separately and is paid in Greece.
Flights · Hotels · Insurance · Itinerary
Greece applies the Schengen rules, so travel insurance is not a nice-to-have — it is a legal condition of the visa.
2 of 4 are compulsory for Greece
Where people slip: Flying into one city and out of another with nothing showing how you travel between them. Officers read the whole route, and an unexplained gap reads as a plan that does not hold together.
Book for ₹708 (+₹472 per family member)Where people slip: Free-cancellation bookings are accepted, but if the entire file is free-cancellation the officer sees a trip nobody has committed to. Some of it should be real spend.
Confirmed hotel booking, ₹590 per hotel: message us firstWhere people slip: Buying cover for the adults and forgetting the children. Every traveller needs their own EUR 30,000, infants included — a real refusal we have seen on a family of four.
What a Schengen policy must showWhere people slip: Spending more nights in another Schengen country than in Greece. That gets a file rejected before it is even assessed.
The letter your itinerary attaches toWe can arrange the flight reservation, the hotel and the itinerary for your Greece file — each sold separately.
We are a B2B travel agency as well as a visa consultancy, working with partners including Riya Travel — so the flight reservation and the confirmed hotel booking both come from us, and you deal with one team. Every booking is a real one under your own name. We do not sell travel insurance: buy the policy directly from an insurer.
None of them is part of our visa fee: each is bought on its own, at the price below, with or without our visa service.
Flight reservation ₹708 (+₹472 per extra family member) · Confirmed hotel booking ₹590 per hotel · Travel itinerary ₹1,499. GST included.
Delivery. Usually within 30 minutes during office hours, Mon–Sat 10:00–18:00 IST. Confirmed hotel bookings are not bought online: message us first on WhatsApp or email info@sureshotvisa.com with the city, dates and travellers.
Tell us your dates — we will say which of these you actually need
What to gather
Having a document isn't the same as presenting it right — that's the part we handle.
Triggered by the Greek-side sponsor. Without this, Type D entry visa cannot be issued. Specifics depend on sub-category (Family Reunification, Employment, Study).
Fully completed and signed by the applicant.
Validity exceeding by 3 months the end date of the visa. At least 2 blank pages. Issued within the previous 10 years.
Color, white background, facing forward, ICAO specifications. Note: 35x40mm — slightly different from typical Schengen 35x45mm.
Greece-specific Type D requirement (more stringent than Type C's 3-month rule).
Affixed with MEA Apostille Sticker. Issued NOT more than 3 months before submission.
All certificates apostilled by MEA.
On Greek employer letterhead.
Flight reservation of return / round ticket. If multi-Schengen trip: intra-Schengen flight, train, or car-rental proof.
Hotel reservations, holiday-home rental, or campus residence. Sponsorship/accommodation form from host if staying privately. If multi-state Schengen: lodging in EACH state.
From Greek-Embassy-approved Indian insurer (post-01/10/2013). Covers repatriation + medical attention + emergency hospital. Diplomatic passport holders exempt.
Duly stamped and signed by the bank.
Acknowledgement receipts.
Required · optional / if applicable
9 steps from intake to approval — never as linear as government sites pretend.
Greek sponsor initiates the underlying permit
Your Greek employer / university / family member secures the relevant authorisation from Greek migration / labour authorities. This step happens entirely in Greece.
Receive Greek-side approval letter
Once approved, the Greek sponsor sends you the approval. This triggers the Indian-side paperwork.
Apostille all required documents (via MEA / VFS Attestation)
PCC, birth certificate, educational certificates, marriage certificate (where applicable) — all apostilled by MEA. PCC must be NOT older than 3 months at submission.
Confirm passport validity ≥1.5 years
Renew passport if needed before submission — Greece is strict on this.
Book GVCW appointment for Type D visa
Apply at GVCW (NOT VFS). Submit at GVCW Delhi when possible to avoid 5-day non-Delhi transit.
Submit at GVCW + pay fees
Attend in person with the Greek approval, all apostilled documents, passport with adequate validity, and INR fees. Diplomatic passport holders submit at the Embassy directly.
GVCW forwards to Embassy of Greece, New Delhi
GVCW Delhi forwards to Embassy. Non-Delhi GVCW centres add ~5 calendar days transit.
Wait for the decision
Type D timeline varies by sub-category. Once issued, the Type D entry visa is valid 90 days from issue — you must enter Greece within that window.
Apply for residence permit immediately on arrival in Greece
Type D holders MUST apply for a Greek residence permit at Greek migration authorities right after entry. Underlying permit (work / study / family) then takes effect.
Biometrics and the visit to the visa centre are yours to attend in person — no consultancy can do those for you. How we work
What works
5 levers that flip a borderline case.
What kills cases
Top 3 refusal triggers we see.
Each link opens the official page that issues the form (we never host third-party forms) — download or fill the current version there.
We're actively building per-visa quizzes. For now, the best way to assess your eligibility for Long-Term National D Visa (>90 days) is a 1-on-1 consultation with our team.
A consultant at our licensed firm replies today
Every case here is different
There is no honest standard answer for Greece long-term national d visa (>90 days) — the route depends on who is sponsoring you, what the employer has already started, and which region is processing it. So rather than publish generic answers that may not fit your case, we would rather read your actual situation. Send us what you have: an offer letter, an email from the employer, or just the facts as they stand. A consultant at our licensed firm will tell you straight what is possible, what is not, and what it would take.
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Reviewed by Sherbir Singh Grewal, SureshotVisa — a government-licensed consultancy (Licence 849/DC/PTA/PLA/LC-3/2024). Verify us.
Source & Disclaimer
Data on this page is sourced from the official GVCW Greece website and Embassy of Greece. Last verified 2026-04-30. Always verify with the official embassy before applying — fees and requirements change without notice.
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