How we check what we publish.
This is a subject where a confident wrong sentence costs a reader real money years later. These are the controls behind the figures on this site, and each one exists in the code rather than as an intention.
Figures live in one place
Every threshold, fee and rate on this site is held in a single module and read by every page that displays it. Nothing is retyped per page, so a page cannot quietly disagree with the calculator.
The eligibility checker, the cost calculator, the property listings and the guidance all read the same numbers. When a figure changes, it changes everywhere at once or the build fails.
Every figure carries its instrument
A number without the law that sets it is an assertion. Each figure on this site is published with the instrument behind it, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
Figures are checked against a verified register
Our figures are cross-checked by automated test against a fact register maintained separately and verified against Greek gazette text. If the two disagree, the tests fail and the site does not build.
Where something is sourced from practitioners rather than the gazette, we say so on the page instead of presenting both with the same confidence.
We state what other sources get wrong
Much of what circulates about this programme is incorrect, and stating the right figure quietly is not enough to displace it. Where a claim is both common and wrong, we name it and correct it.
- Incorrect: “The Greek Golden Visa starts at €250,000 for property.”
- €250,000 applies only to change-of-use conversions and listed-building restorations. Standard property purchases start at €400,000, or €800,000 in high-demand zones.
- Incorrect: “The new thresholds took effect on 31 August 2024.”
- The tiers apply from 1 September 2024. 31 August 2024 was the deadline for the transition deposit under the grandfathering provisions, not the date the new thresholds began.
- Incorrect: “The €800,000 threshold covers municipalities with over 3,100 inhabitants.”
- It covers islands with a population over 3,100, not municipalities. This is why Crete, Corfu and Rhodes fall in the €800,000 band.
No property is listed unverified
A listing cannot be published without a named person who checked the title and the main-area figure, the date they checked it, the documents they saw, and a disclosure of whether Aegalis is paid on the sale.
This is enforced, not encouraged. An incomplete verification record blocks publication in the editing tool and fails the build in our deployment checks. We publish asking prices, and that is only defensible if someone stands behind each one.
Legal content carries a named reviewer
Pages covering Greek law show the Bar-registered lawyer who reviewed them, their registration number, and the date it was last checked. If a page has no reviewer named, treat it as general background rather than as reviewed guidance.
When we get something wrong
We correct it on the page, and where the error was material we say what changed rather than editing silently. Email info@aegalis.com if you find one.
Check your own position
Six questions, and a written assessment of which routes are open to you under the rules as they stand.