{"id":49459,"date":"2025-02-05T14:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T07:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/?p=49459"},"modified":"2025-02-05T14:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T07:05:12","slug":"greece-receives-record-9289-golden-visa-applications-in-2024-backlog-nears-50000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/greece-receives-record-9289-golden-visa-applications-in-2024-backlog-nears-50000\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece Receives Record 9,289 Golden Visa Applications in 2024; Backlog Nears 50,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greece&#8217;s Golden Visa program experienced a record-breaking year in 2024, with 9,289 new applications from principal applicants, marking a 10% increase compared to 2023. From 2018 to 2024, the program maintained a robust compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25%.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46168\" src=\"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture2-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"401\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture2-4.png 602w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture2-4-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture2-4-24x16.png 24w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture2-4-32x21.png 32w, https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture2-4-48x32.png 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, the total backlog of applications, encompassing both new submissions and renewals from principal applicants and their dependents, surged to 49,301 by December 2024, a 76% rise from 27,964 in December 2023. Of these pending applications, 82% are initial submissions, while 18% are renewals. Specifically, over 12,000 principal applicants and 28,000 family members are awaiting processing.<\/p>\n<p>Data indicates that while authorities have processed most applications from 2022, approximately half of the 2023 submissions and 82% of those from 2024 remain pending. These figures suggest an average processing time of about 18 months.<\/p>\n<p>The significant increase in applications and the resulting backlog can be attributed to changes in the program&#8217;s minimum investment requirements.\u00a0Despite the program&#8217;s continued strong appeal, the growing backlog presents challenges for authorities in enhancing processing efficiency and reducing wait times for investors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greece&#8217;s Golden Visa program experienced a record-breaking year in 2024, with 9,289 new applications from principal applicants, marking a 10% increase compared to 2023. From 2018 to 2024, the program maintained a robust compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25%. However, the total backlog of applications, encompassing both new submissions and renewals from principal applicants &#8230; <a title=\"Greece Receives Record 9,289 Golden Visa Applications in 2024; Backlog Nears 50,000\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/greece-receives-record-9289-golden-visa-applications-in-2024-backlog-nears-50000\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Greece Receives Record 9,289 Golden Visa Applications in 2024; Backlog Nears 50,000<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":38705,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-immigration","category-real-estate"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49460,"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49459\/revisions\/49460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/porticoandbridge.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}