Hello everyone,
We are a married couple looking for advice, information and experiences of anyone who has successfully relocated to Crete from the UK. We have found a lot of conflicting information online as regards to which legal route to take, ie, working visas, residency visas, marital status, EU/non EU status, self employment, healthcare, citizenship, documentation.. I'm sure this is commonplace for many people!
Our present circumstances are as such that I have an EU passport (based on dual citizenship of Cyprus/UK), and my wife is a third country citizen (UK). We are also in a financial position to apply for the golden visa (250,000 euros investment). Ideally, we would both like to be able to work small self employed businesses to have enough cash flow to cover our living costs, and not rely on our savings.
Our timing would be to move mid to late 2026.
Would a golden visa investment in a property, and applying for a work visa be a possible solution.. or is there an easier way to achieve relocation? We would like to apply for citizenship eventually, but might find the Greek language test an issue, so therefore we plan to renew a temporary visa every five years. What legal representatives are likely to be required throughout the process?
We have also looked into Cyprus relocation, which would be an alternative destination as my mother is a Greek Cypriot, but after much extensive research, Crete is a more appealing choice for our semi retirement dreams!
We would appreciate any help or advice, or any ideas on alternatives. Please feel free to message me.
Thank you!
