The resident permit is valid as far as the free movement of the person in the Schengen Area is concerned. Any citizen who holds a long-term visa (such as the resident permits for real estate owners) that has been issued by a member state and is valid is able to travel to other member states for up to 3 months within a six-month period, while he is also granted a right for multiple entries. These are the rules of Schengen Area. Of course, the movement among Schengen countries is not checked at the borders. Regarding the access to the Greek labor market, in no case does the resident permit for property owners provide access to any type of employment. But employment, according to paragraph 6, article 20, of Law 4251/2014, does not include the exercise of economic activity in the capacity of a shareholder or a chief executive officer for an already existing company.
