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How to Choose Greece Golden Visa Support: Four Evidence Checks
Verify legal scope, independent professional roles, property evidence and the payment contract before engagement
There is no general “Golden Visa agency licence” that replaces the separate responsibilities of a real-estate broker, lawyer, engineer, notary, tax professional and competent authority. Before engagement, verify the provider’s exact legal entity and registered scope, the independently accountable professionals, the property evidence and conflicts, and the written payment path, fees and responsibility map.
1. Why the Choice of Agency Matters
A residence route, property transaction and regulated professional service are different contracts. Risk can arise from applicant ineligibility, title or planning defects, unsupported change-of-use claims, incomplete family evidence, conflicts of interest, unclear fees, unsuitable payment instructions or an authority refusal.
No provider can reduce those risks to zero or guarantee the government decision. The useful comparison is whether the evidence, responsibilities, conflicts and unresolved gaps are visible before the customer signs or pays.
2. The Four Verification Checks
First, verify the exact legal entity, identifier and registered scope. For OULANG, OMASE 10198 is a real-estate brokerage registration; it is not an immigration-agency, legal or financial-services licence. Second, identify the lawyer, engineer, notary and tax professional, who appoints and pays them, and whether a seller relationship or other conflict exists.
Third, require the title, planning, use, threshold and residence-evidence gaps to be written for the exact property and applicants. Fourth, require the contract to name every payment recipient, account owner, purpose, milestone, refund term and responsible party. “Regulated account” is too vague unless the actual payment path and legal basis are documented.
3. Red Flags to Watch For
Red flags include approval, timeline or return guarantees; a property described as eligible without route-specific title and planning evidence; family approval inferred from the principal investment; an unidentified professional; an unexplained conflict; pressure to pay before the contract and evidence are complete; and payment instructions that do not match the written recipient and purpose.
A local office is useful evidence of presence, but it is not proof of immigration, legal or financial authority. Check the legal entity, registration scope, named professionals and documents—not the office or marketing alone.
4. Questions to Ask Before You Sign
Ask who performs each task and under which registration; who decides legal eligibility; which property and family facts remain unverified; how every fee is calculated; where each payment goes; what happens after a refusal, delay or property defect; and which post-purchase services are separate contracts.
OULANG operates in Athens and coordinates property search and registered real-estate brokerage under OMASE 10198, plus agreed communication and local support. Independently appointed professionals retain their regulated conclusions, and the competent authority decides the residence application.
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