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Κτήση Ελληνικής Ιθαγένειας από γέννηση με έκδοση διαπιστωτικής
At a glance
Points of service
Departments for nationality,
Consulates, REGIONAL DIRECTORATES OF NATIONALITY,
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR
Digital provision points
- The service is not provided digitally
Number of required documents
Description
The procedure concerns the declaration of Greek nationality from birth by means of a declaration decision.
Basic information
Competent body
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR
Authority/Public body’s Unit responsible for the institutional framework of the procedure
Service / organizational unit of a authority entity
REGIONAL DIRECTORATES OF NATIONALITY
Application
Application Type
Application
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Title
Application for declaration of Greek nationality from birth (Article 26 of the Greek Nationality Code)
Notes:
Τhe application, together with the other necessary supporting documents, must be submitted either in person or by proxy or by post. The application must be submitted at the applicant’s place of residence either to the Greek Consular Authority or to the Regional Directorate of Nationality to whose territorial jurisdiction the municipality where the person applying for Greek nationality declares that they wish to register is subject (provided their request is accepted).
What you will need
Means of authentication, identification and signature
Related
Means of redress or appeal:
Other
Special Administrative Appeal
Rules concerning a lack of reply from the competent authority and the legal consequences for the use:
Α special administrative appeal may be lodged against decisions issued by the Regional Directors of Nationality and decisions issued ‘pursuant to authorisation’, within 30 days from the date the applicant was notified of the rejection decision. The appeal lodged in accordance with the foregoing must be accompanied by a fee receipt for EUR 100. The Minister of Interior shall decide on the appeal within an exclusive deadline of 60 days from the date the appeal was lodged with the Ministry of Interior.
Output & Results
Output
Decision, Launch another procedure, Registry update
Other information
Alternative titles
Non-automatic acquisition of Greek nationality from birth
Declaration of Greek nationality from birth
Official title
Acquisition of Greek nationality from birth by issuance of a declaratory decision
Languages supported
Greek, English
Registries updated
Ολοκληρωμένο Πληροφοριακό Σύστημα Ιθαγένειας
Categories
Trigger (submission method)
Application (handwritten)
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Identification document
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Input in another process
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Identity
Proof of identity of the applicant.
No
No
2
Citizenship
The Greek nationality of the applicant’s parent, the time and the legal basis for acquiring Greek nationality are checked.
No
No
3
Family
Birth within wedlock to a Greek parent and a foreign spouse is required, and the form of the parents’ marriage is checked in order to establish whether the applicant is a legitimate child of the Greek parent (especially the father) and was born within a valid marriage entered into by the Greek parent up to 17 July 1982 or an invalid marriage entered into by the Greek parent up to and including 7 May 1984.
No
No
4
Age
The applicants date of birth is checked in order to establish that, at the time they were born, their parent had not acquired Greek nationality or that the applicant was born before 18 July 1982 to a Greek father and a foreign mother or before 8 May 1984 to a Greek mother and a foreign father.
No
No
5
Financial
Fee
No
No
1
Declaration of Greek nationality
100 €
No
2
The applicants must pay consular fees in accordance with Presidential Decree 16/2014 only if the application is submitted to the Greek consular authority at the applicant’s place of domicile.
140 € - 240 €
Cost Calculation
Based on condition
Method of Payment
Checkout of a competent authority, Digital (debit / credit card), Digital (web banking)
Type of Cost
Impost
No
1
Exact copy of the applicant’s passport
Identification document
Exact copy of the applicant’s passport
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons
Notes:
This must be accompanied by an official translation if no Latin characters are used. The applicant’s particulars must match the information in their birth certificate. In the case of residents abroad who submit an application to the Regional Directorate of Nationality, the passport must also indicate the visa allowing entry into Greece.
Document submitted under requirements:
No
No
2244
2
Other proof of identity
Identification document
Other proof of identity
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons
Notes:
This must be accompanied by an official translation if no Latin characters are used. The applicant’s particulars must match the information in their birth certificate. Not accepted in the case of residents abroad who submit an application to the Regional Directorate of Nationality, where a passport indicating the visa allowing entry into Greece is required.
Document submitted under requirements:
No
Alternative document of:
1
Yes
2244
3
Lawful residence permit
Residence Permit
Lawful residence permit
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons
Notes:
Only submitted in the case of applications submitted by foreigners permanently resident in Greece.
Document submitted under requirements:
Yes
Document’s requirement:
Administrative
No
4178
4
Parents’ civil registry marriage certificate: The procedure concerns the issuance of the civil registry marriage certificate, which requires registration of the religious or civil marriage ceremony with the Civil Registry of the municipality where it was conducted, in accordance with Law 344/1976.
Marriage certificate
Parents’ civil registry marriage certificate: The procedure concerns the issuance of the civil registry marriage certificate, which requires registration of the religious or civil marriage ceremony with the Civil Registry of the municipality where it was conducted, in accordance with Law 344/1976.
Relevant link:
https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/oikogeneia/oikogeneiake-katastase/lexiarkhike-praxe-gamou
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons
Notes:
If the parents married abroad, a certified and translated marriage certificate concerning the parents, issued by a foreign authority, or its relevant entry in the Athens Special Registry must be submitted.
Document submitted under requirements:
No
No
9665
5
The applicants birth certificate or birth registration: the procedure involves the issuance of a civil registry birth certificate and concerns persons for whom a registry birth certificate was prepared at a Greek Civil Registry.
Birth certificate
The applicants birth certificate or birth registration: the procedure involves the issuance of a civil registry birth certificate and concerns persons for whom a registry birth certificate was prepared at a Greek Civil Registry.
Relevant link:
https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/oikogeneia/gennese/lexiarkhike-praxe-genneses
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons
Notes:
If the applicant was born abroad, a certified and translated birth certificate concerning the applicant, issued by the foreign authority, must be submitted.
Document submitted under requirements:
No
No
9224
6
Family status certificate concerning the parents, issued by a Greek municipality: this procedure concerns the issuance of a family status certificate from the Civil Register where citizens’ family records are kept. For the purpose of issuing the certificate, persons concerned may:
(a) contact the Municipality in which they are registered; (b) contact the Citizens’ Service Centres (KEP); (c) go to www.gov.gr and use their TaxisNet codes to issue it digitally.
Certificate of marital status
Family status certificate concerning the parents, issued by a Greek municipality: this procedure concerns the issuance of a family status certificate from the Civil Register where citizens’ family records are kept. For the purpose of issuing the certificate, persons concerned may:
(a) contact the Municipality in which they are registered; (b) contact the Citizens’ Service Centres (KEP); (c) go to www.gov.gr and use their TaxisNet codes to issue it digitally.
Relevant link:
https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/oikogeneia/oikogeneiake-katastase/pistopoietiko-oikogeneiakes-katastases
Submission by:
Ex officio (digital), Ex officio (manual), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons, Public bodies
Notes:
The parents Greek nationality, the time and the legal basis for acquiring Greek nationality are checked.
Sought ex officio if details of the parent’s family registration in a Greek municipal roll are declared in the application.
Document submitted under requirements:
No
No
3964
7
Decision concerning the parent’s acquisition of Greek nationality, following a cross-check against a file in the services records (mandatory in case 1(a)).
Rule
Decision concerning the parent’s acquisition of Greek nationality, following a cross-check against a file in the services records (mandatory in case 1(a)).
Submission by:
Ex officio (manual)
Submitted by:
Public bodies
Document submitted under requirements:
No
No
1127
Law
10
4735
2020
197
Α
1
Receipt - Issuance of Reference Number to Application or Consular Transmission Document
Μethod of Implementation
Software action
No
No
2
Assignment to a competent rapporteur
Responsible for Implementation
Responsible Head of Department
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
No
No
3
Check of case details
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation
Inspection
Description
The competent rapporteur checks that the details of the application are complete.
No
No
4
Search for Supplementary Information - Cross-check against Service File
Responsible for Implementation
Responsible Head of Department
Μethod of Implementation
Signature
Description
If any defects are found by the jointly competent bodies and/or the person concerned, a search for any supplementary information is carried out and cross-checked against any existing service or other family registration of the applicant.
No
No
5
Completion of the check - drafting of decision
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation
Software action
Description
Completion of the information check to establish that the required conditions are met and the applicable legal basis, and drafting of decision.
No
No
6
Rejection of the application
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Director
Μethod of Implementation
Signature
Description
The application will be rejected if the conditions are not met, and a copy will be sent to the applicant.
Yes
Yes
7
Issue of Declaratory Decision
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Director
Μethod of Implementation
Signature
Description
If the conditions are met, a decision declaring Greek nationality will be issued.
Yes
No
8
Dispatch to the National Printing House for publication
Responsible for Implementation
Responsible Head of Department
Μethod of Implementation
Software action
Description
Dispatch of the decision to the National Printing House for publication.
Yes
No
9
Upload of a summary of the decision to DIAVGEIA
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation
Software action
Description
After being published in the Government Gazette, the summary of the decision is uploaded to DIAVGEIA.
Yes
No
10
Notification of acquisition of Greek nationality
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Director
Μethod of Implementation
Software action
Description
Upon receipt of the details concerning publication of the decision in the Government Gazette, whereupon the administrative act generates legal effects, the decision is sent to a municipal roll and sent to the person concerned either directly or through the consular authority, where they reside abroad.
Yes
Yes
Procedures for acquiring Greek nationality
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