At a glance
Points of service
Digital provision points
Number of required documents
Fees
Provided without cost
Estimated Time
10 minutes
Estimated Time (digitally)
8 minutes
Description
Basic information
Competent body
Validity duration
Indefinite
Notes
Non-resident citizens who wish to vote at their place of residence can submit an online application / solemn declaration. On the basis of the applications submitted, special electoral rolls are drawn up and votes are cast: - For the European elections, at the ordinary polling stations of their place of residence.
- In national or simultaneous elections (national and European elections on the same day) at special polling stations for heterodemocrats in the capital cities of the prefectures (except for the prefectures of Attica and Thessaloniki, except for Kythera and Antikythera).Last update
14/04/2025
Application
Application Type
Submission by:
Submitted by:
Title
Notes:
What you will need
Means of authentication, identification and signature
Identification document, Identification with TAXISnet codes
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Proof of Tax ID Number (VAT No) ...
Proof of Tax number
Proof of Tax ID Number (VAT No)
Submission by: Presented by the applicant
Submitted by: Persons
Notes: In case of submission of the relevant application to KEPs or to a municipality.
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2
1.1
Travel Document or Police Identity Card ...
Identification document
Travel Document or Police Identity Card
Submission by: Presented by the applicant
Submitted by: Persons
Notes: In case there is no VAT Number, a Travel Document or Police Identity Card may be used as a proof, in case of submission of the relevant application to KEPs or to a Municipality.
Alternative document of: 1
Requirements
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Citizenship
The voter must be a Greek citizen.
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Age
All Greek citizens who - have completed the 17th year of their age (January 1st is regarded as the date of birth of all those who were born in time).
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Administrative
The voter must be registered in an electoral register of a municipality in Greece.
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Administrative
The elector must not have been deprived of his/ right to vote.
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Establishment
The voter who wishes to vote in his/her place of residence the combinations of the electoral district in the electoral rolls of which he/she is registered.
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Labour
Those belonging to categories under article 27 of P.D. 26/2012, i.e. the personnel of the Greek Police, the Fire Brigade and the Military serving in any capacity in the Armed Forces or the Coast Guard, may not submit an application.
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Possession of passwords to enter software
The application may be submitted digitally using the personal Taxisnet codes.
Link Link
Output & Results
Output
Steps
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Application to KEP or Municipality
Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation Inspection
Description The procedure concerns applications of voters submitted to municipalities or KEPs.
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Voter Search
Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation Inspection
Description At this point, the registration in the electoral rolls of the citizen - voter is searched with the help of some identification data. The search is done either by the Special Electoral Number, or by surname, first name (at least 2 characters), fathers name (at least 2 characters), year of birth.
Notes The procedure concerns applications for voters submitted to municipalities or to KEPs. Upon opening the page for registering a new Application for Registration in the lists of non-residents, the application requires the user to enter the voters VAT number.
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Search for a voter without a VAT Number
Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation Inspection
Description If the application concerns a voter without a VAT number, then the user selects the corresponding declaration in the Application (voter without VAT number). In this case, the user has the option to freely select the voter he/she serves in the Basic Electoral List, provided that he/she is under 30 years old, as required by law.
Notes The search is done : Either by filling in the Special Electoral Number (SEN) and the Surname (in full but only the first one if there is more than one). Or by filling in the Surname (in full but only if there is more than one) the First Name and the Fathers Name (the first two letters are sufficient) and the year of birth. And in the case of the Surname, if there are two Surnames, the first name is used in the search. The mothers name may be left blank in the search. For the special cases of voters of unknown father, the search should be done by checking the " Without father " box.
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Search Results
Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation Inspection
Description The voters details are displayed based on the information provided in the previous step. If the result brings more than two voters, the selection is made according to the identity data.
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Completing of application
Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation Manual Action
Description The voters residence details are filled in at this point. It is clear that all the residence details of the address of residence (mandatory), street and number (if any) are filled in to facilitate the voters inclusion in the electoral district he/she must.
Notes The competent official shall fill in the contact details and the Users Address.
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Submission of an application
Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation Software action
Description Once the competent official has completed the application form, i.e. the required fields and the required supporting documents, he/she can proceed to the final submission of the application. A prerequisite for a voters application to be submitted by a municipal employee is that the application is printed and the voter signs it in the space provided at the end of the application.
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Print Application
Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation Software action
Description A preview of the application is given by the non-resident and the application can be printed. After successful submission and initial filing, the application will be reprinted. This time the printout includes the Protocol Number and Date. This printed copy shall be delivered to the voter.
Notes The application submitted will then be examined by the relevant auditors of the Municipality; if the conditions of the law are met, the elector will be registered with the Special Lists of Non-registered Citizens.
Digital steps
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Application via gov.gr - Switch to the application
Responsible for Implementation gov.gr
Μethod of Implementation Software action
Link Link
Description The voter is taken to the applications home login page.
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User login to the application
Responsible for Implementation Institutional software
Μethod of Implementation Software interaction (interoperability)
Description By selecting "Login with TaxisNet data" from the applications home page, the user is transferred to the page of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE), where he/she is asked to fill in his/her credentials (TaxisNet codes), and then give his/her approval for access to the Registry data provided by the tax register of the Ministry of Finance managed by the Independent Authority for Public Revenue. After successful identification by TaxisNet and approval for the application to access his data, the user enters the application.
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Application for Registration in the Register of Non-Resident Citizens
Responsible for Implementation Institutional software
Μethod of Implementation Software action
Description To create a new application the user should select New Application and then New Registration
Notes By activating the new registration option, the page for the registration of a new application for registration in the Special Lists of Non-Resident Citizens opens.
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Application Details and Personal Details
Responsible for Implementation Institutional software
Μethod of Implementation Data output from software
Description The fields of the Personal Data and Elements of the Basic Electoral Roll are automatically updated through the selection Search in the Basic List. Finding personal registration and selection from the Basic List is a prerequisite for registration and submission of the Application. This search is done strictly with the data of the User Election, as returned from the ADP to the application. With the selection of the Search, it opens the search window in the Key Electoral List, with completed search fields with user data.
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Application Data and Non-Finding of Personal Data
Responsible for Implementation Institutional software
Μethod of Implementation Data output from software
Description In case the search does not find any entry in the Basic Electoral Roll that matches the users details, the application closes the search window and displays an error message to the user. In this case, the user cannot continue submitting the application and will need to investigate why they are not on the Basic Electoral Roll or why their details on the Basic Electoral Roll are different from the details on the Independent Authority for Public Revenue.
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Transfer of selected voter data to the Application
Responsible for Implementation Institutional software
Μethod of Implementation Data output from software
Description After successful selection of the registration in the Basic Electoral Roll, the application transfers the personal data of the voter and the data of the Basic Electoral Roll to the respective fields of the application. These fields are filled in exclusively by finding the requested registration from the Basic Electoral Roll. The user cannot modify them.
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Contact Details and Residence Address Information
Responsible for Implementation Institutional software
Μethod of Implementation Data input in software
Description The user fills in his/her contact details and his/her Address of Residence. The fields "Regional Section", "Municipality" and "Municipal Unit" are lists of values from which the user should select the appropriate value. The fields "Area - City", "Street", "Number" and "Postal code" are mandatory fields and must be entered by the user. In case there is no Street and Number in the place of residence, the user can activate the option "There is no Street and Number in the place of residence," in which case these fields are left blank.
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Acceptance fields
Responsible for Implementation Institutional software
Μethod of Implementation Software action
Description In order to submit the Application, the user must indicate by ticking the relevant boxes that: 1. Accept that the application is subject to the status of a solemn declaration 2. The application is a statement that states that it is a declaration of eligibility. 3. He/she understands that: in the event that the number of forty (40) voters from the constituency in which he/she is registered is not reached in the entire electoral district of his/her place of residence, he/she will not exercise his/her right to vote as an absentee voter and will vote only in the municipality where he/she is registered in the electoral rolls. 4. He/she has been informed that: if he/she no longer wishes to exercise his/her electoral right as a non-resident, he/she will have to request himself/herself to be removed from the Special Registers of Non-resident Voters.
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Saving the Application
Responsible for Implementation Institutional software
Μethod of Implementation Software action
Description The application must then be saved. The application informs the user that the Application has been successfully saved.
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Submission of an application
Responsible for Implementation Institutional software
Μethod of Implementation Software action
Description After completing the application, the user can proceed to the final submission of the Application. Upon completion of the submission, the application assigns a Protocol Number to the application and informs the user of the successful submission. The Protocol Number and Date now appear in the Application details and its status has changed to Submitted. At the same time, the application sends an e-mail to the users e-mail address, informing the user of the specific Protocol Number and Submission Date.
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Application Printing
Responsible for Implementation Institutional software
Μethod of Implementation Software action
Description The user can print his/her application after submitting the application.
Notes The application submitted will then be reviewed by the appropriate auditors of the Municipality. If the requirements of the law are met, the application will be approved and the voter will be registered in the Special Registers of Non-Resident Voters.
Other information
Alternative titles
Official title
Languages supported
Legislation
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Law 5003/2022 (Government Gazette 230/Α) Articles 103
Description Municipal Police, Farmers Market Operators, Simplification of procedures between local authorities and Decentralised Administrations, arrangements to smooth the election process of foreign residents and other arrangements.
Legal references Link
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Law 4648/2019 (Government Gazette 205/Α) Articles 43
Description Article 95 of the PD 26/2012 is replaced by the following: "Article 95 Register and content of the special electoral lists." Voters residing in a municipality of another electoral district and everything within the State, from that in whose electoral lists they are registered, hereinafter referred to as "non-residents" and may break their electoral right in the general parliamentary elections, elections to represent representatives in the European Parliament and Referendums, at their place of residence.
Legal references Link
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Law 4406/2016 (Government Gazette 133/Α) Articles 1
Description Paragraph 1 of Article 4 of the P.D. 26/2012 (A 57) is replaced by the following: "1. The right to vote shall be exercised by Greek and Greek citizens who have completed the 17th year of their age.’
Legal references Link
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Presidential Decree 26/2012 (Government Gazette 57/Α) Articles 95
Description Register and content of the special electoral lists.
Legal references Link
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Joint Ministerial Decision ΔΙΔΔΑ/Φ.15/1/2192/19/2019 (Government Gazette 326/Β)
Description Establishment of the submission of Application - Solemn Declaration of the non-resident, Application - Solemn Declaration of Greek voter residing in the EU.
Legal references Link
Categories
Τype of procedure
Trigger
Trigger (submission method)
Life events
Type
End of Process
Ιndefinite
