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Points of service
Digital provision points
- The service is not provided digitally
Number of required documents
Fees
Provided without cost
Estimated Time
6 months
Description
Decisions, as individual administrative acts, should contain a statement of reasons, including a finding that the legal conditions for their issuance are met. The reasons must be clear, specific, adequate and sufficient and must be apparent from the information in the file (Article 17 of the Code of Administrative Procedure).
In particular, for rejection decisions, Article 82 para. 8 of Law No. 4636/2019 provides that the decision should state the factual and legal reasons for the rejection. It is addressed to citizens.Basic information
Competent body
Authority responsible for the provision of the procedure
Service / organizational unit of a authority entity
Provided to
Related links
- Administration - Communication - Regional Asylum Offices - Self-Filling Asylum
- Decision on an application for international protection
- Positive decision to subject the status of international protection
- Dismissal decision to be subject to international protection
- Appeal against the decision rejecting the status of international protection
Notes
More specifically, the applicant is entitled to bring the appeal before the Appeals Authority.
- a. j. Against a decision, which rejects an application for international protection as unfounded under the regular procedure; and
j. against a decision granting subsidiary protection status, in so far as it concerns the non-recognition of the applicant as a refugee. Time limit: within thirty (30) days from the service of the decision or from the time when the applicant is deemed to have taken cognisance of it.
- β. Against a decision rejecting an application for international protection under the accelerated procedure, either as inadmissible, , and in cases where the appeal is lodged while the applicant is in detention.
Time limit: within twenty (20) days from the date of service of the decision or from the date on which the applicant is deemed to have knowledge of it.
Exception: appeal against a decision rejecting an application for international protection as inadmissible where another MS has assumed responsibility for examining the application within fifteen (15) days pursuant to Regulation (EU) 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, which is deemed to be an appeal against the relevant transfer act.
Against a decision rejecting an application for international protection in cases of border procedures or in cases where the appeal is lodged while the applicant is in a Reception and Identification procedure, within seven (7) days from the service of the decision or from the time when the applicant is presumed to have taken cognizance of it.
Against the decision rejecting a subsequent application as inadmissible, within five (5) days from the service of the decision.
During the time limit for lodging an appeal and until service of the decision on the appeal, any measure of expulsion, readmission or return of the applicant shall be suspended.Last update
14/04/2025
Application
Application Type
Submission by:
Title
Notes:
What you will need
Means of authentication, identification and signature
Identification document
Requirements
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Citizenship
Applicants for international protection shall be nationals of third countries or stateless persons seeking not to be expelled because they fear persecution on grounds of race, religion, nationality, participation in a particular social group or political conviction, or because they are in danger of being seriously damaged in the country of origin or prior residence, in particular because they are at risk of death or execution, torture or inhumane or degrading treatment, or because their life or integrity is at risk of international or civil conflict.
Related
Means of redress or appeal:
Hierarchical appeal/recourse
Output & Results
Output
Steps
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Drawing up a decision on an application for international protection
Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation Manual Action
Description The operators, based on their training, decide on the application for international protection and draft the decision on whether or not to grant international protection status.
Notes Operator: Officer of the Asylum Service with primary responsibility for examining an application for international protection.
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Preparation of an accompanying decision in Greek and the language of understanding of the applicant/applicant
Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation Manual Action
Description The operator should attach at the end of the decision (whether positive or rejected) the accompanying decision to the Greek and the language that the applicant has declared to the Office to understand.
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Decision posted to ‘Alkyone’
Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation Manual Action
Description The operator should post the decision on "Alcyone" after it has been made. If a decision has been issued for all members of a family then it should be posted for each member separately.
Notes Alkyone: Information system
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Note to the performance book
Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation Manual Action
Description After the decisions are posted, a note must be made in the performance book. The asylum case number, the code of the operator, as well as whether it is a decision or a stopping act, whether the applicant is a detainee or not and the language of the applicant shall be noted.
Notes This completes the process of deciding on an application for international protection. The service of the decision on the applicant is described in another procedure.
Other information
Official title
Languages supported
Legislation
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Law 4686/2020 (Government Gazette 96/Α)
Description Improving migration legislation, amending the provisions of Laws 4636/2019 (A 169), 4375/2016 (A 51), 4251/2014 (A 80) and other provisions.
Legal references Link
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Law 4636/2019 (Government Gazette 169/Α) Articles 70
Description International protection and other provisions.
Legal references Link
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European Regulation 604/2013
Description REGULATION (EU) No 604/2013 of the EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT of 26 June 2013 laying down the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in a Member State by a third-country national or a stateless person (recast)
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Categories
Τype of procedure
Trigger
Trigger (submission method)
Life events
Type
End of Process
Ιndefinite
