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Αρχική εγγραφή ενηλίκου στο δημοτολόγιο
At a glance
Points of service
Municipalities,
KEP (ΚΕΠ)
Digital provision points
- The service is not provided digitally
Number of required documents
Description
The procedure applies to adult citizens who are entitled to automatic registration in the municipal register, meet the legal requirements, and have not already registered.
This procedure does not concern those who acquire or reacquire Greek citizenship by decision of the Minister of Interior.
Basic information
Competent body
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR
Authority/Public body’s Unit responsible for the institutional framework of the procedure
Application
Application Type
Application
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Title
Αpplication from the interested party.
Notes:
Τhe application and the required supporting documents are filed with the Municipal Register Service of the municipality where registration will take place or at any Citizen Service Centre (KEP).
What you will need
Means of authentication, identification and signature
Related
Means of redress or appeal:
Other
Application for review or administrative appeal in accordance with Section 24 of Law 2690/1999.
Applicants may request that the administrative authority which issued the act revoke or amend it (application for review), or that the authority having jurisdiction over the authority that issued the act annul it (administrative appeal). The administrative authority to which the relevant application has been submitted must notify the applicant of its decision on the application no later than within thirty (30) days, unless a different deadline is set out under specific provisions.
Output & Results
Output
Decision, Registry update
Other information
Official title
Initial registration of an adult in the municipal register
Languages supported
Greek, English
Categories
Trigger (submission method)
Application (handwritten)
ΔΔ
3
6
0
0
7
0
46278
No
173100
172980
Indefinite
Identification document
528385
285779
1461, 9916
Other
The procedure applies to adult citizens who are entitled to automatic registration in the municipal register, meet the legal requirements, and have not already registered.
This procedure does not concern those who acquire or reacquire Greek citizenship by decision of the Minister of Interior.
0.00
0.00
1
0
4
50 days
,,
1
Administrative
The applicant must be entitled to automatic registration in the municipal register.
No
No
2
Age
The applicant must be an adult.
No
No
3
Establishment
An adult Greek citizen who is not registered in a municipal register and is legally entitled to register becomes a citizen in the municipality of their residence or origin, and if they are resident abroad, in the municipality of their choice (article 15 of Law 3463/2006).
No
No
1
Application of the concerned
Application
Application of the concerned
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons
Document submitted under requirements:
No
No
6009
2
A civil registry birth certificate drawn up within ninety (90) days of birth.
Birth certificate
A civil registry birth certificate drawn up within ninety (90) days of birth.
Relevant link:
https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/oikogeneia/gennese/lexiarkhike-praxe-genneses
Submission by:
Ex officio (digital), Ex officio (manual), Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons
Notes:
For persons who do not have a civil registry birth certificate drawn up within ninety (90) days of birth, the following shall also be submitted:
A certificate from the records kept by the maternity hospital or medical facility where the birth took place, attesting to the fact of the birth of the person concerned. If no such certificate is available, a court decision must be produced recognising, under Article 70 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the applicant’s kinship with their parents.
Document submitted under requirements:
No
No
9224
3
Municipal registration of the parents of the applicant in the valid municipal registers.
Certificate from a Local Government Organization
Municipal registration of the parents of the applicant in the valid municipal registers.
Submission by:
Ex officio (digital), Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Notes:
Valid registration of the parents in the municipal registries does not include only a shared family register, but also a paternal register.
Document submitted under requirements:
No
No
7358
4
The parents’ marriage/civil partnership certificate, if the applicant was born within a marriage or civil partnership.
Marriage certificate
The parents’ marriage/civil partnership certificate, if the applicant was born within a marriage or civil partnership.
Relevant link:
https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/oikogeneia/oikogeneiake-katastase/lexiarkhike-praxe-gamou
Submission by:
Ex officio (digital), Ex officio (manual), Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons
Relevant Procedure:
ΔΔ:,
Document submitted under requirements:
Yes
Document’s requirement:
Family
No
9665
5
A marriage/civil partnership certificate of the applicant, if married or in a civil partnership.
Marriage certificate
A marriage/civil partnership certificate of the applicant, if married or in a civil partnership.
Relevant link:
https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/oikogeneia/oikogeneiake-katastase/lexiarkhike-praxe-gamou
Submission by:
Ex officio (digital), Ex officio (manual), Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons
Relevant Procedure:
ΔΔ:,
Document submitted under requirements:
Yes
Document’s requirement:
Family
No
9665
Law
3463
2006
114
Α
Law
344
1976
143
Α
Presidential Decree
497
1991
180
Α
Ministerial Decision
90294
2022
6870
Β
Ministerial Decision
6641
2025
433
Β
Description
Amendment of Decision No 90294/27-12-2022 of the Minister of Interior on ‘Required supporting documents and conditions for registering, deleting, amending, etc., in the municipal register’
Legal references
https://search.et.gr/el/fek/?fekId=777078
Formal document
21252
2023
Formal document
42945
2024
1
Receipt and registration of an application.
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
The application and the required supporting documents must be received and the file must be registered by the competent officer.
No
No
2
Identity check
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation
Inspection
Description
The competent officer must check the citizen’s identification document.
No
No
3
Checking other supporting documents
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
The competent officer verifies the supporting documents submitted by the citizen and those that can be collected ex officio.
No
No
4
The supporting documents are incomplete.
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation
Software action
Description
If the supporting documents are incomplete and the conditions for registration in the municipal register are not met, a document is drawn up stating the inability to register in the municipal register.
Yes
No
5
Notification of the response document to the citizen or via the Citizen Service Centre (KEP).
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Yes
Yes
6
The supporting documents are correct and the requirements have been met.
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation
Software action
Description
The relevant decision of the Mayor for the registration in the municipal register is drawn up.
Yes
No
7
Issuance of the Mayor’s decision.
Responsible for Implementation
Mayor
Μethod of Implementation
Signature
Description
The relevant decision of the Mayor is signed and registered.
Yes
No
8
The applicant’s registration is entered in the municipal register.
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation
Software action
Description
The competent officer creates a new entry in the municipal register and family register, or registers the applicant in an existing one.
Yes
No
9
Notification of the Mayor’s decision to the applicant.
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
The Mayor’s decision on registration in the municipal register is notified to the applicant or to the Citizen Service Centre (KEP) where the application was submitted.
Yes
Yes
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