Issue of a Birth Certificate

From National Registry of Administrative Public Services



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At a glance

Points of service

Municipalities, KEP (ΚΕΠ)

Remote Points of service

Number of required documents

0 to 1

Fees

Provided without cost

Deadline of completion

10 days

Estimated Time (digitally)

1 minute

Description

The procedure concerns the issue of a birth certificate from the Public Register, where citizens retain their family register. The procedure does not concern the issue of a birth certificate for a minor child, which is normally registered in the applicants family. For the issue of the certificate, the person concerned may: (a) address the municipality where he/she is registered, (b) address the Points of Single Contact (ΚΕΠ-ΕΚΕ), (c) visit www.gov.gr and issue the certificate electronically using Taxisnet codes.

Basic information

Competent body

MINISTRY OF INTERIOR

Authority/Public body’s Unit responsible for the institutional framework of the procedure


Provided to

Related links

Notes

The administrative authorities shall, at the request of the person concerned, issue certificates and attestations immediately; if the immediate granting of such certificates is not possible, they shall be sent by post within ten (10) days to the indicated address. This obligation does not apply if the person concerned declares in his/her application that he/she does not wish the documents to be sent by post and that he/she will receive them in person or through an authorised representative.

Last update

04/10/2024

Application

Application Type

Application

Submission by:

Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by:

Persons

Title

Submission of an application by the person concerned.

Notes:

In case the application is submitted to the Points of Single Contact (ΚΕΠ-ΕΚΕ), the citizen should indicate the municipality in which he/she is a citizen.

What you will need

Means of authentication, identification and signature

Identification document, Identification with TAXISnet codes

    Print

    Requirements

      Fees

        Related



        Output & Results

        Output

        Digital document production, Document Production, Information via gov.gr inbox

        Steps

          Digital steps

            Other information

            Alternative titles

            Issue of a birth certificate, certificate of birth, Get a birth certificate

            Official title

            Birth certificate

            Languages supported

            Greek, English

            Legislation

              Categories

              Τype of procedure

              Trigger

              Applied for

              Trigger (submission method)

              Application (digital), Application (handwritten), Via video calling

              Life events

              Type

              Outgoing
              G1


            • 1 Administrative The person concerned must be regularly registered in the Public Register of a Greek municipality.


              No No

            • 2 Administrative The applicant, in the case of a third person, must have a legitimate interest.


              No No

            • 3 Age The applicant shall be an adult.


              No No

            • 4 Possession of passwords to enter software To submit an application digitally through the gov.gr portal, the applicant must have taxisnet codes.

              No No

            • 1 In the case of the submission of the request by a third person on behalf of the person concerned, a qualified authorisation shall be required to verify the authenticity of the signature of the order. Enabling act

              In the case of the submission of the request by a third person on behalf of the person concerned, a qualified authorisation shall be required to verify the authenticity of the signature of the order.

              Relevant link: https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/polites-kai-kathemerinoteta/psephiaka-eggrapha-gov-gr/ekdose-exousiodoteses

              Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

              Submitted by: Persons

              Relevant Procedure: Authorisation and Electronic Authorisation

              Document submitted under requirements: Yes

              Document’s requirement: Identity

              No 3070

            • Law 115-124 4483 2017 107 Α

              Description Creation and maintenance of an information system called "Register of Citizens", which includes all the records of the Municipal Register, as well as all the civil registry events that have occurred in Greece, and also those of Greek residents abroad.

              Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=20170100107

            • Law 3463 2006 114 Α

              Description Ratification of the Code of Municipalities and Communities.

              Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=20060100114

            • Law 2690 1999 45 Α

              Description Ratification of the Code of Administrative Procedure and other provisions.

              Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=19990100045

            • Presidential Decree 497 1991 180 Α

              Description Codification in a single text, entitled "Code of Decrees for the Municipal Registers" of the provisions in force and referring to the municipal registers, as drawn up by the Special Committee of article 1 of Law 1084/1980.

              Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=19910100180

            • Other

              Description Total institutional framework for Municipalities.

              Legal references https://www.ypes.gr/astiki-dimotiki-katastasi/themata-astikis-kai-dimotikits-katastasis

            • 1 Physical identification of citizen

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

              Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

              Description The competent official of the municipality or the Point of Single Contact shall check that the citizens identifying documents are complete to proceed to physical identification.

              No No


            • 2 Request to the Municipality

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

              Μethod of Implementation Software action

              Description The employee of the Municipality shall record the application completed by the citizen on paper.

              Yes No


            • 3 Application to the Point of Single Contact

              Responsible for Implementation KEP (ΚΕΠ) employee

              Μethod of Implementation Software action

              Description An official shall commence the application of a citizen and enter his/her file.

              Yes No


            • 4 Citizen's data entry

              Responsible for Implementation KEP (ΚΕΠ) employee

              Μethod of Implementation Manual Action


              Yes No


            • 5 Print Citizen's Application

              Responsible for Implementation KEP (ΚΕΠ) employee

              Μethod of Implementation Software action

              Description The official of the Point of Single Contact shall print the application and give it to the citizen for check and signature.

              Yes No


            • 6 Scanning Citizen's Application

              Responsible for Implementation KEP (ΚΕΠ) employee

              Μethod of Implementation Software action

              Description The official of the Point of Single Contact shall scan the application form and store it on his computer.

              Yes No


            • 7 Local application storage

              Responsible for Implementation KEP (ΚΕΠ) employee

              Μethod of Implementation Software action

              Description The official of the Point of Single Contact (KEP-EKE) saves the citizens application locally.

              Yes No


            • 8 Forwarding of a citizen's request by e-mail

              Responsible for Implementation KEP (ΚΕΠ) employee

              Μethod of Implementation Software action

              Description The official of the Point of Single Contact seeks the e-mail of the municipality responsible for processing and sends the digital file of the application by e-mail.

              Yes No


            • 9 Receipt of a certificate from the Municipality

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee


              Description The official of the Municipality shall receive the email with the application attached.

              Yes No


            • 10 Citizen search in the information system of the Citizens' Registερ

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

              Μethod of Implementation Software action

              Description Actions to process the request from the municipality concerned.

              No No


            • 11 Failure to find in the Citizens' Register

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee



              Yes Yes


            • 12 Finding in the Citizens' Registry

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee



              Yes No


            • 13 Certificate printing

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

              Μethod of Implementation Software action


              No No


            • 14 Check by the Head of the Register and physical signature

              Responsible for Implementation Responsible Head of Department

              Μethod of Implementation Inspection

              Description The Head of the Register shall check the completeness of the certificate and sign the document physically.

              No No


            • 15 Issue of the certificate

              Responsible for Implementation Mayor

              Μethod of Implementation Signature

              Description The digital signature of the Mayor shall be affixed to the document.

              No No


            • 16 Delivery of the certificate to the citizen by the Municipality or sending it to the Point of Single Contact

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

              Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

              Description The physical document shall be delivered to the citizen or sent by e-mail to the Point of Single Contact (KEP-EKE) in case the application was submitted through a Point of Single Contact.

              No No


            • 17 Delivery by the official Point of Single Contact to the citizen (mail, manual)

              Responsible for Implementation KEP (ΚΕΠ) employee

              Μethod of Implementation Manual Action


              No Yes


            • 1 Authentication User with Taxisnet Codes

              Responsible for Implementation Third entity software

              Co-responsible for Implementation MINISTRY OF DIGITAL GOVERNANCE

              Μethod of Implementation Data input in software

              Description Users insert their personal Taxisnet codes.

              No No


            • 2 Successful User authentication

              Responsible for Implementation Third entity software

              Μethod of Implementation Software interaction (interoperability)

              Description The Taxisnet codes are successfully inserted.

              Yes No


            • 3 Could not close temporary folder: %s

              Responsible for Implementation gov.gr

              Μethod of Implementation Software action

              Description In case of incorrect entry of Taxisnet codes

              Notes It is the exit from the service

              Yes Yes


            • 4 User consent to access personal data of the natural persons registry



              Description The user consents to authorise the application to use the following personal data: His VAT Number, Name, Last name, Fathers name, Mothers name, Year of Birth.

              Notes In order to identify the user electronically, the application "Single Digital Gate Applications" requires consent to gain access to the basic data of the Register of Natural Persons of the Ministry of Economic Affairs managed by the Independent Authority for Public Revenue.

              No No


            • 5 The Data Overview

              Responsible for Implementation gov.gr

              Μethod of Implementation Data output from software

              Description The following fields are prefixed and locked: Name/ Surname/ VAT Number

              No No


            • 6 Verification of good review data

              Responsible for Implementation gov.gr

              Μethod of Implementation Software interaction (interoperability)


              Yes No


            • 7 Wrong overview data

              Responsible for Implementation gov.gr

              Μethod of Implementation Data output from software

              Description A mistake is found in the fields Name/Surname and the process cannot be continued.

              Notes Data need to be corrected in the register of the local Tax Office.

              Yes Yes


            • 8 Citizen search data

              Responsible for Implementation gov.gr

              Μethod of Implementation Software interaction (interoperability)

              Description The citizens search in the Citizens Register is made with 5 fields. In addition to the names / Surnames, there are also the: Fathers name / Mothers name / Date of birth

              No No


            • 9 Confirmation of the correctness of citizens' data

              Responsible for Implementation gov.gr

              Μethod of Implementation Data input in software


              Yes No


            • 10 Incorrect citizens' data

              Responsible for Implementation gov.gr

              Μethod of Implementation Data output from software

              Description A mistake is found in the following fields: Fathers name / Mothers name / Date of birth and the process cannot be continued.

              Notes Data need to be corrected in the Citizens Register of the local Tax Office.

              Yes Yes


            • 11 Issue of a certificate

              Responsible for Implementation Institutional software

              Μethod of Implementation Software interaction (interoperability)

              Description The certificate of birth is issued.

              Notes The document has an advanced electronic seal and time stamp, code number and QR code for verification. It can be distributed both electronically and in paper form. In its printed form it does not need to be validated and is confirmed by the gov.gr document guarantee application.

              No Yes


            • 12 Save in the Citizen's Mailbox

              Responsible for Implementation gov.gr

              Μethod of Implementation Software action

              Description The certificate is saved in the citizens mailbox.

              No No






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