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Ειδικό Δελτίο Ταυτότητας Ομογενούς (ΕΔΤΟ) από Τουρκία
At a glance
Points of service
Country Security Departments,
Country Security Sub-Directorates, Departments of Aliens
Digital provision points
- The service is not provided digitally
Number of required documents
Description
The procedure concerns the issuance of a Special Identity Card for Expatriates of indefinite duration to expatriate Turkish nationals and their children, upon their application.
Basic information
Competent body
MINISTRY OF CITIZEN PROTECTION
Authority responsible for the provision of the procedure
HELLENIC POLICE
Application
Application Type
Application
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Title
Application for Granting a Special Identity Card for Expatriates
Notes:
The person interested in the issuance of a Special Identity Card for Expatriates, after entering Greece, submits an application for the issuance of a Special Identity Card for Expatriates to the competent authority of his/her place of residence in Greece.
What you will need
Means of authentication, identification and signature
Related
Means of redress or appeal:
Hierarchical appeal/recourse
Against the decision rejecting the request, the person concerned is entitled, within ten (10) days of its notification, to lodge an appeal before the locally competent Police Director or the Head of the Directorate of Aliens, who will decide within 30 days.
Output & Results
Output
Administrative Act, Decision, Document Production
Other information
Alternative titles
Granting of a Special ID Card to Expatriates of Turkish nationality and their family members
Official title
Special ID card for Expatriates from Turkey
Languages supported
Greek, English
Categories
Trigger (submission method)
Application (handwritten)
D1, D4
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0
23371
No
15565200
7787400
Indefinite
Identification document
31247
5092, 4895, 8875
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Supporting document
The procedure concerns the issuance of a Special Identity Card for Expatriates of indefinite duration to expatriate Turkish nationals and their children, upon their application.
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Certification
Expatriate Turkish nationals and their children are issued, upon their request, a Special Identity Card for Expatriates of unlimited duration. They are also entitled to receive the document:
(a) foreign spouses of the expatriates, as well as their foreign minor children from a previous marriage.
(b) the widowed foreign spouses of expatriates.
No
No
2
Administrative
The expatriate foreigner or another person entitled to it, who permanently resides abroad, submits in person to the competent Greek Consular Authority of his/her place of permanent residence, an application for the issuance of a national entry visa. In the case of minor children, the application shall be submitted by the person having parental responsibility. After entering Greece, he/she submits an application for the issuance of a Special Identity Card for Expatriates to the competent authority of his/her place of temporary residence in Greece.
Alternative condition of
1
Yes
Yes
3
Family
The applicant must have expatriate status or be related to the expatriate.
No
No
4
Conditions for non-commission of criminal offenses
The competent issuing authority shall reject the request
for the granting of a Special Identity Card for Expatriates, if there are reasons of national security or public order against the applicant and in particular if the applicant is a person who has been convicted by final judgment of a felony of any penalty or a misdemeanour for which a prison sentence of at least one year has been imposed. In the case of a conviction for a misdemeanour, the obstacle to the granting of the Special Identity Card of Expatriates shall be removed after five (5) years have elapsed since the sentence imposed has been served in any way. By way of exception, in the event of a final conviction for any of the offences referred to in Chapters two and six of the Special Part of the Penal Code, there shall be a permanent bar to the grant of an I.D.T.O. Pending the finality of the judgment, the grant of a Special Identity Card for Expatriates shall not be possible.
Also, if the applicant for the issuance of the Special Identity Card of Expatriates has committed acts in the interest of a foreign state, incompatible with the status of a Greek expatriate and/or contrary to the interests of Greece.
No
No
1
Special Identity Card for Expatriates originating in the countries of the U.S.S.R., Albanian nationals, and Turkish nationals
25.2 €
No
1
Passport or other equivalent travel document of Turkish authorities in force
Travel Document
Passport or other equivalent travel document of Turkish authorities in force
Submission by:
Presented by the applicant
Submitted by:
Persons
Notes:
For expatriates or other eligible persons permanently residing abroad and wishing to enter Greece, a passport or other equivalent travel document issued by Turkish authorities, on which the national entry visa is affixed.
Document submitted under requirements:
No
No
4746
2
Four (4) recent photographs measuring 2.7 x 2.9 cm, similar to those used for the Greek Citizens ID cards.
Photograph
No
8298
3
National Entry Visa
Permit
National Entry Visa
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons
Notes:
The expatriate foreigner or other eligible person, who is a permanent resident abroad, submits an application for a national entry visa in person to the competent Greek Consular Authority of the place of permanent residence. In the case of minor children, the application shall be submitted by the person having parental responsibility.
Document submitted under requirements:
No
No
4627
4
Evidence of the expatriate status
Identification document
Evidence of the expatriate status
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons
Notes:
Evidence of expatriate status, such as an old Foreigners Identity Card with an indication of Greek origin or a passport of E.T.A. type (for Expatriates from Turkey-Albania), any entry of ascendants in consular registers, an old consular passport
Document submitted under requirements:
No
Alternative document of:
3
Yes
2244
5
Certificate of marriage
Certification
Certificate of marriage
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons
Notes:
A Certificate of marriage, in the case of a married woman who has changed her surname because of her marriage.
Document submitted under requirements:
Yes
Document’s requirement:
Family
Alternative document of:
3
Yes
8619
6
Certificate of family status for minor children of expatriate nature.
Certificate of marital status
Certificate of family status for minor children of expatriate nature.
Relevant link:
https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/oikogeneia/oikogeneiake-katastase/pistopoietiko-oikogeneiakes-katastases
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons
Notes:
A Certificate of family status or any other official evidence or document proving his/her family relationship with the expatriate.
Document submitted under requirements:
Yes
Document’s requirement:
Family
Alternative document of:
3
Yes
3964
7
Certificate of stepchild or recognised child
Rule
Certificate of stepchild or recognised child
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons
Notes:
In the case of a stepchild or a recognised child, the relevant act of the competent foreign authority or a court decision is required.
Document submitted under requirements:
Yes
Document’s requirement:
Family
Alternative document of:
3
Yes
1127
8
Certificate of marriage and family status issued by foreign authorities
Certification
Certificate of marriage and family status issued by foreign authorities
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons
Notes:
Certificate of marriage and marital status of foreign authorities of recent issue to prove the spousal or family bond, in the case of an alien spouse of an expatriate foreigner.
Document submitted under requirements:
Yes
Document’s requirement:
Family
Alternative document of:
3
Yes
8619
9
Official document from a competent foreign authority entrusting the spouse of the expatriate with the parental care of his/her minor child.
Official document
Official document from a competent foreign authority entrusting the spouse of the expatriate with the parental care of his/her minor child.
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons
Notes:
In the case of a minor child of an alien spouse from a previous marriage, an official document from a competent foreign authority proving that the spouse of the expatriate has been entrusted with the parental care of this child.
Document submitted under requirements:
Yes
Document’s requirement:
Family
Alternative document of:
3
Yes
6440
10
Death certificate of the deceased expatriate
Death certificate
Death certificate of the deceased expatriate
Relevant link:
https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/oikogeneia/apoleia/lexiarkhike-praxe-thanatou
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons
Notes:
Death certificate of the deceased expatriate in the case of a widowed expatriate.
Document submitted under requirements:
Yes
Document’s requirement:
Family
Alternative document of:
3
Yes
1701
11
Foreigners Residence Permit, or Foreigners Identity Card or passport of E.T.A. type (Expatriates from Turkey-Albania) or other evidence of identity issued by a domestic administrative authority.
Residence Permit
Foreigners Residence Permit, or Foreigners Identity Card or passport of E.T.A. type (Expatriates from Turkey-Albania) or other evidence of identity issued by a domestic administrative authority.
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons
Notes:
For the Homogeneous or other eligible person already legally residing in Greece, a Residence Permit for Foreigners, or Foreigners Identity Card or passport of E.T.A. type (Expatriates from Turkey-Albania) or other evidence of identity issued by a domestic administrative authority, which has not been revoked even if its validity has expired, is required.
Document submitted under requirements:
Yes
Document’s requirement:
Establishment
No
4178
Joint Ministerial Decision
4000/3/84
2014
53
Β
1
Receipt of an application and supporting documentation
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Department
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
The official of the competent police office shall receive the application and the supporting documents produced.
No
No
2
Verification of complete supporting and fulfilling the conditions for granting
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Department
Μethod of Implementation
Inspection
Description
The competent police department shall verify the completeness of the supporting documents and the fulfilment by the applicant-supplier of the conditions for granting a Special Identity Card for Expatriates.
No
No
3
Verification of authenticity
Responsible for Implementation
Competent body
Μethod of Implementation
Inspection
Description
The service, only if the person concerned enters from abroad, shall request the Consulate responsible to send copies to papers in printed or, if possible, in electronic form of the file of the person concerned. After receiving them, he/she reports hierarchically to the Aliens Directorate of the Hellenic Police Headquarters with a supplementary registration report.
No
No
4
Attestation of the lodging of supporting documents
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Department
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
The Turkish nationals and the members of their families who are applying for the Special Identity Card for Expatriates, provided that the conditions are met and until the examination procedure for their request is completed, shall be granted a certificate of the submission of supporting documents.
No
No
5
Preparation of administrative file and forwarding it to the Head of the Office
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Department
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
For the Departmental Level Services (Ministry of Immigration or Security Departments) the Head or a deputy shall decide, while for the Subordinate Level Services (State Security Directorates) the Director or a substitute shall decide.
No
No
6
Adoption of a decision granting the Special Identity Card for Expatriates
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Director
Μethod of Implementation
Signature
Description
The Director or the Commander or their deputy of the competent police department, upon approval of the applicant-suppliers application, shall issue and sign the decision granting the Special Identity Card for Expatriates.
Yes
No
7
Rejection decision of a Special Identity Card for Expatriates
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Director
Μethod of Implementation
Signature
Description
Rejection of the request for the Special Identity Card for Expatriates shall be made by reasoned decision, which shall be notified with evidence and shall include a return decision (Article 21(1) L. 3907/2011, I(7)), if the person concerned resides in the country. Against the above decision, the person concerned shall be entitled, within ten (10) days of notification, to bring an action before the locally responsible Director of Police or Immigration Directorate, who shall decide on the matter within 30 days.
Yes
No
8
Examination of an appeal against a rejection decision of and adoption of a decision
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Director
Μethod of Implementation
Inspection
Description
The lodging of an appeal in due time and in due form and the time limit for lodging it shall suspend the execution of the refund decision. If the appeal is upheld, the case shall be referred back to the locally competent administrator of the department referred to in paragraph 1. 3 of Article 1, for the purpose of issuing the Special Identity Card for Expatriates, and, if the application is successful, a reasoned decision shall be issued, notified to the person concerned by means of a certificate, ordering the return decision to be enforced.
Yes
No
9
Issue of a Special Identity Card for Expatriates
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Department
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
The competent police service invites the person concerned to come to the Service and proceeds with the issue of the Special Identity Card for Expatriates.
No
No
Procedure Instructions
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