Transferring to another municipality due to two years of residence

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• What you will need
• Requirements
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At a glance

Points of service

Municipalities, KEP (ΚΕΠ)

Digital provision points

• National Single Digital Gateway – gov.gr
• National Single Digital Gateway – gov.gr

Number of required documents

1

Fees

Provided without cost

Estimated Time

20 days

Description

This procedure concerns the transfer of a citizen to another municipality from the one in which they are registered and maintains their family registration due to two years of residence.

Persons of legal age or married persons may submit an application to transfer to another municipality two years after obtaining permanent residence there.

In cases where one parent transfers to another municipality, the parents must determine the municipality in which their children will be registered, by means of an irrevocable declaration to the mayor of the destination municipality.

If no such declaration is made, the minor children registered in the municipality of the person who transferred will be registered in that person’s new municipality; however,

if they do not belong to the said municipality, they will be registered in the previous municipality. The two-year residence period required for a transfer of municipality must be proven by certificate issued by the mayor, as per the provisions of Article 279 (Article 15(7) of Law 3463/2009, as amended by Article 43 of Law 5027/2023).

Basic information

Competent body

MINISTRY OF INTERIOR

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

Provided to

Townsmen

Related links

Validity duration

Indefinite

Notes

Two years of residency are not required for the following transfers of municipality:

• a) one spouse transferring to the other spouse’s municipality;
• b) former spouses transferring to the municipality in which they were registered before their marriage;
• c) adults wishing to transfer to their parents’ municipality of origin (this option is available only once);
• d) current Members of Parliament who wish to transfer to a municipality within their electoral district (Article 15(8) of Law 3463/2009).

Last update

30/03/2026

Application

Application Type

Application

Submission by:

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

Submitted by:

Persons

Title

Application by citizen.

Notes:

A transfer of municipality is completed by an act issued by the mayor (Article 8(3) of P.D. 497/1991) upon application by the interested party, accompanied by relevant supporting documents that prove fulfilment of the requirements for transfer.

What you will need

Means of authentication, identification and signature

Identification document, Identification with TAXISnet codes

Print

Requirements

Fees

Related

Means of redress or appeal:

Other Application for review or administrative appeal in accordance with Section 24 of Law 2690/1999.

The interested party may request its revocation or amendment (by application for review) from the administrative authority responsible for issuing the decision, or its cancellation (by hierarchical appeal) to the higher authority to which the former reports. The administrative authority to which the relevant application is submitted must notify the interested party of its decision on the respective application within thirty (30) days, unless special provisions provide for a different deadline.

Output & Results

Output

Administrative Act, Registry update

Steps

Digital steps

Other information

Official title

Transferring to another municipality due to two years of residence

Languages supported

Greek, English

Registries updated

ΜΗΤΡΩΟ ΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ

Legislation

Categories

Τype of procedure

Applications, Changes/Amendments, Decisions, Registries

Trigger

Applied for

Trigger (submission method)

Application (digital), Application (handwritten)

Life events

Citizens and day-to-day life, Family status

Type

Outgoing

End of Process

Ιndefinite

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   2
   7
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   46278
   
   No
   432900
   86760
   
   
   Indefinite
   
   Identification document, Identification with TAXISnet codes
   528385
   
   285779
   
   17922, 17922
   1461, 9916
   
   
   Not to be used as a supporting document

This procedure concerns the transfer of a citizen to another municipality from the one in which they are registered and maintains their family registration due to two years of residence.

Persons of legal age or married persons may submit an application to transfer to another municipality two years after obtaining permanent residence there.

In cases where one parent transfers to another municipality, the parents must determine the municipality in which their children will be registered, by means of an irrevocable declaration to the mayor of the destination municipality.

If no such declaration is made, the minor children registered in the municipality of the person who transferred will be registered in that person’s new municipality; however,

if they do not belong to the said municipality, they will be registered in the previous municipality. The two-year residence period required for a transfer of municipality must be proven by certificate issued by the mayor, as per the provisions of Article 279 (Article 15(7) of Law 3463/2009, as amended by Article 43 of Law 5027/2023). 0.00 0.00 1 0 0

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1 Identity The application must be submitted by the interested party or by a duly authorised person.

No No

2 Establishment The applicant must have resided for at least two years in the municipality to which they wish to transfer.

No No

3 Administrative The applicant must be duly registered in the municipal register of a municipality.

No No

4 Possession of passwords to enter software In order to submit an application digitally through the single Digital Portal of Public Administration (DPP-gov.gr), the use of personal taxisnet codes is required.

Link https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/polites-kai-kathemerinoteta/stoikheia-polite-kai-tautopoietika-eggrapha/elektronike-eggraphe-diakheirise-kodikon-taxisnet

No No

1 To demonstrate permanent residence where required, a printed certificate of permanent residence may be issued by the mayor or electronically via the Digital Portal of the Public Administration (gov.gr gr EPP), after a written or electronic application by the interested party with prior verification through the use of their access codes for the General Secretariat for Information Systems and Digital Governance (GGPSDD) of the Ministry of Digital Governance (taxisnet codes) as per the provisions of Chapter F of Part A of Law 4727/2020 (taxisnet). Together with their application, the applicant must also submit or post to the special application of the EPP a copy of their income tax return (E1 form). If permanent resident status cannot be proven by the above document, the applicant may prove it, in case of de facto residence in the municipality, via any other appropriate document (e.g. landline telephone bill, electricity bill, water bill, natural gas bill). The applicants’ affirmation in lieu cannot be used as the sole means of proof. Address information is extracted from the tax register administered by the IAPR via the Interoperability Centre of the GGPSDD of the Ministry of Digital Governance as per the provisions of Article 84 of Law 4727/2020. The certificate will be issued in printed or electronic form within a deadline of ten (10) days from submission of the above information, within which time the mayor must inspect the information and reserves the right to refuse to grant the certificate or to reject it electronically, with justification in both cases, in an act notified in either printed or electronic form to the applicant on the same day. Upon the expiry of the deadline provided in subparagraph 6, the certificate must automatically be issued electronically, and if this is impossible, in printed form (Article 279 of Law 3463/2006, as amended by Article 43 of Law 5027/2023). Certificate of permanent residence

To demonstrate permanent residence where required, a printed certificate of permanent residence may be issued by the mayor or electronically via the Digital Portal of the Public Administration (gov.gr gr EPP), after a written or electronic application by the interested party with prior verification through the use of their access codes for the General Secretariat for Information Systems and Digital Governance (GGPSDD) of the Ministry of Digital Governance (taxisnet codes) as per the provisions of Chapter F of Part A of Law 4727/2020 (taxisnet). Together with their application, the applicant must also submit or post to the special application of the EPP a copy of their income tax return (E1 form). If permanent resident status cannot be proven by the above document, the applicant may prove it, in case of de facto residence in the municipality, via any other appropriate document (e.g. landline telephone bill, electricity bill, water bill, natural gas bill). The applicants’ affirmation in lieu cannot be used as the sole means of proof. Address information is extracted from the tax register administered by the IAPR via the Interoperability Centre of the GGPSDD of the Ministry of Digital Governance as per the provisions of Article 84 of Law 4727/2020. The certificate will be issued in printed or electronic form within a deadline of ten (10) days from submission of the above information, within which time the mayor must inspect the information and reserves the right to refuse to grant the certificate or to reject it electronically, with justification in both cases, in an act notified in either printed or electronic form to the applicant on the same day. Upon the expiry of the deadline provided in subparagraph 6, the certificate must automatically be issued electronically, and if this is impossible, in printed form (Article 279 of Law 3463/2006, as amended by Article 43 of Law 5027/2023).

Relevant link: https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/polites-kai-kathemerinoteta/dieuthunse-katoikias-kai-epikoinonias/bebaiose-monimes-katoikias

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 4763

Law 43 5027 2023 48 Α

Description On the deadline for issuing a permanent residence certificate, amending Article 279 of Law 3463/2006

Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=20230100048

Law 7,8,15 3463 2006 114 Α

Description Ratifying the Code of Municipalities and Communities

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

Presidential Decree 497 1991 180 Α

Description Code of Decrees on Municipal Registers

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

Joint Ministerial Decision 19496 ΕΞ 2025 2025 3089 Β

Description Electronic applications via the Single Portal of the Public Administration (gov.gr EPP) for the transfer of municipality due to two years of residence and due to candidacy in municipal/regional elections or for reversion to the initial municipality.

Legal references https://ia37rg02wpsa01.blob.core.windows.net/fek/02/2025/20250203089.pdf

1 Application for registration received

Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

Μethod of Implementation Software action

Description Application forms are available from the relevant department.

No No

PT5M PT1M

2 Supporting documents checked

Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

Μethod of Implementation Inspection

Description The competent official of the relevant municipality check the validity of the information provided by the applicant in their application, as well as the adequacy of the supporting documentation submitted with the application.

No No

PT10M PT5M

3 Incomplete supporting documents

Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description The supporting documents are incomplete and the requirements have not been met. The document certifying the inability to process the application is drafted, signed and registered.

Yes No

P7D P5D

2

4 Applicant notified

Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description The document must be issued to the citizen or to the Citizen Service Centre (KEP) that submitted the application.

Yes Yes

P3D P1D

3

5 Complete and proper supporting documents

Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description If, during the verification process for supporting documents, it is ascertained that the documents are correct and complete, the competent official must proceed with the procedure for transfer from another municipality.

Yes No

P2D P1D

2

6 Decision of the mayor

Responsible for Implementation Mayor

Μethod of Implementation Signature

Description The mayor issues a relevant act.

Yes No

P2D P1D

5

7 Registration in the Citizens’ Register

Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

Μethod of Implementation Software action

Description The competent official of the relevant municipality registers the information in the Citizens’ Register.

Yes No

P2D P1D

6

8 Municipality of origin notified of the transfer decision

Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

Μethod of Implementation Software action

Description The competent official notifies the mayor’s act to the applicant’s municipality of origin for the purpose of deleting the applicant from the said municipality.

Yes No

P5D P1D

7

9 Citizen notified of the transfer decision

Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description The competent official notifies the citizen of the mayor’s act.

Yes Yes

P5D P1D

8

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