At a glance
Points of service
Public Employment Services (former OAED)-Centers for the Promotion of Employment-KPA2, PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, EU Regulations and Contracts Department
Digital provision points
- The service is not provided digitally
Number of required documents
Not required
Fees
Provided without cost
Estimated Time
50 days
Description
The procedure concerns the issue of a certificate of periods of insurance and employment used to obtain unemployment benefit in another EU Member State. It is addressed to unemployed persons.
Basic information
Competent body
MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL SECURITY
Authority/Public body’s Unit responsible for the institutional framework of the procedure
Authority responsible for the provision of the procedure
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (D.YP.A)
Service / organizational unit of a authority entity
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, EU Regulations and Contracts Department
Provided to
Related links
Notes
Unemployed persons moving within the EU under Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 and Implementing Regulation (EC) No 987/2009, as applicable: • Have the right to make an application for a grant in the State of last employment, • Are entitled to apply for a grant in the State of permanent residence by depositing the PD U1 received by the State of last employment, • If after their last employment they have been transferred to another EU Member State for a job looking for a grant, except in the above case, that employment may in future be used by a PD U1 for a consideration, having regard to new employment times in the EU Member State where have been been transferred and after the end of the employment relationship a request for a grant has been made in the Member State-Member State concerned.
Last update
05/11/2026
Application
Application Type
Application
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons
Title
Application for the PD U1 with original signature. The application must feature the Social Security Number and the VAT Number (Tax Identification Number).
Notes:
1) Immediately after the termination of the employment contract, migrant unemployed persons who are going to move to another EU Member State, apply to the Local Services of the Public Employment Service (formerly O.A.E.D.) (K.P.A. 2 - Employment Promotion Centres) located closest to their last employment, for the issue of the PD U1, before their departure from Greece. 2) The receipt of the PD U1 is done by the unemployed person in consultation with the Employment Promotion Centre 2., which will inform the unemployed person about the date of receipt of the PD U1. The applicant will receive the original PD U1 in his/her hands. 3.This PD U1 may be submitted:
- (i) In the Member State of Permanent Residence in which he/she will apply for a grant.
- (ii) If he/she does not claim benefit in the Member State of Permanent Residence but moves to another Member State to seek employment, he/she may submit this Community Form after being re-employed in that Member State and after the termination of his/her employment relationship, after claiming unemployment benefit for the new employment and submitting it in order to be used for the purpose of cumulating years of employment. 4) If the insured person, due to ignorance, does not apply for the issue before his/her departure from Greece, he/she can send the Application for PD U1 by post. 5) He/she sends the application by post to the Employment Promotion Centre which is closest to his/her last employment in Greece. 6) The application must bear the original signature of the applicant.
What you will need
Means of authentication, identification and signature
Identification document
Print
Requirements
Fees
Related
Output & Results
Output
Document Production
Steps
Digital steps
Other information
Official title
Issue of a Portable Form U1 (PD U1)
Languages supported
Greek, English
Legislation
Categories
Τype of procedure
Trigger
Applied for
Trigger (submission method)
Application (handwritten)
Life events
Type
Outgoing
End of Process
Ιndefinite
B1, B2, B6, K1
