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{{process
|process_official_title=Acquisition of Greek Citizenship with Recognition
|process_alternative_titles=Acquisition of Greek Citizenship of an Alien Minor due to Recognition by a Greek father
|process_description=The procedure concerns the acquisition of Greek Citizenship by recognition and is addressed to foreigners who were born without marriage of their parents and were legally recognised as children of Greeks. These foreigners are granted Greek citizenship if they are minors at the time of recognition. The date of acquisition of Greek nationality is considered to be either the date of the notarial act of recognition or the date on which the judicial act of recognition became final.
If the recognition was made after the child has reached the age of majority, then the procedure of naturalisation of a homogeneous person may be followed (https://www.ypes.gr/g-g-ithageneias/diadikasies-ktisis-e-i/politografisi-omogenon)
|process_org_owner_is_private=No
|process_org_owner=46278
|process_provision_org_owner_directory=997702
|process_provision_org_group=3777, 1220
|process_output_registries=430853
|process_evidence_identification_type=Identification document
|process_type=Outgoing
|process_trigger=Applied for
|process_trigger_type=Application (handwritten)
|process_usage=Input in another process
|process_output_type=Decision
|process_source=Framers, SDG
|process_provided_to=Foreigners,Nationals living abroad,Parents
|process_tax_type=Decisions
|process_life_events=Third-country nationals (Citizens of other States)
|process_sdg_resource=Other
|process_sdg_resource_other=Special Administrative Appeal
|process_sdg_lack_of_response_rule=Tacit rejection
|process_sdg_notes=In accordance with Article 45 n. 4604/2019 (A'50) as amended by Article 37 n. 4674/2020 (A'53): Against decisions by Regional Directors of Citizenship and decisions adopted on the basis of an authorisation order, the right to bring an ad hoc administrative action under Article 8 n. 3200/1955 (A'97) before the Minister of the Interior shall be exercised. The appeal referred to above shall be accompanied by a paradoxical amount (100) of EUR.
|process_total_duration_steps_min=3629100
|process_total_duration_steps_max=10195800
|process_total_duration_steps_digital_min=0
|process_cost_min=0.00
|process_cost_max=0.00
|process_evidence_cost_guarantee=0
|process_evidence_cost_total_number=0
|process_evidence_ex_officio_total_number=0
|process_evidence_alternative_total_number=5
|process_evidence_prerequisite_total_number=2
|process_evidence_total_number=5
|process_evidence_step_total_number=0
|process_evidence_step_digital_total_number=0
|process_sdg_codes=D5
|process_application_type=Application
|process_application_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_application_owner=Persons
|process_application_description=Application for determination of nationality due to recognition by a Greek father
|process_application_note=The application is filed by the father and/or mother when the child is a minor or by the child himself or herself when he or she has reached the age of majority if the child was recognised at a time when he or she was still a minor.
In case the application is submitted to a Consular Authority of Greece abroad, a consular fee may be applied according to the provisions of P.D. 16/2014 "On Consular Fees and Rights".
|process_estimated_implementation_duration=46656000
|process_estimated_implementation_duration_max=P18M
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=1
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Family
|process_conditions_name=To be a child of a foreign mother and a Greek father who was born without a marriage of his parents, does not have, i.e. a ‘retirement of origin from marriage provided for in Article 1465 AK.
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=2
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Citizenship
|process_conditions_name=Not to have acquired Greek citizenship in any other legal way before recognition, i.e. to be a foreigner.
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=3
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Age
|process_conditions_name=The child who will acquire Greek citizenship must not have reached the age of 18 at the date of his/her recognition as a Greek child.
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=4
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Citizenship
|process_conditions_name=The acknowledging father must have Greek citizenship at the time the acknowledgement takes place.
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=5
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Administrative
|process_conditions_name=The act of recognition to be valid from the point of view of Greek law, the validity of which is assessed by Articles 11 and 20 AK.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=1
|process_evidence_type=1860
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=Yes
|process_evidence_prerequisite=Administrative
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Police Identity Card
|process_evidence_note=It is required if the application is submitted by the Greek father.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=2
|process_evidence_type=1275
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=An extrajudicial act of birth of the foreign child.
|process_evidence_related_url=https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/oikogeneia
|process_evidence_note=If the child was born in Greece, a birth certificate drawn up before the competent Greek authorities must be submitted.
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{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=3
|process_evidence_type=8619
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=Yes
|process_evidence_alternative_of_selector=2
|process_evidence_alternative_of=2
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Foreign authority birth certificate.
|process_evidence_related_url=https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/oikogeneia
|process_evidence_note=If the child recognized was born outside Greece, a birth certificate from a competent foreign authority must be presented, which must bear the legal validations (apostille mark or the corresponding endorsements of consular authorities for a country that does not belong to the Hague Convention), accompanied by an official translation.
The foreign birth certificate may serve as an act of recognition, in which case a report of recognition is drawn up by the competent consular authority.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=4
|process_evidence_type=3139
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=An act of voluntary recognition drawn up before a notary in which the Greek father recognises the child as genuine with the consent of the foreign mother.
|process_evidence_note=In the case of voluntary recognition, a notarial deed of recognition must be produced, which must be drawn up in accordance with the provisions of Article 1475 AK on voluntary recognition.
If the child is recognised at the age of more than three years, the foreign mother must be in possession of a legal residence permit in order to draw up a notarial deed of recognition.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=5
|process_evidence_type=1127
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=Yes
|process_evidence_alternative_of_selector=4
|process_evidence_alternative_of=4
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Judicial decision on the recognition of paternity.
|process_evidence_note=In the case of a judgment by a Greek court, according to which the Greek father is recognised as a biological father of the minor child, a copy of the judgment of the court of recognition shall be presented, accompanied by a certificate of finality.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=6
|process_evidence_type=7358
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Certificate of demographic registration of the Greek father
|process_evidence_note=A certificate of registration from the competent Municipal Registry of the Municipality is required, proving the Greek citizenship of the father at the time of the recognition.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=7
|process_evidence_type=8619
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Certificate of marital status of the foreign mother.
|process_evidence_note=The certificate must bear the legal validations (apostille or the corresponding consular endorsements for a country that is not a member of the Hague Convention) on the original, accompanied by an official translation.
The production of the above certificate (or its alternatives) is considered necessary in order to verify whether the main condition for the validity of the recognition is fulfilled, which is the confirmation either that the recognised child is the child of an unmarried mother, or that he/she was born within a legal marriage of his/her foreign mother but that the presumption of origin of the child has been overturned by this marriage.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=8
|process_evidence_type=8619
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=Yes
|process_evidence_alternative_of_selector=7
|process_evidence_alternative_of=7
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Certificate of celibacy of the foreign mother.
|process_evidence_note=The certificate must bear on the original the legal validations (apostille or the corresponding consular endorsements for a country that is not a member of the Hague Convention), accompanied by an official translation.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=9
|process_evidence_type=9429
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=Yes
|process_evidence_alternative_of_selector=7
|process_evidence_alternative_of=7
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Declaration of celibacy of a foreign mother
|process_evidence_note=It is submitted by the foreign mother if there is an objective impossibility to issue a certificate of celibacy. If the declaration is drawn up in another language, it must be accompanied by an official translation.
The solemn declaration must be accompanied by a certificate from the competent foreign authorities, duly certified and officially translated, stating that no certificate of celibacy or corresponding certificates have been issued.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=10
|process_evidence_type=4746
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=An exact copy of a valid passport of a foreign mother.
|process_evidence_note=An exact copy of the foreign mothers passport is required in order to identify her.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=11
|process_evidence_type=2244
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=Yes
|process_evidence_alternative_of_selector=10
|process_evidence_alternative_of=10
|process_evidence_description=Other proof of identity of the foreign mother
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=12
|process_evidence_type=4178
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=Yes
|process_evidence_prerequisite=Administrative
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_description=Residence permit of a foreign mother
|process_evidence_note=It is required if the application for citizenship with recognition is (also) submitted by the foreign mother to the competent citizenship office of the country.
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Law
|process_rule_decision_number=3284
|process_rule_decision_year=2004
|process_rule_article=2
|process_rule_description=An alien who was born without the marriage of his parents and was legally recognised as a Greek child, so that he could be fully assimilated to his father’s genuine child, became Greek from recognition if he is a minor at that time.
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=217
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Α
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=20040100217
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Law
|process_rule_decision_number=1438
|process_rule_decision_year=1984
|process_rule_article=2
|process_rule_description=An alien who was born without the marriage of his parents and was legally recognised as a child of Greek or Greek in order to be fully assimilated to a genuine child of his parent, became Greek since the recognition if at that time he had not completed the eighteenth year of his age.
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=60
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Α
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=19840100060
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Legislative decree
|process_rule_decision_number=3370
|process_rule_decision_year=1955
|process_rule_article=3
|process_rule_description=Prior to the completion of the 21st year of his age, recognised, by voluntary or full judicial recognition as a Greek child, he becomes Greek by the recognition.
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=258
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Α
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=19550100258
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Circular
|process_rule_decision_number=Φ.102744/71666
|process_rule_decision_year=2007
|process_rule_description=Building of the Hellenic National with recognition
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Circular
|process_rule_decision_number=Φ.102744/9509
|process_rule_decision_year=2008
|process_rule_description=Acquisition of Greek nationality on the grounds of recognition.
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Presidential Decree
|process_rule_decision_number=456
|process_rule_decision_year=1984
|process_rule_article=11, 20, 1475, 1479
|process_rule_description=Articles 11 and 20 AC determine the validity of voluntary recognition and Article 1475 and Article 1479 AC regulate the way of voluntary and judicial recognition.
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=164
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Α
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=19840100164
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=1
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Application - Protocol
|process_step_official=Competent Department
|process_step_implementation=Software action
|process_step_duration_min=PT5M
|process_step_duration_max=PT10M
|process_step_description=The application shall be submitted to the Regional Integration Department of the place of residence of the applicant's parents if they are resident in the Greek Consular Authority, if they are resident in a foreign country. The application shall be submitted by the father or mother if the child is a minor and by the applicant himself if he is an adult.
|process_step_note=If the application is submitted to the Hellenic Consular Authority, it shall be transmitted with a diplomatic bag to the relevant Regional Nationality Directorate to which the Municipality of Greece is subject and followed by the above-mentioned procedure. If the application is submitted by the adult most senior child, it may address any citizenship service of the country according to the municipality to which it wishes to register.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=2
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Charge to rapporteur
|process_step_official=Competent Department
|process_step_implementation=Software action
|process_step_duration_min=P5D
|process_step_duration_max=P10D
|process_step_description=The dossier shall be debited by the relevant Head of Division via the IPS Nationality to the relevant rapporteur.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=3
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Checking for conditional assistance
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_duration_min=P5D
|process_step_duration_max=P10D
|process_step_description=At this stage, the file is complete and the supporting documents submitted are lawful.
|process_step_note=The competent rapporteur shall check whether all the supporting documents required have been submitted and whether the conditions for the adoption of a decision to obtain a Greek nationality have been met on the grounds of recognition.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=4
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=3
|process_step_previous_child=3
|process_step_title=Search for legal information or applicable law
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_co_org=21705
|process_step_implementation=Software action
|process_step_duration_min=P1D
|process_step_duration_max=P5D
|process_step_description=Where recognition has been made in a country for which legal information is not available to the Directorate-General for Citizenship, corresponds to the competent Greek Consular Authority in order to investigate whether recognition has been legally effected in accordance with the legislation in its country of drafting, as well as whether, in its content, the simulation of the off-married child with authenticity is complete without any derogation or period, or subject to revocation, as required by Greek law, in order to produce its legal effects.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=5
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=4
|process_step_previous_child=4
|process_step_title=Search for additional supporting documents
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Software action
|process_step_duration_min=P1D
|process_step_duration_max=P5D
|process_step_description=Where the supporting documents submitted are incomplete or have not been submitted in accordance with the procedure provided for, correspondence shall be made in order to produce them by law.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=6
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Drawing up a draft decision
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Software action
|process_step_duration_min=P1D
|process_step_duration_max=P3D
|process_step_description=A draft decision accepting or rejecting the request for Greek citizenship shall be drawn up.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=7
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Signature Decision
|process_step_official=Competent Director
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_duration_min=P1M
|process_step_duration_max=P3M
|process_step_description=The draft decision by all the bodies (Rapporteur, Head of Division, Director) is signed.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=8
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=7
|process_step_previous_child=7
|process_step_title=Adoption of a decision establishing Greek nationality on the grounds of recognition
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Software action
|process_step_duration_min=P1D
|process_step_duration_max=P3D
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=9
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=8
|process_step_previous_child=8
|process_step_title=Mission of a summary of the decision for publication at the National Printing Office
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Software action
|process_step_duration_min=PT1S
|process_step_duration_max=PT5S
|process_step_description=A summary of the decision is sent electronically to the National Printing Office in order to be published in the CoR.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=10
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=9
|process_step_previous_child=9
|process_step_title=Publication of a decision to acquire Greek citizenship in the CoC
|process_step_official=Co-competent Authority
|process_step_co_org=81717
|process_step_implementation=Software action
|process_step_duration_min=P20D
|process_step_duration_max=P40D
|process_step_description=Summary of the decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the Government.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=11
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=10
|process_step_previous_child=10
|process_step_title=Installation of DISTRIBUTION
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Software action
|process_step_duration_min=PT1H
|process_step_duration_max=PT1H
|process_step_description=After publication the summary of the decision is also posted on the website of the INTERNATIONAL Programme
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=12
|process_step_exit=Yes
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=11
|process_step_previous_child=11
|process_step_title=Announcement of Acquisition of Greek Citizenship - Migration Command
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Software action
|process_step_duration_min=P1D
|process_step_duration_max=P2D
|process_step_description=A document to be sent to the relevant municipality of the country for the registration of the recognised child in the Journal shall be drawn up.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=13
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=7
|process_step_previous_child=7
|process_step_title=Rejection Decision
|process_step_official=Competent Director
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_duration_min=P1D
|process_step_duration_max=P3D
|process_step_description=Where the conditions are not met, a decision rejecting the request for recognition of the Greek nationality shall be issued.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=14
|process_step_exit=Yes
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=13
|process_step_previous_child=13
|process_step_title=Notification of a Rejective Decision
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_duration_min=P1D
|process_step_duration_max=P5D
|process_step_description=A copy of the rejection decision shall be communicated to the applicant and to all stakeholders.
}}