View source for ΔΔ:Residence permit on humanitarian grounds – Victims of trafficking in human beings – Initial issuance

{{process
|process_official_title=Residence permit for humanitarian reasons – Human trafficking victims – Home grant
|process_alternative_titles=Granting of a residence permit to third-country nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings
|process_description=This procedure concerns the granting of a residence permit on humanitarian grounds and is addressed at third-country nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings and fall within the scope of Articles 135 to 142 of Law 5038/2023.
|process_org_owner_is_private=No
|process_org_owner=56992
|process_provision_org_owner_directory=411257
|process_provision_org_group=8210
|process_provision_org_directory=DIRECTORATE OF RESIDENCE PERMITS
|process_remarks=This residence permit grants access to the labour market.
|process_estimated_implementation_duration_min=P50D
|process_estimated_implementation_duration_max=P60D
|process_evidence_identification_type=Identification document
|process_type=Outgoing
|process_trigger=Applied for
|process_trigger_type=Application (handwritten), email
|process_usage=Supporting document
|process_output_type=Administrative Act, Decision, Document Production
|process_validity_duration_set=Defined
|process_validity_duration=P1Y
|process_provided_to=Foreigners
|process_tax_type=Residence permits
|process_sdg_resource=Administrative appeal
|process_sdg_notes=The third-country national concerned has the right to appeal against the rejection decision. The application for treatment should be submitted within two (2) months of service of the decision. Applications for treatment are subject to a fee of EUR 50. The request for treatment is submitted to the department that issued the relevant decision, which decides on it within an exclusive period of thirty (30) days from the date of submission.
|process_total_duration_steps_min=2692800
|process_total_duration_steps_max=5140800
|process_cost_min=16.00
|process_cost_max=16.00
|process_evidence_cost_guarantee=0
|process_evidence_cost_total_number=0
|process_evidence_ex_officio_total_number=0
|process_evidence_alternative_total_number=0
|process_evidence_prerequisite_total_number=0
|process_evidence_total_number=3
|process_evidence_step_total_number=0
|process_evidence_step_digital_total_number=0
|process_application_type=Application / Solemn Declaration
|process_application_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (exclusively in person)
|process_application_owner=Persons
|process_application_description=Residence permit on humanitarian grounds – Victims of trafficking in human beings
|process_application_note=The application for this specific residence permit shall be submitted exclusively in person to the one-stop shop of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum following a relevant appointment of the applicant or his/her authorised proxy
(Appointment requests may be made via email to the email address bio_rv@migration.gov.gr).
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=1
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Administrative
|process_conditions_name=The applicant must hold a passport, valid or otherwise. However, this specific residence permit shall also be granted in cases where the applicant is demonstrably objectively unable to hold a passport, pending confirmation after submission of a substantiated application and the issuance of an opinion of the competent Migration Committee.
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=2
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Of data provision
|process_conditions_name=The applicant must have been recognised as a victim of trafficking in human beings or smuggling of migrants by an act of the competent Public Prosecutor.
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=3
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Of Will
|process_conditions_name=The applicant must have demonstrated a clear intention to cooperate with the authorities.
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=4
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Compliance or Non-Compliance
|process_conditions_name=The applicant must have severed all relations with the alleged perpetrators of the offences referred to in points (k) and (l) of Article 4 of Law 5038/2023.
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=5
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Other
|process_conditions_name=It must be deemed advisable to extend the stay of the applicant in Greece in order to facilitate the ongoing investigation or criminal proceedings.
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=6
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Of National Security
|process_conditions_name=The applicant must not be considered a threat to public order, public security or international relations and must not have been registered in national databases as a persona non grata for serious reasons of public order and security for longer than five years.
}}
{{process conditions
|process_conditions_num_id=7
|process_conditions_alternative=No
|process_conditions_type=Health
|process_conditions_name=The applicant must not pose a risk to public health.
}}
{{process evidences cost
|process_evidence_cost_num_id=1
|process_evidence_cost_alternative=No
|process_evidence_cost_type=Impost
|process_evidence_cost_calculation=One-off
|process_evidence_cost_code=2119
|process_evidence_cost_description=Charge for a printout of the electronic residence permit
|process_evidence_cost_min=16
|process_evidence_cost_max=16
|process_evidence_cost_url=https://www1.gsis.gr/sgsisapps/eparavolo/public/create.htm?langId=2
|process_evidence_cost_payment_type=Bank cashier, Digital (debit / credit card), Digital (web banking), Hellenic Post
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=1
|process_evidence_type=4332
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=An act of the competent Public Prosecutor certifying that the third-country national has been recognised as a victim of trafficking in human beings.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=2
|process_evidence_type=3971
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Copy of passport, valid or otherwise.
|process_evidence_note=A residence permit may also be granted in cases where an objective inability of the applicant to obtain a passport is established, provided that this is determined following a reasoned application by the applicant and the opinion of the competent Migration Committee.
}}
{{process evidences
|process_evidence_num_id=3
|process_evidence_type=8298
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
|process_evidence_alternative=No
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person)
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=One (1) recent colour photograph in hard copy format, which meets the same technical specifications as those applicable to photographs submitted for Greek passports, as in force from time to time, as well as in digital format, either on an optical storage disk (CD) or on a magnetic storage medium (USB stick) in JPEG2000 format.
|process_evidence_related_process=MyPhoto for citizens
|process_evidence_related_url=https://www.gov.gr/en/ipiresies/polites-kai-kathemerinoteta/stoikheia-polite-kai-tautopoietika-eggrapha/myphoto-gia-polites
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Joint Ministerial Decision
|process_rule_decision_number=95931
|process_rule_decision_year=2024
|process_rule_article=56
|process_rule_description=Determination of the supporting documents required for the issuance of residence permits on humanitarian grounds.
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=1807
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Β
|process_rule_url=https://ia37rg02wpsa01.blob.core.windows.net/fek/02/2024/20240201807.pdf
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Law
|process_rule_decision_number=5038
|process_rule_decision_year=2023
|process_rule_article=138-142
|process_rule_description=Residence permits on humanitarian grounds
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=81
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Α
|process_rule_url=https://ia37rg02wpsa01.blob.core.windows.net/fek/01/2023/20230100081.pdf
}}
{{process rules
|process_rule_type=Decision
|process_rule_decision_number=144338
|process_rule_decision_year=2025
|process_rule_article=1, 2
|process_rule_description=Amendment of Article 1(2) of Decision 118654/2024 (GG II/2303) of the Minister for Migration and Asylum, concerning the determination of the procedure for submitting applications, in accordance with the provisions of Article 176(12) of Law 5038/2023 (GG I/81).
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=5007
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Β
|process_rule_url=https://ia37rg02wpsa01.blob.core.windows.net/fek/02/2025/20250205007.pdf
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=1
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Contact with the applicant to schedule an appointment
|process_step_official=Competent Directorate
|process_step_implementation=Software action
|process_step_duration_min=PT1H
|process_step_duration_max=PT3H
|process_step_description=Upon reception via email at the address bio_rv@migration.gov.gr of the relevant application by the third-country citizen accompanied by the required documents, the one-stop shop of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum shall contact the applicant to inform him/her concerning the date and time of attendance at the Ministry of Migration and Asylum for submission of his/her application and biometric data.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=2
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Receipt of the application for a residence permit
|process_step_official=Competent Directorate
|process_step_implementation=Action of the executive / co-competent body
|process_step_duration_min=PT1H
|process_step_duration_max=PT3H
|process_step_description=Submission of the application and all the required supporting documentation by the applicant.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=3
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Verification of the supporting documents and collection of biometric data
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Inspection
|process_step_duration_min=PT1H
|process_step_duration_max=PT3H
|process_step_description=The supporting documents submitted are verified and the biometric data of the applicant are collected.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=4
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Issuance of confirmation of submission of application for a residence permit
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_duration_min=PT1H
|process_step_duration_max=PT3H
|process_step_description=A certificate of submission of an application for granting a residence permit is provided to the applicant.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=5
|process_step_exit=No
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Checking of application
|process_step_official=Competent Employee
|process_step_implementation=Inspection
|process_step_duration_min=P30D
|process_step_duration_max=P50D
|process_step_description=This stage involves the examination of the applicant’s application.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=6
|process_step_exit=Yes
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=5
|process_step_previous_child=5
|process_step_title=Issuance of a residence permit
|process_step_official=Competent Director
|process_step_implementation=Signature
|process_step_duration_min=P1D
|process_step_duration_max=P9D
|process_step_description=Upon completion of processing of the application, a residence permit is issued and delivered to the applicant.
}}
{{process steps
|process_step_num_id=7
|process_step_exit=Yes
|process_step_child=Yes
|process_step_previous_child_selector=5
|process_step_previous_child=5
|process_step_title=Rejection of the application
|process_step_official=Competent Director
|process_step_implementation=Signature
|process_step_duration_min=P1D
|process_step_duration_max=P9D
|process_step_description=The application for a residence permit is rejected.
|process_step_note=Third-country nationals concerned have the right to appeal against the rejection decision. The application for treatment should be submitted within two (2) months of service of the decision.
}}