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{{process
 
{{process
|process_official_title=Special Identity Card for Expatriates from Albania
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|process_official_title=Special Expatriate Identity Card for foreign nationals of Greek descent (EDTO) from Albania
|process_alternative_titles=Granting of a Special Identity Card to Expatriates with Albanian nationality and the members of their family
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|process_alternative_titles=Issuing a Special Identity Card for Foreign Nationals (EDTO) who are Albanian nationals and to their family members
|process_description=The procedure concerns the provision of a Special Identity Card for Expatriates of Albanian nationality and to their children residing in Greece on request of an indefinite duration. The issue of the document is entitled:  
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|process_description=The procedure concerns the provision, upon request, of a special identity card of indefinite duration to Albanian nationals of Greek descent and to their children residing in Greece. The following persons are also entitled to obtain the document:
a. Foreign spouses of the relatives, regardless of nationality, and foreign minors from previous marriages, whose parental care is taken.  
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a. The spouses of foreign nationals of Greek descent, who are also foreign nationals, irrespective of nationality, as well as their foreign national minor children from a previous marriages who are under their parental responsibility.
b. The widowed foreign spouses of the relatives.
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b. Widowed foreign-national spouses of foreign nationals of Greek descent.
 
|process_org_owner_is_private=No
 
|process_org_owner_is_private=No
 
|process_org_owner=23371
 
|process_org_owner=23371
|process_provision_org_group=4895, 8875, 5092
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|process_provision_org_group=5092, 4895, 8875
 
|process_provision_org=31247
 
|process_provision_org=31247
|process_remarks=As reception services for supporting documents of the aforementioned documents are defined the relevant Immigration Departments, for those residing in the area of jurisdiction of the General Police Directorates of Attica and Thessaloniki, and the relevant Services that deal with foreigners issues at the headquarters of the Police Directorates of the General Police Directorates of the Region for those residing in the area of jurisdiction of the said Police Directorates, are designated as services for receiving the documents and issuing the above documents.
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|process_remarks=The agencies responsible for receiving the required supporting documents and issuing the above-mentioned documents are the competent Department for Foreign Nationals for persons residing in the jurisdiction of the Police Divisions of Attica and Thessaloniki, and the competent agencies (Anti-Crime Police Subdivisions across Greece, Anti-Crime Police Departments across Greece) handling foreign national-related matters at the seats of the Police Divisions of the Regional Police General Divisions for persons residing in the jurisdiction of those Police Divisions. Should there be a change to the residence address of an EDTO holder which was declared in accordance with indent (Aa) of point (a) of Article 9(2), the competent agency of his/her place or residence will be responsible for renewing or revoking the documents referred to in paragraph 1.
In the event of a change in the address of residence of the holder of an Special Identity Card for Expatriates declared in accordance with the provision of sub-paragraph aa of case a of par. a of Article 9, the competent authority for the renewal or withdrawal of the documents referred to in paragraph 1 shall be the competent authority of his/her place of residence, as the case may be.
 
 
|process_estimated_implementation_duration_max=P6M
 
|process_estimated_implementation_duration_max=P6M
 
|process_evidence_identification_type=Identification document
 
|process_evidence_identification_type=Identification document
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|process_evidence_identification_type_other=Any public document bearing the applicant’s photograph and details
 
|process_type=Outgoing
 
|process_type=Outgoing
 
|process_trigger=Applied for
 
|process_trigger=Applied for
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|process_life_events=Citizens of other States
 
|process_life_events=Citizens of other States
 
|process_sdg_resource=Hierarchical appeal/recourse
 
|process_sdg_resource=Hierarchical appeal/recourse
|process_sdg_notes=Against the decision rejecting the request, the person concerned is entitled, within ten (10) days of its notification, to bring an appeal before the locally competent Director of the Police Directorate or Aliens Directorate, who will decide within 30 days.
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|process_sdg_notes=The person concerned may lodge an appeal against the decision rejecting his/her application, within ten (10) days of notification thereof, before the local competent Director of a Police Division or Foreign Nationals Division, and the latter must decide on the appeal within 30 days.
 
|process_total_duration_steps_min=7787400
 
|process_total_duration_steps_min=7787400
 
|process_total_duration_steps_max=15564000
 
|process_total_duration_steps_max=15564000
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|process_evidence_ex_officio_total_number=0
 
|process_evidence_ex_officio_total_number=0
 
|process_evidence_alternative_total_number=8
 
|process_evidence_alternative_total_number=8
|process_evidence_prerequisite_total_number=0
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|process_evidence_prerequisite_total_number=1
|process_evidence_total_number=3
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|process_evidence_total_number=2
 
|process_evidence_step_total_number=0
 
|process_evidence_step_total_number=0
 
|process_evidence_step_digital_total_number=0
 
|process_evidence_step_digital_total_number=0
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|process_application_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
 
|process_application_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
 
|process_application_owner=Persons
 
|process_application_owner=Persons
|process_application_description=Application for a Special Identity Card for Expatriates
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|process_application_description=Application for obtaining a Special Identity Card for Foreign Nationals of Greek descent (EDTO)
|process_application_note=The person concerned for the issue of a Special Identity Card for Expatriates, after entering into Greece, shall submit an application to the competent Office of his/her place of residence in Greece.
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|process_application_note=A person wishing to obtain an EDTO must, after entering Greece, submit a relevant application to the competent agency of his/her place of residence in Greece.
|process_estimated_implementation_duration=P6M
 
 
|evidences_process_registry_evidence_id=1701
 
|evidences_process_registry_evidence_id=1701
 
}}
 
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|process_conditions_alternative=No
 
|process_conditions_alternative=No
 
|process_conditions_type=Citizenship
 
|process_conditions_type=Citizenship
|process_conditions_name=Parents of Albanian nationality and their children residing in Greece are entitled to be granted the Special Identity Card for Expatriates of an indefinite validity time. The document shall also be granted to:  
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|process_conditions_name=Albanian foreign nationals of Greek descent and their children residing in Greece are issued with, upon request, a special identity card for foreign nationals of Greek descent (EDTO) of indefinite duration. The document
a. The foreign spouses of expatriates, irrespective of and their foreign minor children from a previous marriage, of whom they have parental authority parental care.  
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may also be issued to:
b. Widowed foreign spouses of expatriates. Also, expatriates who have or had Albanian citizenship, who reside in Greece before the year 1990 and who are holders of Alien Identity Cards, even if
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a. The spouses of foreign nationals of Greek descent, who are also foreign nationals, irrespective of nationality, as well as their foreign national minor children from previous marriages who are under their parental responsibility.
even if their validity has expired, as well as their children,
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b. Widowed foreign-national spouses of foreign nationals of Greek descent.
are entitled, upon their application, to be granted a Special Identity Card for Expatriates.
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Also, foreign national of Greek descent who are or were Albanian nationals and have been residing in Greece since before 1990 – provided that they are holders of a foreign national identity card, albeit an expired one – as well as their children, are entitled to obtain an EDTO upon request.
 
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{{process conditions
 
{{process conditions
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|process_conditions_alternative=No
 
|process_conditions_alternative=No
 
|process_conditions_type=Family
 
|process_conditions_type=Family
|process_conditions_name=The applicant must have expatriate status or be related to the expatriate.
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|process_conditions_name=The applicant must be a foreign national of Greek descent or a person related to a foreign national of Greek descent.
 
}}
 
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{{process conditions
 
{{process conditions
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|process_conditions_alternative=No
 
|process_conditions_alternative=No
 
|process_conditions_type=Administrative
 
|process_conditions_type=Administrative
|process_conditions_name=The expatriate or another entitled person shall, in person, submit an application to the competent Greek Consulate Authority of his or her existing or last residence in Albania for the purposes of issuing a national entry visa. For minor children, the application is submitted by the person who has parental responsibility.
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|process_conditions_name=A foreign national of Greek descent or another eligible person must submit, in person, an application for a national visa to the competent Greek consular authority of his/her current or last place of residence in Albania. In the case of minor children, the application must be submitted by the person exercising parental responsibility.
 
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{{process conditions
 
{{process conditions
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|process_conditions_alternative_of=2
 
|process_conditions_alternative_of=2
 
|process_conditions_type=Administrative
 
|process_conditions_type=Administrative
|process_conditions_name=A special consular visa is not required for the original version of Special Identity Cards for Expatriates and Single Type Residence Permits for expatriates with an origin from areas of traditional property of the Greek National Minority in Albania, according to the list of the Joint Ministerial Decision No. 4000/3/10-c in Article 15A from 20-01-2015, as corrected by FEK No 243 from 17-02-2015 (Title B).
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|process_conditions_name=No special visa from a consular authority is required for the initial issue of an EDTO and of a residence permit for foreign nationals of Greek descent originating from areas with a long-standing presence of a Greek ethnic minority in Albania, in accordance with the list provided in Article 15a of Joint Ministerial Decision No 4000/3/10-πγ/20.01.2015, as corrected in the Greek Government Gazette, Series II, No 243/17.02.2015. Similarly, no national visa is required for the initial issue of an EDTO and of a residence permit in the case of minor children of foreign nationals of Greek descent holding an EDTO or a residence permit, provided that said children were born and are residing in Greece.
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{process conditions
 
{{process conditions
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|process_conditions_alternative=No
 
|process_conditions_alternative=No
 
|process_conditions_type=Conditions for non-commission of criminal offenses
 
|process_conditions_type=Conditions for non-commission of criminal offenses
|process_conditions_name=Against the applicant of the Special Identity Card for Expatriates there must be no reasons of national security or he/she must have acted for the benefit of a foreign state, incompatible with the status of a Greek expatriate and/or contrary to the interests of the country.
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|process_conditions_name=The applicant must not be subject to restrictions on grounds of national security or have taken action in the interest of a foreign state, which is incompatible with the status of a foreign national of Greek descent and/or contrary to the interests of Greece.
 
}}
 
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{{process evidences cost
 
{{process evidences cost
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|process_evidence_cost_calculation=One-off
 
|process_evidence_cost_calculation=One-off
 
|process_evidence_cost_code=6018
 
|process_evidence_cost_code=6018
|process_evidence_cost_description=A Special Identity Card for Expatriates from countries of the E.C.S.R., Albanian nationals, Turkish nationals.
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|process_evidence_cost_description=EDTO for persons originating from former USSR states, Albanian nationals, Turkish nationals
 
|process_evidence_cost_min=25.2
 
|process_evidence_cost_min=25.2
 
|process_evidence_cost_max=25.2
 
|process_evidence_cost_max=25.2
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|process_evidence_submission_type=Presented by the applicant
 
|process_evidence_submission_type=Presented by the applicant
 
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
 
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Passport or other equivalent travel document issued by Albanian authorities in force.
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|process_evidence_description=A valid passport or other equivalent travel document issued by the Albanian authorities.
|process_evidence_note=For granting a Special Identity Card for Expatriates, the applicant is required to hold a passport on which the national entry visa is affixed if he/she is required to hold a consular entry visa.
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|process_evidence_note=To obtain an EDTO, the applicant must hold a passport with a national visa affixed to it, if he/she is required to have such a visa.
 
}}
 
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{{process evidences
 
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|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
 
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
 
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
 
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Four (4) recent photos of 2.7 x 2.9 cm, similar to those used for Identity cards for Greek citizens.
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|process_evidence_description=Four (4) recent photographs, dimensioned 2.7 X 2.9 cm, similar to those used for the Greek nationals’ identity cards.
 
|process_evidence_related_process=MyPhoto for citizens
 
|process_evidence_related_process=MyPhoto for citizens
 
|process_evidence_related_url=http://www.astynomia.gr/index.php?option=ozo_content&perform=view&id=93507&Itemid=114&lang=
 
|process_evidence_related_url=http://www.astynomia.gr/index.php?option=ozo_content&perform=view&id=93507&Itemid=114&lang=
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|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
 
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
 
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
 
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Six (6) recent photographs of 2.7 x 2.9 cm, similar to those used for Identity cards for Greek citizens.
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|process_evidence_description=Six (6) recent photographs, dimensioned 2.7 X 2.9 cm, similar to those used for the Greek nationals’ identity cards.
 
|process_evidence_related_process=MyPhoto for citizens
 
|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_evidence_related_url=https://www.gov.gr/en/ipiresies/polites-kai-kathemerinoteta/stoikheia-polite-kai-tautopoietika-eggrapha/myphoto-gia-polites
|process_evidence_note=It concerns the expatriates who have or had Albanian citizenship, who reside in Greece before 1990 and who hold an Alien Identity Card, even if its validity has expired.
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|process_evidence_note=This concerns foreign nationals of Greek descent who are or were Albanian nationals and have been residing in Greece since earlier than 1990 – provided that they are holders of a foreign national identity card, albeit an expired one.
 
}}
 
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{{process evidences
 
{{process evidences
 
|process_evidence_num_id=4
 
|process_evidence_num_id=4
 
|process_evidence_type=4627
 
|process_evidence_type=4627
|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=No
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|process_evidence_is_under_prerequisite=Yes
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|process_evidence_prerequisite=Citizenship
 
|process_evidence_alternative=No
 
|process_evidence_alternative=No
 
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
 
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
 
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
 
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=National Entry Visa
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|process_evidence_description=National visa
|process_evidence_note=The expatriate or other eligible person shall submit in person to the competent Greek Consular Authority of his/her current or last residence in Albania, an application for the issuance of a national entry visa. For minor children, the application shall be submitted by the person having parental responsibility. By way of exception, a specific consular visa shall not be required for the initial issuance of a Special Identity Card for Expatriates who come from areas of traditional presence of the Greek National Minority in Albania, according to the list of Article 15A.
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|process_evidence_note=A foreign national of Greek descent or another eligible person must submit, in person, an application for a national visa to the competent Greek consular authority of his current or last place of residence in Albania. In the case of minor children, the application must be submitted by the person exercising parental responsibility. By way of exception, no special visa from a consular authority is required for the initial issue of an EDTO and of a residence permit for foreign nationals of Greek descent originating from areas with a long-standing presence of a Greek ethnic minority in Albania, in accordance with the list provided in Article 15a. Similarly, no national visa is required for the initial issue of an EDTO and of a residence permit in the case of minor children of foreign nationals of Greek descent holding an EDTO or a residence permit, provided that said children were born and are residing in Greece.
 
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|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
 
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
 
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
 
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Wedding certificate
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|process_evidence_description=Marriage certificate
|process_evidence_note=A marriage certificate, in the case of a married woman who has changed her surname because of her marriage.
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|process_evidence_note=A marriage certificate, in the case of a married woman who has changed her surname as a result of marriage.
 
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{{process evidences
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|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
 
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
 
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
 
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Evidence of expatriate status
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|process_evidence_description=Evidence of status of a foreign national of Greek descent
|process_evidence_note=Evidence of expatriate status, in particular old Albanian identity cards (‘LETRNJOFTIM’) with an indication of nationality (‘GREKE’) a certificate of the marital status of his/her ascendants from whom he/she is descended  (‘trungu familjar’), an old Alien ID card, any entry of his/her ascendant in consular registers or an old consular passport.
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|process_evidence_note=Evidence of status of a foreign national of Greek descent, in particular an old Albanian identity card (‘LETRNJOFTIM’) indicating that the applicant or his/her immediate descendants is/are Greek (‘GREKE’) national(s), a family status certificate for his/her immediate descendants from whom he/she derives his/her status of a foreign national of Greek descent (‘trungu familjar’), a former foreign national identity card, any registration of his/her immediate descendants in consular registries, or an old consular passport.
 
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|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
 
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
 
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
 
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Family status certificate for minor children of expatriate nature.
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|process_evidence_description=Family status certificate for the minor child of a foreign national of Greek descent.
 
|process_evidence_related_url=https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/oikogeneia/oikogeneiake-katastase/pistopoietiko-oikogeneiakes-katastases
 
|process_evidence_related_url=https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/oikogeneia/oikogeneiake-katastase/pistopoietiko-oikogeneiakes-katastases
|process_evidence_note=Family status certificate or any other official particular or document proving the family relationship of a minor with the relative.
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|process_evidence_note=A family status certificate or any other official file or document evidencing the family relationship between a minor child and the foreign national of Greek descent.
 
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{{process evidences
 
{{process evidences
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|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
 
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
 
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
 
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Act of stepchild or recognised child
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|process_evidence_description=Act of adoption or recognition of a child
|process_evidence_note=In the case of a stepchild or a recognised child, the relevant act of the competent foreign authority or a court decision is required.
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|process_evidence_note=In the case of an adoptive or recognised child, the relevant decision of the competent foreign authority or court judgement must be submitted.
 
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{{process evidences
 
{{process evidences
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|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
 
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
 
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
 
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Certificate of marriage and family status issued by foreign authorities
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|process_evidence_description=Marriage and family status certificate issued by foreign authorities
|process_evidence_note=Recently issued certificate of marriage and family status for foreigners of a recent version as an evidence of marital or family bond, in the case of a foreign spouse of a nationality.
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|process_evidence_note=A marriage and family status certificate issued recently by foreign authorities, to evidence the spousal or family relationship, in the case of a foreign national, of a non-Greek-national spouse of a foreign national of Greek descent.
 
}}
 
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{{process evidences
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|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
 
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
 
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
 
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=An official document of a competent foreign authority assigning his/her spouse to the parental care of a child of his or her child.
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|process_evidence_description=Official document issued by a competent foreign authority awarding the spouse of a foreign national of Greek descent the parental responsibility of his/her minor child.
|process_evidence_note=In the case of a child of an alien spouse from a previous marriage, an official document of a competent foreign authority proving that the parental care of that child has been entrusted to his spouse.
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|process_evidence_note=In the case of a minor child from the previous marriage of a foreign-national spouse who is not a Greek national, an official document issued by a competent foreign authority evidencing that the spouse of the foreign national of Greek descent has been awarded parental responsibility for that child.
 
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{{process evidences
 
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|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
 
|process_evidence_submission_type=Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
 
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
 
|process_evidence_owner=Persons
|process_evidence_description=Death certificate of the deceased expatriate
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|process_evidence_description=Death certificate for a deceased foreign national of Greek descent
 
|process_evidence_related_url=https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/oikogeneia/apoleia/lexiarkhike-praxe-thanatou
 
|process_evidence_related_url=https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/oikogeneia/apoleia/lexiarkhike-praxe-thanatou
|process_evidence_note=Death certificate of the deceased expatriate in the case of a widowed expatriate
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|process_evidence_note=A death certificate for the deceased foreign national of Greek descent in the case of a widowed foreign national of Greek descent.
 
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{{process rules
 
{{process rules
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|process_rule_decision_number=4000/3/10
 
|process_rule_decision_number=4000/3/10
 
|process_rule_decision_year=2012
 
|process_rule_decision_year=2012
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|process_rule_description=On the residence and employment of foreign nationals of Greek descent from Albania.
 
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=3043
 
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=3043
 
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Β
 
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Β
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|process_rule_decision_number=4000/3/10
 
|process_rule_decision_number=4000/3/10
 
|process_rule_decision_year=2015
 
|process_rule_decision_year=2015
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|process_rule_description=Amending the provisions of Joint Ministerial Decision No 4000/3/10−πβ΄/14.11.2012 on the residence and employment of foreign nationals of Greek descent from Albania (Government Gazette, Series II, No 3043).
 
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=119
 
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=119
 
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Β
 
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Β
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|process_rule_type=Other
 
|process_rule_type=Other
 
|process_rule_decision_year=2015
 
|process_rule_decision_year=2015
|process_rule_description=Error corrections.
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|process_rule_description=Correction of mistakes.
 
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=243
 
|process_rule_gazette_doc_number=243
|process_rule_gazette_doc_issue=Β
 
 
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=20150200243
 
|process_rule_url=https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek_pdf=20150200243
 
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|process_step_exit=No
 
|process_step_exit=No
 
|process_step_child=No
 
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Receipt of an application and supporting documentation
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|process_step_title=Receipt of application and supporting documents
 
|process_step_official=Competent Department
 
|process_step_official=Competent Department
 
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
 
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
 
|process_step_duration_min=PT10M
 
|process_step_duration_min=PT10M
 
|process_step_duration_max=PT10M
 
|process_step_duration_max=PT10M
|process_step_description=The official of the competent Police Service shall receive the application and the supporting documents submitted.
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|process_step_description=An official of the competent police agency should receive the application and the supporting documents submitted.
 
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|process_step_exit=No
 
|process_step_exit=No
 
|process_step_child=No
 
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Verification of complete supporting and fulfilling the conditions for granting
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|process_step_title=Verification of the completeness of supporting documents and fulfilment of the requirements for obtaining the document
 
|process_step_official=Competent Department
 
|process_step_official=Competent Department
 
|process_step_implementation=Inspection
 
|process_step_implementation=Inspection
 
|process_step_duration_min=PT30M
 
|process_step_duration_min=PT30M
 
|process_step_duration_max=PT30M
 
|process_step_duration_max=PT30M
|process_step_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 the Special Identity Card for Expatriates.
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|process_step_description=The competent police agency should verify that all supporting documents have been submitted and the applicant meets the requirements for obtaining an EDTO.
 
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|process_step_duration_min=P3M
 
|process_step_duration_min=P3M
 
|process_step_duration_max=P6M
 
|process_step_duration_max=P6M
|process_step_description=The authority issuing the Special Identity Card for Expatriates requests the Greek Consulate Authority to send copies of the dossier of the person concerned in paper or, if possible, in electronic format. After receiving them, it shall state hierarchically to the Immigration Directorate of the Hellenic Police Headquarters and submit additional record reports.
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|process_step_description=The EDTO issuing agency should ask the competent Greek consular authority to provide them with copies of the applicant’s file in hardcopy format or, if technically feasible, in electronic format. After receiving the copies, the issuing agency should, following the chain of hierarchy, report to the Foreign Nationals Division of the Hellenic Police Headquarters and submit a supplementary registration report.
 
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|process_step_exit=No
 
|process_step_exit=No
 
|process_step_child=No
 
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Attestation of the lodging of supporting documents
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|process_step_title=Certificate of submission of supporting documents
 
|process_step_official=Competent Department
 
|process_step_official=Competent Department
 
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
 
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
 
|process_step_duration_min=PT30M
 
|process_step_duration_min=PT30M
 
|process_step_duration_max=PT40M
 
|process_step_duration_max=PT40M
|process_step_description=Albanian citizens and members of their families who apply for the issuance of a Special Identity Card for Expatriates, if the conditions are met and until the completion of the procedure of examination of their application, are issued a certificate of submission of supporting documents.
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|process_step_description=Albanian nationals and their family members applying for an EDTO must, where the relevant requirements are met and until the procedure for considering their request is completed, be provided with a certificate of submission of supporting documents.
 
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|process_step_exit=No
 
|process_step_exit=No
 
|process_step_child=No
 
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Preparation of an administrative file and forward of it to the Head of the Office
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|process_step_title=Preparation of an administrative file and communication thereof to the head of the agency
 
|process_step_official=Competent Department
 
|process_step_official=Competent Department
 
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
 
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
 
|process_step_duration_min=PT1H
 
|process_step_duration_min=PT1H
 
|process_step_duration_max=PT1H
 
|process_step_duration_max=PT1H
|process_step_description=For the Departmental Level Services (Ministry of Immigration or Security Departments) the Administrator or a deputy of him/her shall decide, while for the Subordinate Level Services (State Security Directorates) the Director or a deputy of that.
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|process_step_description=In the case of department-level agencies (Departments for Foreign Nationals or Anti-Crime Police Departments), the relevant decision will be made by the department director or his/her deputy; in the case of subdivision-level agencies (Anti-Crime Police Subdivisions), the relevant decision will be made by the subdivision director or his/her deputy.
 
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|process_step_previous_child_selector=5
 
|process_step_previous_child_selector=5
 
|process_step_previous_child=5
 
|process_step_previous_child=5
|process_step_title=Adoption of a decision for granting the Special Identity Card for Expatriates
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|process_step_title=Issuance of a decision for granting the EDTO
 
|process_step_official=Competent Director
 
|process_step_official=Competent Director
 
|process_step_implementation=Signature
 
|process_step_implementation=Signature
 
|process_step_duration_min=PT1H
 
|process_step_duration_min=PT1H
 
|process_step_duration_max=PT1H
 
|process_step_duration_max=PT1H
|process_step_description=The Director or the Administrator or their deputies of the competent police service, if they approve the applicants application, shall issue and sign the decision to grant a Special Identity Card for Expatriates.
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|process_step_description=If the director/chief of the competent police agency, or his/her deputy, approves the applicant’s application, he/she should issue and sign the decision to grant the EDTO.
 
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|process_step_previous_child_selector=5
 
|process_step_previous_child_selector=5
 
|process_step_previous_child=5
 
|process_step_previous_child=5
|process_step_title=Rejection decision of a Special Identity Card for Expatriates
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|process_step_title=Issuance of a decision for refusing the EDTO
 
|process_step_official=Competent Director
 
|process_step_official=Competent Director
 
|process_step_implementation=Signature
 
|process_step_implementation=Signature
 
|process_step_duration_min=PT1H
 
|process_step_duration_min=PT1H
 
|process_step_duration_max=PT1H
 
|process_step_duration_max=PT1H
|process_step_description=The rejection of the request for the granting of the Special Identity Card for Expatriates, is made by a reasoned decision, which is communicated with evidence and includes a return decision (Article 21(1) of Law 3907/2011, A 7), if the person concerned resides in the country. Against the above decision, the person concerned is entitled, within ten (10) days of its notification, to to bring an appeal before the locally competent Director of the Police or Aliens Directorate, who shall decide on the matter within 30 days.
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|process_step_description=The application for an EDTO may be rejected by reasoned decision, which must be notified with proof of receipt and must include a return decision Article 21(1) of Law 3907/2011 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 7), where the person concerned is residing in Greece. The person concerned may lodge an appeal against the above-mentioned decision, within ten (10) days of notification thereof, before the local competent Director of a Police Division or Foreign Nationals Division, and the latter must decide on the appeal within 30 days.
 
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|process_step_previous_child_selector=5
 
|process_step_previous_child_selector=5
 
|process_step_previous_child=5
 
|process_step_previous_child=5
|process_step_title=Examination of a rejection decision of a Special Identity Card for Expatriates
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|process_step_title=Examination of an appeal against a rejection decision and issuance of decision
 
|process_step_official=Competent Director
 
|process_step_official=Competent Director
 
|process_step_implementation=Inspection
 
|process_step_implementation=Inspection
 
|process_step_duration_min=PT1H
 
|process_step_duration_min=PT1H
 
|process_step_duration_max=PT1H
 
|process_step_duration_max=PT1H
|process_step_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 Governor of the of the authority 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.
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|process_step_description=Where an appeal is lodged in a timely and lawful manner and during the deadline set for lodging such an appeal, the enforcement of the return decision will be suspended. If the appeal is upheld, the case must be referred back to the local competent chief
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of the agency referred to in Article 1(3) in order for the latter to issue the EDTO; if the appeal is rejected, a reasoned decision must be issued, which must be notified to the person concerned with proof of receipt, and the enforcement of the return decision must be ordered.
 
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|process_step_exit=Yes
 
|process_step_child=No
 
|process_step_child=No
|process_step_title=Granting of a Special Identity Card for Expatriates
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|process_step_title=Provision of the EDTO
 
|process_step_official=Competent Department
 
|process_step_official=Competent Department
 
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
 
|process_step_implementation=Manual Action
|process_step_description=The competent police service invites the person concerned to come to the Service and proceeds with the granting of the Special Identity Card for Expatriates.
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|process_step_description=The police agency responsible for issuing the EDTO should invite the person concerned to the agency premises and should then provide the EDTO to the person.
 
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|process_useful_link_title=Procedure Instructions
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|process_useful_link_title=Procedure guidelines
 
|process_useful_link_url=http://www.astynomia.gr/index.php?option=ozo_content&perform=view&id=93507&Itemid=114&lang=
 
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Latest revision as of 08:41, 14 April 2025



e0c53a9e-6ec3-481d-a1a0-8f7e64bd12ad 630009 Ειδικό Δελτίο Ταυτότητας Ομογενούς (ΕΔΤΟ) από Αλβανία

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

2 to 11

Fees

25.2 €

Estimated Time

6 months

Description

The procedure concerns the provision, upon request, of a special identity card of indefinite duration to Albanian nationals of Greek descent and to their children residing in Greece. The following persons are also entitled to obtain the document:

a. The spouses of foreign nationals of Greek descent, who are also foreign nationals, irrespective of nationality, as well as their foreign national minor children from a previous marriages who are under their parental responsibility.

b. Widowed foreign-national spouses of foreign nationals of Greek descent.

Basic information

Competent body

MINISTRY OF CITIZEN PROTECTION

Authority responsible for the provision of the procedure

HELLENIC POLICE

Provided to

Related links

Validity duration

Indefinite

Notes

The agencies responsible for receiving the required supporting documents and issuing the above-mentioned documents are the competent Department for Foreign Nationals for persons residing in the jurisdiction of the Police Divisions of Attica and Thessaloniki, and the competent agencies (Anti-Crime Police Subdivisions across Greece, Anti-Crime Police Departments across Greece) handling foreign national-related matters at the seats of the Police Divisions of the Regional Police General Divisions for persons residing in the jurisdiction of those Police Divisions. Should there be a change to the residence address of an EDTO holder which was declared in accordance with indent (Aa) of point (a) of Article 9(2), the competent agency of his/her place or residence will be responsible for renewing or revoking the documents referred to in paragraph 1.

Last update

14/04/2025

Application

Application Type

Application

Submission by:

Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by:

Persons

Title

Application for obtaining a Special Identity Card for Foreign Nationals of Greek descent (EDTO)

Notes:

A person wishing to obtain an EDTO must, after entering Greece, submit a relevant application to the competent agency of his/her place of residence in Greece.

What you will need

Means of authentication, identification and signature

Identification document

    Print

    Requirements

      Fees

        Related

        Means of redress or appeal:

        Hierarchical appeal/recourse

        The person concerned may lodge an appeal against the decision rejecting his/her application, within ten (10) days of notification thereof, before the local competent Director of a Police Division or Foreign Nationals Division, and the latter must decide on the appeal within 30 days.

        Output & Results

        Output

        Administrative Act, Decision, Document Production

        Steps

          Digital steps

            Other information

            Alternative titles

            Issuing a Special Identity Card for Foreign Nationals (EDTO) who are Albanian nationals and to their family members

            Official title

            Special Expatriate Identity Card for foreign nationals of Greek descent (EDTO) from Albania

            Languages supported

            Greek, English

            Legislation

              Categories

              Τype of procedure

              Trigger

              Applied for

              Trigger (submission method)

              Application (handwritten)

              Type

              Outgoing

              End of Process

              Ιndefinite

              D1, D4

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            • 1 Citizenship Albanian foreign nationals of Greek descent and their children residing in Greece are issued with, upon request, a special identity card for foreign nationals of Greek descent (EDTO) of indefinite duration. The document may also be issued to: a. The spouses of foreign nationals of Greek descent, who are also foreign nationals, irrespective of nationality, as well as their foreign national minor children from previous marriages who are under their parental responsibility. b. Widowed foreign-national spouses of foreign nationals of Greek descent. Also, foreign national of Greek descent who are or were Albanian nationals and have been residing in Greece since before 1990 – provided that they are holders of a foreign national identity card, albeit an expired one – as well as their children, are entitled to obtain an EDTO upon request.

              No No

            • 2 Family The applicant must be a foreign national of Greek descent or a person related to a foreign national of Greek descent.

              No No

            • 3 Administrative A foreign national of Greek descent or another eligible person must submit, in person, an application for a national visa to the competent Greek consular authority of his/her current or last place of residence in Albania. In the case of minor children, the application must be submitted by the person exercising parental responsibility.

              No No

            • 4 Administrative No special visa from a consular authority is required for the initial issue of an EDTO and of a residence permit for foreign nationals of Greek descent originating from areas with a long-standing presence of a Greek ethnic minority in Albania, in accordance with the list provided in Article 15a of Joint Ministerial Decision No 4000/3/10-πγ/20.01.2015, as corrected in the Greek Government Gazette, Series II, No 243/17.02.2015. Similarly, no national visa is required for the initial issue of an EDTO and of a residence permit in the case of minor children of foreign nationals of Greek descent holding an EDTO or a residence permit, provided that said children were born and are residing in Greece.

              Yes Yes

            • 5 Conditions for non-commission of criminal offenses The applicant must not be subject to restrictions on grounds of national security or have taken action in the interest of a foreign state, which is incompatible with the status of a foreign national of Greek descent and/or contrary to the interests of Greece.

              No No

            • 1 EDTO for persons originating from former USSR states, Albanian nationals, Turkish nationals 25.2 €

              e-Administrative Fee code 6018

              Cost Calculation One-off

              Method of Payment Bank cashier, Digital (debit / credit card), Digital (web banking), Hellenic Post

              Type of Cost e-Administrative Fee

              Fee Link https://www1.gsis.gr/sgsisapps/eparavolo/public/create.htm?langId=2

              No

            • 1 A valid passport or other equivalent travel document issued by the Albanian authorities. Travel Document

              A valid passport or other equivalent travel document issued by the Albanian authorities.

              Submission by: Presented by the applicant

              Submitted by: Persons

              Notes: To obtain an EDTO, the applicant must hold a passport with a national visa affixed to it, if he/she is required to have such a visa.

              Document submitted under requirements: No


              No 4746

            • 2 Four (4) recent photographs, dimensioned 2.7 X 2.9 cm, similar to those used for the Greek nationals’ identity cards. Photograph

              Four (4) recent photographs, dimensioned 2.7 X 2.9 cm, similar to those used for the Greek nationals’ identity cards.

              Relevant link: http://www.astynomia.gr/index.php?option=ozo content&perform=view&id=93507&Itemid=114&lang=

              Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

              Submitted by: Persons

              Relevant Procedure: MyPhoto for citizens

              Document submitted under requirements: No


              No 8298

            • 3 Six (6) recent photographs, dimensioned 2.7 X 2.9 cm, similar to those used for the Greek nationals’ identity cards. Photograph

              Six (6) recent photographs, dimensioned 2.7 X 2.9 cm, similar to those used for the Greek nationals’ identity cards.

              Relevant link: https://www.gov.gr/en/ipiresies/polites-kai-kathemerinoteta/stoikheia-polite-kai-tautopoietika-eggrapha/myphoto-gia-polites

              Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

              Submitted by: Persons

              Relevant Procedure: MyPhoto for citizens

              Notes: This concerns foreign nationals of Greek descent who are or were Albanian nationals and have been residing in Greece since earlier than 1990 – provided that they are holders of a foreign national identity card, albeit an expired one.

              Document submitted under requirements: Yes

              Document’s requirement: Time

              Alternative document of: 2

              Yes 8298

            • 4 National visa Permit

              National visa

              Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

              Submitted by: Persons

              Notes: A foreign national of Greek descent or another eligible person must submit, in person, an application for a national visa to the competent Greek consular authority of his current or last place of residence in Albania. In the case of minor children, the application must be submitted by the person exercising parental responsibility. By way of exception, no special visa from a consular authority is required for the initial issue of an EDTO and of a residence permit for foreign nationals of Greek descent originating from areas with a long-standing presence of a Greek ethnic minority in Albania, in accordance with the list provided in Article 15a. Similarly, no national visa is required for the initial issue of an EDTO and of a residence permit in the case of minor children of foreign nationals of Greek descent holding an EDTO or a residence permit, provided that said children were born and are residing in Greece.

              Document submitted under requirements: Yes

              Document’s requirement: Citizenship

              No 4627

            • 5 Marriage certificate Certification

              Marriage certificate

              Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

              Submitted by: Persons

              Notes: A marriage certificate, in the case of a married woman who has changed her surname as a result of marriage.

              Document submitted under requirements: Yes

              Document’s requirement: Family

              Alternative document of: 4

              Yes 8619

            • 6 Evidence of status of a foreign national of Greek descent Identification document

              Evidence of status of a foreign national of Greek descent

              Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

              Submitted by: Persons

              Notes: Evidence of status of a foreign national of Greek descent, in particular an old Albanian identity card (‘LETRNJOFTIM’) indicating that the applicant or his/her immediate descendants is/are Greek (‘GREKE’) national(s), a family status certificate for his/her immediate descendants from whom he/she derives his/her status of a foreign national of Greek descent (‘trungu familjar’), a former foreign national identity card, any registration of his/her immediate descendants in consular registries, or an old consular passport.

              Document submitted under requirements: Yes

              Document’s requirement: Administrative

              Alternative document of: 4

              Yes 2244

            • 7 Family status certificate for the minor child of a foreign national of Greek descent. Certificate of marital status

              Family status certificate for the minor child of a foreign national of Greek descent.

              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 family status certificate or any other official file or document evidencing the family relationship between a minor child and the foreign national of Greek descent.

              Document submitted under requirements: Yes

              Document’s requirement: Family

              Alternative document of: 4

              Yes 3964

            • 8 Act of adoption or recognition of a child Rule

              Act of adoption or recognition of a child

              Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

              Submitted by: Persons

              Notes: In the case of an adoptive or recognised child, the relevant decision of the competent foreign authority or court judgement must be submitted.

              Document submitted under requirements: Yes

              Document’s requirement: Family

              Alternative document of: 4

              Yes 1127

            • 9 Marriage and family status certificate issued by foreign authorities Certification

              Marriage and family status certificate issued by foreign authorities

              Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

              Submitted by: Persons

              Notes: A marriage and family status certificate issued recently by foreign authorities, to evidence the spousal or family relationship, in the case of a foreign national, of a non-Greek-national spouse of a foreign national of Greek descent.

              Document submitted under requirements: Yes

              Document’s requirement: Family

              Alternative document of: 4

              Yes 8619

            • 10 Official document issued by a competent foreign authority awarding the spouse of a foreign national of Greek descent the parental responsibility of his/her minor child. Official document

              Official document issued by a competent foreign authority awarding the spouse of a foreign national of Greek descent the parental responsibility 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 from the previous marriage of a foreign-national spouse who is not a Greek national, an official document issued by a competent foreign authority evidencing that the spouse of the foreign national of Greek descent has been awarded parental responsibility for that child.

              Document submitted under requirements: Yes

              Document’s requirement: Family

              Alternative document of: 4

              Yes 6440

            • 11 Death certificate for a deceased foreign national of Greek descent Death certificate

              Death certificate for a deceased foreign national of Greek descent

              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: A death certificate for the deceased foreign national of Greek descent in the case of a widowed foreign national of Greek descent.

              Document submitted under requirements: Yes

              Document’s requirement: Family

              Alternative document of: 4

              Yes 1701

            • Joint Ministerial Decision 4000/3/10 2012 3043 Β

              Description On the residence and employment of foreign nationals of Greek descent from Albania.

              Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=20120203043

            • Joint Ministerial Decision 4000/3/10 2015 119 Β

              Description Amending the provisions of Joint Ministerial Decision No 4000/3/10−πβ΄/14.11.2012 on the residence and employment of foreign nationals of Greek descent from Albania (Government Gazette, Series II, No 3043).

              Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=20150200119

            • Other 2015

              Description Correction of mistakes.

              Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=20150200243

            • 1 Receipt of application and supporting documents

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Department

              Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

              Description An official of the competent police agency should receive the application and the supporting documents submitted.

              No No


            • 2 Verification of the completeness of supporting documents and fulfilment of the requirements for obtaining the document

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Department

              Μethod of Implementation Inspection

              Description The competent police agency should verify that all supporting documents have been submitted and the applicant meets the requirements for obtaining an EDTO.

              No No


            • 3 Verification of authenticity

              Responsible for Implementation Competent body

              Μethod of Implementation Inspection

              Description The EDTO issuing agency should ask the competent Greek consular authority to provide them with copies of the applicant’s file in hardcopy format or, if technically feasible, in electronic format. After receiving the copies, the issuing agency should, following the chain of hierarchy, report to the Foreign Nationals Division of the Hellenic Police Headquarters and submit a supplementary registration report.

              No No


            • 4 Certificate of submission of supporting documents

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Department

              Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

              Description Albanian nationals and their family members applying for an EDTO must, where the relevant requirements are met and until the procedure for considering their request is completed, be provided with a certificate of submission of supporting documents.

              No No


            • 5 Preparation of an administrative file and communication thereof to the head of the agency

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Department

              Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

              Description In the case of department-level agencies (Departments for Foreign Nationals or Anti-Crime Police Departments), the relevant decision will be made by the department director or his/her deputy; in the case of subdivision-level agencies (Anti-Crime Police Subdivisions), the relevant decision will be made by the subdivision director or his/her deputy.

              No No


            • 6 Issuance of a decision for granting the EDTO

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Director

              Μethod of Implementation Signature

              Description If the director/chief of the competent police agency, or his/her deputy, approves the applicant’s application, he/she should issue and sign the decision to grant the EDTO.

              Yes No


            • 7 Issuance of a decision for refusing the EDTO

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Director

              Μethod of Implementation Signature

              Description The application for an EDTO may be rejected by reasoned decision, which must be notified with proof of receipt and must include a return decision Article 21(1) of Law 3907/2011 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 7), where the person concerned is residing in Greece. The person concerned may lodge an appeal against the above-mentioned decision, within ten (10) days of notification thereof, before the local competent Director of a Police Division or Foreign Nationals Division, and the latter must decide on the appeal within 30 days.

              Yes No


            • 8 Examination of an appeal against a rejection decision and issuance of decision

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Director

              Μethod of Implementation Inspection

              Description Where an appeal is lodged in a timely and lawful manner and during the deadline set for lodging such an appeal, the enforcement of the return decision will be suspended. If the appeal is upheld, the case must be referred back to the local competent chief of the agency referred to in Article 1(3) in order for the latter to issue the EDTO; if the appeal is rejected, a reasoned decision must be issued, which must be notified to the person concerned with proof of receipt, and the enforcement of the return decision must be ordered.

              Yes No


            • 9 Provision of the EDTO

              Responsible for Implementation Competent Department

              Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

              Description The police agency responsible for issuing the EDTO should invite the person concerned to the agency premises and should then provide the EDTO to the person.

              No Yes


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