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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 10 + (
1
)

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

Expatriates

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

06/08/2026

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

        Decision, Administrative Act, 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

              Issue of Official Document, Decisions, Grantings

              Trigger

              Applied for

              Trigger (submission method)

              Application (handwritten)

              Life events

              Citizens of other States

              Type

              Outgoing

              End of Process

              Ιndefinite

              D1, D4

              ,,


            • 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 (web banking), Digital (debit / credit card), 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: Ex officio (digital)

              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 Residence and employment of expatriates from Albania.

              Legal references https://api.et.gr/apiFEK/2/2012/3043/pdf

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

              Description Amendment of the provisions of Joint Ministerial Decision ref. 4000/3/10-pb/14 / 11 / 2012, “Residence and employment of ethnic Greeks from Albania” (Series II, 3043).

              Legal references https://api.et.gr/apiFEK/2/2015/119/pdf

            • Other 2015

              Description Correction of mistakes.

              Legal references https://api.et.gr/apiFEK/2/2015/243/pdf

            • Joint Ministerial Decision 4000/3/10-ρα’ 2025 1212 Β

              Description Article 1 of Joint Ministerial Decision ref. 4000/3/10-ra/19-02-2025 amends paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Joint Ministerial Decision ref. 4000/3/10-pb/14-11-2012.

              Legal references https://api.et.gr/apiFEK/2/2025/1212/pdf

            • Law 32,50 5099 2024 48 Α

              Description Ex officio retrieval and abolition of the issuance of supporting documents for the processing of administrative procedures

              Legal references https://api.et.gr/apiLAW/1/2024/5099/pdf

            • Joint Ministerial Decision 19173 2025 1783 Β

              Description Abolition of the issuance of the certificate of marital status and the birth certificate for the processing of administrative procedures.

              Legal references https://api.et.gr/apiFEK/2/2025/1783/pdf

            • Joint Ministerial Decision 11007 2025 3570 Β

              Description Amendment of Joint Ministerial Decision No 19173/8-4-2025 of the Ministers of the Interior and Digital Governance, ‘Abolition of the issuance of the certificate of marital status and the birth certificate for the processing of administrative procedures’ (Government Gazette, Series II, No 1783).

              Legal references https://api.et.gr/apiFEK/2/2025/3570/pdf

            • 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


            • Procedure guidelines
              • Retrieved from "https://en.mitos.gov.gr/index.php?title=ΔΔ:Special_Identity_Card_for_Expatriates_from_Albania&oldid=78484"
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