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At a glance

Points of service

Departments for nationality, Consulates

Digital provision points

• The service is not provided digitally

Number of required documents

3 to 4 + (

1

)

Fees

Provided without cost

Estimated Time

50 days to 7 months

Description

The procedure concerns the reacquisition of Greek citizenship by a child born before 8 May 1984 which they had acquired due to being born to a Greek mother and had lost due to being legitimised or recognised by their foreign father.

Basic information

Competent body

MINISTRY OF INTERIOR

Authority/Public body’s Unit responsible for the institutional framework of the procedure

Provided to

Foreigners, Nationals living abroad

Related links

Validity duration

Indefinite

Last update

31/07/2026

Application

Application Type

Application

Submission by:

Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Title

Reacquisition of Greek citizenship (Article 23 of Law 3284/2004).

Notes:

The application is submitted to the competent Regional Directorate of Citizenship of the applicants place of domicile or to the competent Greek consular authority, where the applicant is permanently domiciled abroad. If the applicant has juvenile and unmarried children, they must list such children in the application in order for them to acquire Greek citizenship as of the date of the declaration.

What you will need

Means of authentication, identification and signature

Identification document

Print

Requirements

Fees

Related

Means of redress or appeal:

Other Special administrative appeal

Rules concerning a lack of reply from the competent authority and the legal consequences for the use:

Tacit rejection

A special administrative appeal may be lodged against decisions issued by the Regional Directors of Nationality and decisions issued ‘pursuant to authorisation’, within 30 days from the date the applicant was notified of the decision of rejection. The appeal lodged in accordance with the foregoing must be accompanied by a fee receipt for EUR 100. The Minister of Interior shall decide on the appeal within an exclusive deadline of 60 days from the date the appeal was lodged with the Ministry of Interior.

Output & Results

Output

Decision

Steps

Digital steps

Other information

Alternative titles

Reacquisition following loss due to legitimation or recognition by a foreign national

Official title

Reacquisition of Greek citizenship by the child of a Greek woman legitimised by a foreign national

Languages supported

Greek, English

Registries updated

ΜΗΤΡΩΟ ΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ

Ολοκληρωμένο Πληροφοριακό Σύστημα Ιθαγένειας

Legislation

Categories

Τype of procedure

Decisions

Trigger

Applied for

Trigger (submission method)

Application (handwritten)

Life events

Citizens of other States, Elections

Type

Outgoing

End of Process

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The procedure concerns the reacquisition of Greek citizenship by a child born before 8 May 1984 which they had acquired due to being born to a Greek mother and had lost due to being legitimised or recognised by their foreign father. 0.00 0.00 3 1 1

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1 Age The applicant must have been born before 8 May 1984 (date of publication of Law 1438/1984).

No No

2 Citizenship The applicant must have been born to a Greek mother, thus acquiring Greek citizenship, and must have been registered in the municipal roll of a Greek municipality.

No No

3 Citizenship The applicant must have lost Greek nationality as of the date they were legitimised or recognised by their father from whom they acquired foreign citizenship.

No No

4 Family The applicant must have proof of the adoption or legitimation of a child by a foreign father, resulting in loss of Greek citizenship.

No No

1 Certificate of registration in municipal rolls indicating the method of acquisition of Greek citizenship (Article 1(c) of Legislative Decree 3370/1955) and the cause of the deletion (loss of Greek citizenship under Article 18 of Legislative Decree 3370/1955). Certification

Certificate of registration in municipal rolls indicating the method of acquisition of Greek citizenship (Article 1(c) of Legislative Decree 3370/1955) and the cause of the deletion (loss of Greek citizenship under Article 18 of Legislative Decree 3370/1955).

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

Submitted by: Persons

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 8619

2 The submitted request for reacquisition must be linked to the applicants file, as created during the submission of the application for removal of Greek citizenship due to legitimation by a foreign father (documents concerning loss of Greek citizenship). Additional supporting documents

The submitted request for reacquisition must be linked to the applicants file, as created during the submission of the application for removal of Greek citizenship due to legitimation by a foreign father (documents concerning loss of Greek citizenship).

Submission by: Ex officio (manual)

Submitted by: Public bodies

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 9102

3 The procedure involves the issuance of a civil registry birth certificate and concerns persons for whom a registry birth certificate was prepared at a Greek Civil Registry. Birth certificate

The procedure involves the issuance of a civil registry birth certificate and concerns persons for whom a registry birth certificate was prepared at a Greek Civil Registry.

Relevant link: https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/oikogeneia/gennese/lexiarkhike-praxe-genneses

Notes: If the applicant was born abroad, the foreign birth certificate must have been registered with the Athens Special Registry.

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 9224

4 Copy of a foreign passport or foreign identity card. Identification document

Copy of a foreign passport or foreign identity card.

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

Submitted by: Persons

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 2244

5 Court decision concerning adoption whereby the applicant was legitimised as the child of a foreign national. Rule

Court decision concerning adoption whereby the applicant was legitimised as the child of a foreign national.

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

Submitted by: Persons

Document submitted under requirements: Yes

Document’s requirement: Family

No 1127

Circular 6 2005

Description New Greek Citizenship Code

Legal references https://www.ypes.gr/UserFiles/f0ff9297-f516-40ff-a70e-eca84e2ec9b9/egiklios6 2005.doc

Law 23 3284 2004 217 Α

Description A child who was born to a Greek mother and who lost Greek citizenship due to legitimation or recognition by a foreign father may reacquire Greek citizenship if they declare their will to do so to the Secretary-General of the Region or to the Greek consular authority of their place of domicile or residence. The children of persons who acquire Greek citizenship in accordance with the provisions of this article shall become Greek if, on the date of the declaration, they are juvenile and unmarried.

Legal references https://api.et.gr/apiFEK/1/2004/217/pdf

1 Issuance of a reference number to the application

Responsible for Implementation Competent Department

Μethod of Implementation Software action

Description The application must be submitted to the competent Regional Directorate of Citizenship to which the municipality where the applicant was registered is subordinate, or to the competent Greek consular authority, where the applicant is domiciled abroad. The application must be submitted by the applicant in person or by proxy or by post. When the application is received by the competent Regional Directorate of Citizenship, it is issued a reference number, it receives a file number and is assigned to the competent department.

Notes If the application is submitted to a Greek consular authority, it will be sent in a diplomatic bag, via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to the competent Regional Directorate, and the aforesaid procedure will then be followed.

No No

P30D P1D

2 Assignment to a competent rapporteur

Responsible for Implementation Responsible Head of Department

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description The file is assigned by the competent Head of Unit to a rapporteur of the Department.

No No

P7D P1D

3 Check of case details

Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description At this stage, the competent rapporteur checks the completeness and legality of the supporting documents submitted and whether the formal and substantive conditions set out in law for issuing the relevant decision are met.

No No

P30D P10D

4 Search for additional data

Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

Μethod of Implementation Software action

Description Where the supporting documents submitted are incomplete or have not been submitted in due form, correspondence will take place in order to submit them in accordance with the established procedure.

Notes Once the necessary supporting documents have been collected, step 5 follows.

Yes Yes

P3M P1M

3

5 Preparation of a draft decision

Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

Μethod of Implementation Software action

Description Once the file check has been completed and all the required steps have been taken, having considered all the information, a draft decision is drawn up by the competent rapporteur, setting out the full reasons for accepting or rejecting the request.

Yes No

P3D P1D

3

6 Issuance of a decision that the requirements are not met.

Responsible for Implementation Competent Director

Μethod of Implementation Signature

Description If the formal and substantive conditions are not met, a decision rejecting the application for acquisition of Greek citizenship will be issued.

Notes A copy of the rejection decision will be sent to the applicant and to all stakeholders.

Yes Yes

P10D P1D

5

7 Issuance of a decision on reacquisition of Greek citizenship

Responsible for Implementation Competent Director

Μethod of Implementation Signature

Description If the formal and substantive requirements are met, a decision accepting the request for reacquisition of Greek citizenship will be issued.

Yes No

P10D P1D

5

8 Dispatch of a summary of the decision to the National Printing House for publication

Responsible for Implementation Responsible Head of Department

Μethod of Implementation Software action

Description A summary of the decision accepting the request is sent to the National Printing House and published in the Government Gazette.

Yes No

P20D P7D

7

9 Notice of reacquisition – Re-registration order

Responsible for Implementation Competent Director

Μethod of Implementation Signature

Description The reacquisition of Greek citizenship is communicated to the applicant and to the jointly competent services so that the applicant can be re-registered in the municipal rolls and male registers (in the case of male persons).

Notes If juvenile and unmarried children were listed in the application, they shall be entered in the parent’s family register in the municipal roll, and the date on which they acquired Greek citizenship is the date of the applicant parents declaration.

Yes Yes

P7D P1D

8

Website of the General Secretariat for Citizenship

https://www.ypes.gr/g-g-ithageneias/diadikasies-ktisis-e-i/anaktisi-ellinikis-ithageneias Website of the General Secretariat for Citizenship