ΔΔ:Special Identity Card for Expatriates from Turkey

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• Basic information
• Application
• What you will need
• Requirements
• Fees
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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

3 to 9 + (

1

)

Fees

25.2 €

Estimated Time

6 months

Description

The procedure concerns the issuance of a Special Identity Card for Expatriates of indefinite duration to expatriate Turkish nationals and their children, upon their application.

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 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 the receipt of the documents and the issuance of the aforementioned documents.

Last update

08/07/2026

Application

Application Type

Application

Submission by:

Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by:

Persons

Title

Application for Granting a Special Identity Card for Expatriates

Notes:

The person interested in the issuance of a Special Identity Card for Expatriates, after entering Greece, submits an application for the issuance of a Special Identity Card for Expatriates to the competent authority 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

Against the decision rejecting the request, the person concerned is entitled, within ten (10) days of its notification, to lodge an appeal before the locally competent Police Director or the Head of the Directorate of Aliens, who will decide within 30 days.

Output & Results

Output

Decision, Administrative Act, Document Production

Steps

Digital steps

Other information

Alternative titles

Granting of a Special ID Card to Expatriates of Turkish nationality and their family members

Official title

Special ID card for Expatriates from Turkey

Languages supported

Greek, English

Legislation

Categories

Τype of procedure

Applications, Decisions, Grantings

Trigger

Applied for

Trigger (submission method)

Application (handwritten)

Life events

Citizens of other States

Type

Outgoing

End of Process

Ιndefinite

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   Supporting document

The procedure concerns the issuance of a Special Identity Card for Expatriates of indefinite duration to expatriate Turkish nationals and their children, upon their application. 25.20 25.20 3 1 0

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1 Certification Expatriate Turkish nationals and their children are issued, upon their request, a Special Identity Card for Expatriates of unlimited duration. They are also entitled to receive the document: (a) foreign spouses of the expatriates, as well as their foreign minor children from a previous marriage. (b) the widowed foreign spouses of expatriates.

No No

2 Administrative The expatriate foreigner or another person entitled to it, who permanently resides abroad, submits in person to the competent Greek Consular Authority of his/her place of permanent residence, an application for the issuance of a national entry visa. In the case of minor children, the application shall be submitted by the person having parental responsibility. After entering Greece, he/she submits an application for the issuance of a Special Identity Card for Expatriates to the competent authority of his/her place of temporary residence in Greece.

Yes Yes

3 Family The applicant must have expatriate status or be related to the expatriate.

No No

4 Conditions for non-commission of criminal offenses The competent issuing authority shall reject the request for the granting of a Special Identity Card for Expatriates, if there are reasons of national security or public order against the applicant and in particular if the applicant is a person who has been convicted by final judgment of a felony of any penalty or a misdemeanour for which a prison sentence of at least one year has been imposed. In the case of a conviction for a misdemeanour, the obstacle to the granting of the Special Identity Card of Expatriates shall be removed after five (5) years have elapsed since the sentence imposed has been served in any way. By way of exception, in the event of a final conviction for any of the offences referred to in Chapters two and six of the Special Part of the Penal Code, there shall be a permanent bar to the grant of an I.D.T.O. Pending the finality of the judgment, the grant of a Special Identity Card for Expatriates shall not be possible. Also, if the applicant for the issuance of the Special Identity Card of Expatriates has committed acts in the interest of a foreign state, incompatible with the status of a Greek expatriate and/or contrary to the interests of Greece.

No No

1 Special Identity Card for Expatriates originating in the countries of the U.S.S.R., Albanian nationals, and 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 Passport or other equivalent travel document of Turkish authorities in force Travel Document

Passport or other equivalent travel document of Turkish authorities in force

Submission by: Presented by the applicant

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: For expatriates or other eligible persons permanently residing abroad and wishing to enter Greece, a passport or other equivalent travel document issued by Turkish authorities, on which the national entry visa is affixed.

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 4746

2 Four (4) recent photographs measuring 2.7 x 2.9 cm, similar to those used for the Greek Citizens ID cards. Photograph

Four (4) recent photographs measuring 2.7 x 2.9 cm, similar to those used for the Greek Citizens ID 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

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 8298

3 National Entry Visa Permit

National Entry Visa

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

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: The expatriate foreigner or other eligible person, who is a permanent resident abroad, submits an application for a national entry visa in person to the competent Greek Consular Authority of the place of permanent residence. In the case of minor children, the application shall be submitted by the person having parental responsibility.

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 4627

4 Evidence of the expatriate status Identification document

Evidence of the expatriate status

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

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: Evidence of expatriate status, such as an old Foreigners Identity Card with an indication of Greek origin or a passport of E.T.A. type (for Expatriates from Turkey-Albania), any entry of ascendants in consular registers, an old consular passport

Document submitted under requirements: No

Alternative document of: 3

Yes 2244

5 Certificate of marriage Certification

Certificate of marriage

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

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: A Certificate of marriage, in the case of a married woman who has changed her surname because of her marriage.

Document submitted under requirements: Yes

Document’s requirement: Family

Alternative document of: 3

Yes 8619

6 Certificate of family status for minor children of expatriate nature. Certificate of marital status

Certificate of family status for minor children of expatriate nature.

Relevant link: https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/oikogeneia/oikogeneiake-katastase/pistopoietiko-oikogeneiakes-katastases

Submission by: Ex officio (digital)

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: A Certificate of family status or any other official evidence or document proving his/her family relationship with the expatriate.

Document submitted under requirements: Yes

Document’s requirement: Family

Alternative document of: 3

Yes 3964

7 Certificate of stepchild or recognised child Rule

Certificate of stepchild or recognised child

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

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: In the case of a stepchild or a recognised child, the relevant act of the competent foreign authority or a court decision is required.

Document submitted under requirements: Yes

Document’s requirement: Family

Alternative document of: 3

Yes 1127

8 Certificate of marriage and family status issued by foreign authorities Certification

Certificate of marriage and family status issued by foreign authorities

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

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: Certificate of marriage and marital status of foreign authorities of recent issue to prove the spousal or family bond, in the case of an alien spouse of an expatriate foreigner.

Document submitted under requirements: Yes

Document’s requirement: Family

Alternative document of: 3

Yes 8619

9 Official document from a competent foreign authority entrusting the spouse of the expatriate with the parental care of his/her minor child. Official document

Official document from a competent foreign authority entrusting the spouse of the expatriate with the parental care 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 of an alien spouse from a previous marriage, an official document from a competent foreign authority proving that the spouse of the expatriate has been entrusted with the parental care of this child.

Document submitted under requirements: Yes

Document’s requirement: Family

Alternative document of: 3

Yes 6440

10 Death certificate of the deceased expatriate Death certificate

Death certificate of the deceased expatriate

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: Death certificate of the deceased expatriate in the case of a widowed expatriate.

Document submitted under requirements: Yes

Document’s requirement: Family

Alternative document of: 3

Yes 1701

11 Foreigners Residence Permit, or Foreigners Identity Card or passport of E.T.A. type (Expatriates from Turkey-Albania) or other evidence of identity issued by a domestic administrative authority. Residence Permit

Foreigners Residence Permit, or Foreigners Identity Card or passport of E.T.A. type (Expatriates from Turkey-Albania) or other evidence of identity issued by a domestic administrative authority.

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

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: For the Homogeneous or other eligible person already legally residing in Greece, a Residence Permit for Foreigners, or Foreigners Identity Card or passport of E.T.A. type (Expatriates from Turkey-Albania) or other evidence of identity issued by a domestic administrative authority, which has not been revoked even if its validity has expired, is required.

Document submitted under requirements: Yes

Document’s requirement: Establishment

No 4178

Joint Ministerial Decision 4000/3/84 2014 53 Β

Description Residence and work of expatriate Turkish nationals.

Legal references https://www.et.gr/api/DownloadFeksApi/?fek pdf=20140200053

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://ia37rg02wpsa01.blob.core.windows.net/fek/01/2024/20240100048.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://ia37rg02wpsa01.blob.core.windows.net/fek/02/2025/20250201783.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://ia37rg02wpsa01.blob.core.windows.net/fek/02/2025/20250203570.pdf

1 Receipt of an application and supporting documentation

Responsible for Implementation Competent Department

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description The official of the competent police office shall receive the application and the supporting documents produced.

No No

PT10M PT10M

2 Verification of complete supporting and fulfilling the conditions for granting

Responsible for Implementation Competent Department

Μethod of Implementation Inspection

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 a Special Identity Card for Expatriates.

No No

PT30M PT30M

3 Verification of authenticity

Responsible for Implementation Competent body

Μethod of Implementation Inspection

Description The service, only if the person concerned enters from abroad, shall request the Consulate responsible to send copies to papers in printed or, if possible, in electronic form of the file of the person concerned. After receiving them, he/she reports hierarchically to the Aliens Directorate of the Hellenic Police Headquarters with a supplementary registration report.

No No

P6M P3M

4 Attestation of the lodging of supporting documents

Responsible for Implementation Competent Department

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description The Turkish nationals and the members of their families who are applying for the Special Identity Card for Expatriates, provided that the conditions are met and until the examination procedure for their request is completed, shall be granted a certificate of the submission of supporting documents.

No No

PT1H PT30M

5 Preparation of administrative file and forwarding it to the Head of the Office

Responsible for Implementation Competent Department

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description For the Departmental Level Services (Ministry of Immigration or Security Departments) the Head or a deputy shall decide, while for the Subordinate Level Services (State Security Directorates) the Director or a substitute shall decide.

No No

PT1H PT1H

6 Adoption of a decision granting the Special Identity Card for Expatriates

Responsible for Implementation Competent Director

Μethod of Implementation Signature

Description The Director or the Commander or their deputy of the competent police department, upon approval of the applicant-suppliers application, shall issue and sign the decision granting the Special Identity Card for Expatriates.

Yes No

PT1H PT1H

5

7 Rejection decision of a Special Identity Card for Expatriates

Responsible for Implementation Competent Director

Μethod of Implementation Signature

Description Rejection of the request for the Special Identity Card for Expatriates shall be made by reasoned decision, which shall be notified with evidence and shall include a return decision (Article 21(1) L. 3907/2011, I(7)), if the person concerned resides in the country. Against the above decision, the person concerned shall be entitled, within ten (10) days of notification, to bring an action before the locally responsible Director of Police or Immigration Directorate, who shall decide on the matter within 30 days.

Yes No

PT1H PT1H

5

8 Examination of an appeal against a rejection decision of and adoption of a decision

Responsible for Implementation Competent Director

Μethod of Implementation Inspection

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 administrator of the department 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.

Yes No

PT1H PT1H

5

9 Issue of a Special Identity Card for Expatriates

Responsible for Implementation Competent Department

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description The competent police service invites the person concerned to come to the Service and proceeds with the issue of the Special Identity Card for Expatriates.

No No

Procedure Instructions

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