ΔΔ:Granting of a basic survivor’s pension due to the death of an insured employee of a legal entity governed by public law

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• What you will need
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At a glance

Points of service

Social Security Funds, General Directorate for the Public Sector – Second Directorate of Public Sector Pensions

Digital provision points

• National Single Digital Gateway – gov.gr

Remote Points of service

myEFKAlive

Number of required documents

7 to 11 + (

3

)

Fees

Provided without cost

Estimated Time

3 months

Description

This procedure concerns the granting of a basic survivor’s pension to the spouse and/or children of permanent employees of legal entities governed by public law who were insured with the former IKA and chose to receive a pension under the provisions of the state (Law 3163/1955), and to the spouse and/or children of permanent employees of legal entities governed by public law who were insured by the state (the former General Accounting Office of the State).

Basic information

Competent body

MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL SECURITY

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

Authority responsible for the provision of the procedure

ELECTRONIC NATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY ENTITY

Service / organizational unit of a authority entity

General Directorate for the Public Sector – Second Directorate of Public Sector Pensions

Provided to

Beneficiaries, Civil Servants

Related links

Validity duration

Notes

Spouses and/or children of deceased permanent employees of legal entities governed by public law (EXCEPT FOR THOSE BELONGING TO THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR) who were insured with the former General Accounting Office of the State as the social security entity must submit their applications exclusively to the department where the deceased was employed.

This application will be forwarded, together with the necessary supporting documents and the deceased’s Individual Employment Status Report (DAYK), which the department must also forward in electronic form (e-DAYK) to the Second Directorate of Public Sector Pensions and Lump-Sum Payments, of the General Directorate of Public Sector Pensions of the Electronic National Social Security Entity (e-EFKA). The spouses and/or children of deceased permanent employees of legal entities governed by public law belonging to the Ministry of Labour who were insured with the former General Accounting Office of the State must submit their applications directly to the Second Directorate of Public Sector Pensions and Lump-Sum Payments, of the General Directorate of Public Sector Pensions of the e-EFKA.

The spouses and/or children of deceased permanent employees of legal entities governed by public law who were insured with the former IKA who wish to receive a pension as per the general provisions, should submit their applications to the Local Directorates of the former IKA.

Last update

31/07/2026

Application

Application Type

Application / Solemn Declaration

Submission by:

Submitted by the applicant (digital), Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by:

Persons

Title

Application for a basic survivor’s pension due to the death of an insured employee of a legal entity governed by public law

Relevant link

https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/ergasia-kai-asphalise/suntaxiodotese/aitese-suntaxiodoteses

Notes:

Persons entitled to a survivor’s pension due to the death of an employee of a legal entity governed by public law who was insured with the former IKA must complete and submit the relevant form electronically, where it will be assigned a reference number. The form must then be printed out and submitted in printed form to the protocol office of the relevant department. Persons entitled to a survivor’s pension due to the death of an employee of a legal entity governed by public law who was insured with the former General Accounting Office of the State must submit their applications exclusively to the department where the deceased was employed.

What you will need

Means of authentication, identification and signature

Identification document, Identification with TAXISnet codes

Print

Requirements

Fees

Related

Means of redress or appeal:

Judicial redress

Appeal before the Court of Auditors within sixty (60) days after receiving the pension decision (Law 4700/2020).

Output & Results

Output

Citizen information (software), Decision, Payment Document Production

Steps

Digital steps

Other information

Alternative titles

Application for a pension, application for a basic survivor’s pension due to the death of an employee of a legal entity governed by public law insured with the former Greek Social Insurance Institute (IKA) as the primary social security entity, application for a basic survivor’s pension due to the death of an employee of a legal entity governed by public law insured with the General Accounting Office of the State as the primary social security entity

Official title

Granting of a basic survivor’s pension due to the death of an insured employee of a legal entity governed by public law

Languages supported

Greek, English

Registries updated

Μητρώο Ασφαλισμένων

Legislation

Categories

Τype of procedure

Decisions, Public pensions

Trigger

Applied for

Trigger (submission method)

Application (digital), Application (handwritten)

Life events

Retirement, Loss

Type

Outgoing

End of Process

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   Identification document, Identification with TAXISnet codes
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   Digital supporting Document, Input in another process

This procedure concerns the granting of a basic survivor’s pension to the spouse and/or children of permanent employees of legal entities governed by public law who were insured with the former IKA and chose to receive a pension under the provisions of the state (Law 3163/1955), and to the spouse and/or children of permanent employees of legal entities governed by public law who were insured by the state (the former General Accounting Office of the State). 0.00 0.00 8 4 2

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1 Insurance Beneficiaries are entitled to the relevant pension if, at the time of death, the deceased had at least five years of pensionable service (the minimum requirement for pension in their own right or due to disability) as this service is further specified by the entity granting the pension.

No No

2 Family The surviving/divorced spouse or civil partner must not have remarried or entered into another civil partnership agreement.

No No

3 Family The marriage or civil partnership between the deceased and the surviving spouse/partner must have been entered into at least three (3) years before the deceased’s death.

No No

4 Family The above temporal condition does not apply if any children were born, legitimised, acknowledged or adopted during the marriage / civil partnership.

Yes Yes

5 Family The above temporal condition also does not apply, if at the time of the deceased’s death, the widow / civil partner was pregnant, brought that pregnancy to term and gave birth to a living child.

Yes Yes

6 Family The children of the deceased (legitimate, legitimised, acknowledged, adopted and all others considered as such) must be unmarried.

No No

7 Age The children of the deceased (legitimate, legitimised, acknowledged, adopted and all others considered as such) must be under the age of 24.

No No

8 Disability The above age requirement does not apply for children of the deceased who, at the time of the deceased’s death, were unmarried and incapable of gainful employment, provided that such incapacity existed prior to their 24th birthday.

Yes Yes

9 Time Divorced spouses of the deceased are entitled to the above benefit if their marriage with the deceased lasted at least ten (10) years before dissolution by irrevocable court judgment.

No No

10 Family For divorced spouses applying for the relevant pension, the marriage must not have been dissolved due to irreconcilable differences for which they were at fault.

No No

11 Judicial The deceased former spouse must, at the time of their death, have been paying or been obliged to pay alimony by a court judgment or by agreement between the former spouses.

No No

12 Income The total taxable annual personal income of the divorced spouse must not exceed double the annual amount of the Social Solidarity Benefit for Uninsured Seniors paid by the Agricultural Insurance Organisation (OGA). NB: The conditions for divorced spouses apply cumulatively.

No No

13 Possession of passwords to enter software Persons wishing to submit a pension application must have taxisnet access codes.

Link https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/polites-kai-kathemerinoteta/stoikheia-polite-kai-tautopoietika-eggrapha/elektronike-eggraphe-diakheirise-kodikon-taxisnet

No No

1 Certificate of Service Changes (PYM) Certificate of service changes

Certificate of Service Changes (PYM)

Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (digital)

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: This concerns persons applying for a survivor’s pension due to the death of an employee of a legal entity governed by public law who was insured with the former IKA as the primary social security entity.

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 9554

2 Individual Employment Status Report (DAYK) Data Sheet

Individual Employment Status Report (DAYK)

Submission by: Ex officio (digital), Ex officio (manual)

Submitted by: Public bodies

Notes: This concerns persons applying for a survivor’s pension due to the death of an employee of a legal entity governed by public law who was insured with the former General Accounting Office of the State as the primary social security entity.

Document submitted under requirements: No

Alternative document of: 1

Yes 3201

3 This procedure concerns the issuing of an extract of the death certificate issued to the immediate relatives of the deceased, provided that it has been prepared in accordance with the currently applicable version of Law 344/1976. Death certificate

This procedure concerns the issuing of an extract of the death certificate issued to the immediate relatives of the deceased, provided that it has been prepared in accordance with the currently applicable version of Law 344/1976.

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

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 1701

4 This procedure concerns the issuance of a family status certificate from the Civil Register where citizens’ family records are kept. For the purpose of issuing the certificate, persons concerned may: (a) contact the Municipality in which they are registered; (b) contact the Citizens’ Service Centres (KEP); or (c) go to www.gov.gr and use their TaxisNet codes to have it issued digitally. Certificate of marital status

This procedure concerns the issuance of a family status certificate from the Civil Register where citizens’ family records are kept. For the purpose of issuing the certificate, persons concerned may: (a) contact the Municipality in which they are registered; (b) contact the Citizens’ Service Centres (KEP); or (c) go to www.gov.gr and use their TaxisNet codes to have it issued digitally.

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

Submission by: Ex officio (digital)

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: Pension payments to the deceased’s children will continue to be made after their 24th birthday ONLY if, at the time of the deceased’s death, these children were unmarried and incapable of gainful employment, provided that such incapacity existed prior to their 24th birthday. In such a case, the right to the pension will expire for the aforementioned reasons, at the end of the month in which a competent medical committee declares that the child concerned is no longer incapable of gainful employment.

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 3964

5 This procedure concerns the issuance of the civil marriage certificate, which requires the religious or civil marriage ceremony to be registered with the civil registry of the municipality where it was conducted, in accordance with Law 344/1976. Marriage certificate

This procedure concerns the issuance of the civil marriage certificate, which requires the religious or civil marriage ceremony to be registered with the civil registry of the municipality where it was conducted, in accordance with Law 344/1976.

Relevant link: https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/oikogeneia/oikogeneiake-katastase/lexiarkhike-praxe-gamou

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

Submitted by: Persons

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 9665

6 Civil partnership agreement Notarary document

Civil partnership agreement

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

Submitted by: Persons

Document submitted under requirements: No

Alternative document of: 4

Yes 3139

7 A photocopy of the most recent tax clearance certificate from the Tax office Proof of Income

A photocopy of the most recent tax clearance certificate from the Tax office

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

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: If there is more than one beneficiary, each beneficiary must submit separate information and documents.

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 6430

8 Photocopy of bank statement or Hellenic Post bankbook showing the IBAN (and BIC for residents of EU Member States) Proof of Bank account

Photocopy of bank statement or Hellenic Post bankbook showing the IBAN (and BIC for residents of EU Member States)

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

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: If there is more than one beneficiary, each beneficiary must submit separate IBAN information.

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 6714

9 All original social security information from IKA-ETAM and any other social security entities with which the deceased was insured Proof of Insurance

All original social security information from IKA-ETAM and any other social security entities with which the deceased was insured

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

Submitted by: Persons

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 7210

10 Copy of ID card Digital copy of identity card

Copy of ID card

Submission by: Ex officio (digital)

Submitted by: Software through interoperability

Notes: For minor children, the relevant application must be submitted by the surviving spouse or the person entrusted with custody over the children, and must include all the supporting documents and information relating to all the beneficiaries. Searches for copies of ID cards will be carried out exclusively by the competent officials of the case-handling bodies using the ‘Digital copy of identity card’ electronic service at https://id-copy.services.gov.gr/.

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 1474

11 Copy of passport Identification document

Copy of passport

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

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: For minor children, the relevant application must be submitted by the surviving spouse or the person entrusted with custody over the children, and must include all the supporting documents and information relating to all the beneficiaries.

Document submitted under requirements: No

Alternative document of: 10

Yes 2244

12 Judgement awarding custody of children Court decision

Judgement awarding custody of children

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

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: For minor children, the judgment awarding custody must also be submitted.

Document submitted under requirements: Yes

Document’s requirement: Judicial

No 2958

13 Certificate from the court of first instance confirming that the marriage was not dissolved at the time of death Certificate from a court

Certificate from the court of first instance confirming that the marriage was not dissolved at the time of death

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

Submitted by: Persons

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 8289

14 Military status certificate (Form A) Certificate of military status

Military status certificate (Form A)

Relevant link: https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/strateuse/stratologike-katastase/pistopoietiko-stratologikes-katastases

Notes: Submitted by the widow or children only with applications to recognise pensionable service and increase the pension amount.

Document submitted under requirements: Yes

Document’s requirement: Military

No 3709

15 Certificate of studies showing the completion of the required years of study for granting a degree, and the precise duration of studies (commencement and completion date) Proof of Study

Certificate of studies showing the completion of the required years of study for granting a degree, and the precise duration of studies (commencement and completion date)

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

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: Submitted only with applications to recognise pensionable service and increase the pension amount.

Document submitted under requirements: Yes

Document’s requirement: Insurance

No 2825

16 This procedure concerns the issuance of an online solemn declaration by the person concerned, without the need to visit the premises of an administrative authority or a Citizen Service Centre (KEP). You can access the service for issuing an online solemn declaration in the following two (2) ways: (a) using your personal web banking codes for one of the available banks; or (b) using your personal TAXISnet credentials (after first logging in once with your web banking credentials to confirm your mobile phone number). You will then receive confirmation codes by text message on your mobile phone. The electronic solemn declaration that you issue is legally equivalent to a solemn declaration bearing an authentic signature, and you can either send it electronically or print it out and submit it to a public authority. At the same time, citizens continue to be entitled to physically sign the solemn declaration form (in accordance with Article 8 of Law 1599/1986) and to submit it to a competent authority as a supporting document. Solemn Declaration

This procedure concerns the issuance of an online solemn declaration by the person concerned, without the need to visit the premises of an administrative authority or a Citizen Service Centre (KEP). You can access the service for issuing an online solemn declaration in the following two (2) ways: (a) using your personal web banking codes for one of the available banks; or (b) using your personal TAXISnet credentials (after first logging in once with your web banking credentials to confirm your mobile phone number). You will then receive confirmation codes by text message on your mobile phone. The electronic solemn declaration that you issue is legally equivalent to a solemn declaration bearing an authentic signature, and you can either send it electronically or print it out and submit it to a public authority. At the same time, citizens continue to be entitled to physically sign the solemn declaration form (in accordance with Article 8 of Law 1599/1986) and to submit it to a competent authority as a supporting document.

Relevant link: https://www.gov.gr/ipiresies/polites-kai-kathemerinoteta/psephiaka-eggrapha-gov-gr/ekdose-upeuthunes-deloses

Submitted by: Persons

Relevant Procedure: Solemn declaration and electronic solemn declaration

Notes: A solemn declaration in which the beneficiary states that they have not declared, nor will they declare, the pensionable service to receive a pension from another main social security entity, as well as their intention to pay the purchase amount in a single payment or in instalments. Submitted only with applications to recognise pensionable service and increase the pension amount.

Document submitted under requirements: Yes

Document’s requirement: Of Circumstance, Retirement

No 7320

Law 3865 2010 120 Α

Description Reform of the public sector pension system and related provisions.

Legal references https://api.et.gr/apiLAW/1/2010/3865/pdf

Law 19-27 4670 2020 43 Α

Description Social security and pension arrangements – free selection of insurance category.

Legal references https://api.et.gr/apiFEK/1/2020/43/pdf

Law 1-109 4387 2016 85 Α

Description Unified social security system – reform of the social security and pension system.

Legal references https://api.et.gr/apiFEK/1/2016/85/pdf

Law 111-113,354 4700 2020 127 Α

Description Uniform code of procedure for the Court of Auditors, legal remedy of appeal.

Legal references https://api.et.gr/apiLAW/1/2020/4700/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 Procedure initiated

No No

2 Document showing employment in a department received and registered

Responsible for Implementation Competent Directorate

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description Cover letter registered with the department where the deceased was employed and where the application for the pension, with supporting documents, was submitted, for pensions granted by the former General Accounting Office of the State as the primary social security entity. Electronic application for the pension, along with supporting documents, registered, for pensions granted by the former IKA as the primary social security entity.

Yes No

1

3 Application for survivor’s pension due to death of insured employee received

Responsible for Implementation Competent Directorate

Μethod of Implementation Software action

Description The application for a survivor’s pension due to the death of insured employee is completed and submitted electronically.

Notes The relevant form must be completed and submitted electronically, where it will be assigned a reference number. The form must then be printed out and submitted in printed form to the protocol office of the relevant department. NB: the spouses and/or children of permanent employees of legal entities governed by public law who were insured with the state (former General Accounting Office of the State) do not complete an electronic application form, but must instead complete a handwritten application form, which they must submit to the deceased’s department; the department will forward it to the e-EFKA together with the deceased’s DAFK and e-DAFK.

Yes No

1

4 Pension application processed

Responsible for Implementation Competent Directorate

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description Pension application processed, pensionable service documented, grounds for entitlement checked.

No No

5 Rejection decision issued

Responsible for Implementation Competent Directorate

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description If no grounds for entitled to the pension are found, the application is rejected by means of a relevant decision.

Yes Yes

4

6 Successive pensionable service periods searched for

Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description Successive periods of pensionable service of the deceased are searched for at regional e-EFKA Directorates.

Notes The response times of the competent Regional Directorate may vary depending on the deceased’s circumstances.

Yes No

4

7 Notional periods of pensionable service purchased

Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description Notional pensionable years of service are purchased to increase the pension.

Notes If an application to purchase pensionable periods service has been submitted in the past, it will become active at this stage. The purchase will be made calculated on the applicable salary and percentage as at the month in which the application was submitted. If no previous application has been made, the purchase will be calculated based on the retirement pay. In the event of payment in instalments, up to 1/4 of the overall pension amount may be withheld.

Yes No

6

8 Decision granting survivor’s pension issued

Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

Μethod of Implementation Software action

Description The entire pensionable service of the deceased and the grounds for entitlement to the pension are documented and a basic pension award decision is issued.

Notes An equal number of decisions are issued as applications received. Overall pensionable service includes all pensionable service at the entity that provided the pension, as well as any successive periods of pensionable service.

Yes No

7

9 Decision checked and amount forwarded for payment

Responsible for Implementation Competent Director

Μethod of Implementation Software action

Description The decision is subject to final checks, and the amount is then forwarded to the competent Directorate for payment.

Notes The final check of the basic pension award decision is carried out by the Head of the Directorate, who then forwards it to the competent Directorate for execution.

Yes No

8

10 Monthly pension plus any back pay is paid

Responsible for Implementation Competent Directorate

Μethod of Implementation Software action

Description The monthly pension, plus any back pay, is paid to the beneficiaries.

Notes The basic pension award decision is forwarded to the Directorate of Economic Services for inclusion in the subsequent payment.

Yes No

9

11 Basic pension award decision transmitted

Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description The basic pension award decision(s) is/are sent to the beneficiaries by registered letter.

Yes Yes

10