ΔΔ:Long-term unemployment benefit

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• Basic information
• Application
• What you will need
• Requirements
• Fees
• Related
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At a glance

Points of service

KEP (ΚΕΠ), DIRECTORATE FOR INSURANCE AND SOCIAL POLICIES, PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (D.YP.A)

Digital provision points

• National Single Digital Gateway – gov.gr

Remote Points of service

myDYPAlive

Number of required documents

2 + (

1

)

Fees

Provided without cost

Estimated Time

1 to 3 months

Description

The procedure concerns the payment of the long-term unemployment benefit by the Public Employment Service (DYPA), formerly OAED.

Basic information

Competent body

MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL SECURITY

Authority responsible for the provision of the procedure

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (D.YP.A)

Service / organizational unit of a authority entity

DIRECTORATE FOR INSURANCE AND SOCIAL POLICIES

Provided to

Unemployed

Related links

Validity duration

Variable subject to conditions

Notes

The long-term unemployment benefit is a benefit granted to long-term unemployed Greek citizens and citizens of European Union Member States, aged between 20 and 66, who are insured against unemployment and have been continuously unemployed for a period of more than 12 months, provided that they have exhausted their entitlement to 12 months of regular unemployment benefit and their annual family income does not exceed EUR 10 000, increased by EUR 586.08 for each minor child (i.e. under 18 years of age).

Last update

31/07/2026

Application

Application Type

Application

Submission by:

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

Submitted by:

Persons

Title

Application for long-term unemployment benefit

Relevant link

e-services DYPA

Notes:

The application for long-term unemployment benefit, together with the necessary supporting documents, must be submitted within a deadline of two (2) months from the expiry of the 12-month regular unemployment benefit period, by one of two methods: a) through the or b) through a Citizen Service Centre (KEP).

What you will need

Means of authentication, identification and signature

Identification via the DYPA (ΔΥΠΑ) codes

Print

Requirements

Fees

Related

Means of redress or appeal:

Administrative appeal

Output & Results

Output

Administrative Act

Steps

Digital steps

Other information

Official title

Long-term unemployment benefit

Languages supported

Greek, English

Registries updated

Μητρώο Φυσικών Προσώπων της ΔΥΠΑ

Legislation

Categories

Τype of procedure

Citizen benefits

Trigger

Applied for

Trigger (submission method)

Application (digital)

Type

Outgoing

End of Process

Ιndefinite

B1, B2, B6, K1

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   80136
   
   No
   15552840
   5184720
   
   
   Variable subject to conditions
   
   Identification via the DYPA (ΔΥΠΑ) codes
   
   68115
   654475
   
   17476, 17476
   8210, 9916
   3954
   
   Supporting document

The procedure concerns the payment of the long-term unemployment benefit by the Public Employment Service (DYPA), formerly OAED. 0.00 0.00 2 0 1

1 month 3 months

1 Administrative Applicants must have exhausted the 12-month regular unemployment benefit period.

Link https://www.dypa.gov.gr/anergia-kai-paroxes-asfalishs-misthwtwn?tab=boithimata-epidomata&tab2=epidoma-makrokhronios-anerghon&tab3=proypotheseis

No No

2 Time Applicants must have completed, on the date of submission of the relevant application, a continuous 12-month period of unemployment and must remain registered in the DYPA unemployment registers.

Link https://www.dypa.gov.gr/anergia-kai-paroxes-asfalishs-misthwtwn?tab=boithimata-epidomata&tab2=epidoma-makrokhronios-anerghon&tab3=proypotheseis

No No

3 Age Applicants must be between the ages of 20 and 66. The date of birth of the applicant is deemed to be the starting date for completion of the 20th and 66th years of age. The age-limit requirement must be met at the time of submission of the application.

Link https://www.dypa.gov.gr/anergia-kai-paroxes-asfalishs-misthwtwn?tab=boithimata-epidomata&tab2=epidoma-makrokhronios-anerghon&tab3=proypotheseis

No No

4 Income Their annual family income must not exceed EUR 10 000. This income is increased by EUR 586.08 for each minor child (i.e. under 18 years of age). For example, for an applicant with two (2) minor children, his/her annual family income must not exceed EUR 11 172.16 (10 000 + 586.08 + 586.08 = EUR 11 172.16) NB: annual family income is defined as the total annual income – whether taxable, actual, exempt or subject to special taxation – from any source, with the exception of redundancy payments, for the tax year two years before the exercise of the right, relating to the taxpayer, their spouse and their minor children. For example, for applications submitted in 2022, citizens will be required to provide their tax assessment notice for the 2020 tax year. Unemployment, sickness, maternity and long-term unemployment benefits are not included in the annual family income (where such benefits may be granted during the following calendar year). For unmarried adult beneficiaries, the individual income is regarded as the household income.

Link https://www.dypa.gov.gr/anergia-kai-paroxes-asfalishs-misthwtwn?tab=boithimata-epidomata&tab2=epidoma-makrokhronios-anerghon&tab3=proypotheseis

No No

5 Possession of passwords to enter software Personal TaxisNet codes are required and must be used.

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

No No

1 A copy of the income tax assessment notice for the tax year preceding the one in which the right was exercised, issued through the TAXISNET system Tax certificates

A copy of the income tax assessment notice for the tax year preceding the one in which the right was exercised, issued through the TAXISNET system

Relevant link: https://www.dypa.gov.gr/anergia-kai-paroxes-asfalishs-misthwtwn?tab=boithimata-epidomata&tab2=epidoma-makrokhronios-anerghon&tab3=dikaiologhitika

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

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: A copy of the income tax assessment notice for the tax year preceding the one in which the right was exercised is required, issued through the TAXISNET system.

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 7140

2 Civil status certificate Certificate of marital status

Civil status certificate

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

Submission by: Ex officio (digital)

Submitted by: Persons

Notes: A recent civil status certificate is required for applicants with minor children.

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 3964

3 Bank account number (IBAN), in which the applicant appears as the first beneficiary. Proof of Bank account

Bank account number (IBAN), in which the applicant appears as the first beneficiary.

Submission by: Submitted by the applicant (digital)

Submitted by: Persons

Document submitted under requirements: No

No 6714

Law 1, PARA. IA, SUBPARAGRAPH IA 1 4093 2012 222 Α

Description Long-term unemployment benefit

Legal references https://api.et.gr/apiLAW/1/2012/4093/pdf

Law 63 4756 2020 235 Α

Description Long-term unemployment benefit

Legal references https://api.et.gr/apiLAW/1/2020/4756/pdf

Decision 44137/613 2013

Description Long-term unemployment benefit

Legal references https://api.et.gr/apiFEK/2/2013/3253/pdf

Decision 1850/30 2020

Description Communication and registration of unemployed persons with the DYPA

Legal references https://api.et.gr/apiFEK/2/2020/911/pdf

Law 4921 2022 75 Α

Legal references https://api.et.gr/apiLAW/1/2022/4921/pdf

Decision 5274/114 2022

Description Specification of mutual obligations of the Public Employment Service and jobseekers, and the consequences arising therefrom, pursuant to Article 79(4) of Law 4921/2022 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 75).

Legal references https://api.et.gr/apiFEK/2/2022/5078/pdf

Joint Ministerial Decision ΔΙΑΔΙΠΥΔ/Φ15/20/26524 2015 1845 Β

Description Determination of new administrative procedures within the remit of OAED concerning the issue of certificates, submission of benefit applications and renewal of unemployment cards that may also be processed through Citizens' Service Centres, repealing Decision DIADP/A/12604 (ΦΕΚ 927, Series II/4-7-2003).

Legal references https://search.et.gr/el/fek/?fekId=522032

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 Log into the online services of the Public Employment Service (DYPA e-Services)

Responsible for Implementation Competent body

Μethod of Implementation Software action

Description The insured person logs into DYPA’s electronic services directly from the DYPA home page, where the e-Services option is available.

No No

PT7M PT5M

2 Identification of applicants using Taxisnet codes or Public Employment Service (DYPA) electronic service codes

Responsible for Implementation Competent body

Μethod of Implementation Software action

No No

PT2M PT2M

3 Application through the online services of the Public Employment Service (DYPA e-Services)

Responsible for Implementation Competent body

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description The application for the long-term unemployment benefit, together with the necessary supporting documents, must be submitted within a deadline of two (2) months from the expiry of the 12-month regular unemployment benefit period.

No No

PT5M PT5M

4 Verification of supporting documents and requirements

Responsible for Implementation Competent body

Μethod of Implementation Inspection

Description After submission of the application, it will be processed by the KPA2 Service of the insured person’s place of residence, and the requirements for granting the benefit will be checked on the basis of the information arising from the relevant supporting documents.

No No

P3M P1M

5 Non-compliance with requirements and submission of supporting documents

Responsible for Implementation Competent body

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description If the examination of the supporting documents shows that the insured person does not meet the requirements for granting the benefit, the Service shall issue a rejection decision.

Yes No

P3M P1M

4

6 Issuing of a rejection decision

Responsible for Implementation Competent body

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description Issuing of a negative decision for failure to comply with requirements

Yes Yes

P3M P1M

5

7 Compliance with requirements/submission of supporting documents

Responsible for Implementation Competent body

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description If it emerges from the examination of the supporting documents that the insured person meets all the requirements for granting the benefit, the Service shall issue an approval decision.

Yes No

P3M P1M

4

8 Issuing of an approval decision

Responsible for Implementation Competent body

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description After examining the application, and having received the required supporting documents, the Service issues an approval decision. The insured person has access to the decision in their personal inbox through DYPA’s e-Services. The approval decision shall record: the periods during which the unemployed person is required to report their presence to DYPA; the duration of the benefit; and the amount of the benefit.

Yes Yes

P3M P1M

7

9 Compliance with requirements – incomplete supporting documents

Responsible for Implementation Competent body

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description If, during the examination of the application, the Service does not find the required information ex officio or finds that additional supporting documents are required, it shall contact the insured person to request that they be submitted within a period of twenty (20) days. If the insured person fails to respond, the Service shall issue a decision rejecting the application three months after the notification, unless it is objectively impossible for the insured person to submit the supporting documents, through no fault of their own.

Yes No

P3M P1M

4

10 Awaiting submission of supporting documents within the deadline

Responsible for Implementation Competent body

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Yes No

P3M P1M

9

11 Issuing of a decision rejecting the application for failure to submit supporting documents

Responsible for Implementation Competent body

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description If, during the examination of the application, the Service does not find the required data it seeks ex officio or finds that additional supporting documents are needed, it shall contact the insured person to request that they be submitted within a period of twenty (20) days. If the insured person fails to respond, the Service shall issue a decision rejecting the application three months after the notification, unless it is objectively impossible for the insured person to submit the supporting documents, through no fault of their own.

Yes Yes

P3M P1M

10

12 Issuing of an approval decision following submission of the supporting documents

Responsible for Implementation Competent body

Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

Description After examining the application, and having received the required supporting documents, the Service issues an approval decision. The insured person has access to the decision through their personal inbox in DYPA’s e-Services. The approval decision shall record: the periods during which the unemployed person is required to report their presence to DYPA; the duration of the benefit; and the amount of the benefit.

Yes Yes

P3M P1M

10