988703Birth certificate issued by a Greek Consular Authority

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• At a Glance
• Basic information
• Application
• What you will need
• Requirements
• Fees
• Output
• Steps
• Other information
• Legislation
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At a glance

Points of service

Consulates

Digital provision points

• The service is not provided digitally

Number of required documents

1

Fees

10 €

Estimated Time

20 minutes

Description

The procedure relates to the preparation and issuance of a birth certificate by a Greek Consular Authority. The competent local Consular Authority in whose region the birth took place draws up a birth certificate. When the birth certificate is drawn up, it is automatically forwarded by the Consular Authority to the competent Municipality for registration in the population registers and, when it concerns males, in the Register of Males.

Basic information

Competent body

MINISTRY OF INTERIOR

Provided to

Nationals living abroad

Related links

Validity duration

Indefinite

Notes

A Consular Authority will follow the following procedure when preparing and issuing a birth certificate: On the day of the declaration appointment, the interested parent comes to the Authority, presenting the necessary documents, such as the child’s birth certificate, or in the case of newborns, the certificate of the foreign maternity hospital, and completes the relevant application form, in which the details of the child and the parents’ details (name, surname, profession, etc.) are requested. The nationality and registration data of the parents with the municipality, which are also required, can be found in the certificate of family status, which is sought ex officio by the consular authority. The declaration of the birth certificate, countersigned by the parent and consular officer, is based on the documents presented, the certificate of family status, and the information filled out by the parent in the application. Declaration of civil status events, such as birth, before the competent consular authorities by Greek residents permanently residing abroad is their obligation, and failure to disclose shall result in specific administrative fines (statutory fines provided for in Presidential Decree 16/2014 (Government Gazette, Series II, No 24).

Last update

12/03/2025

Application

Application Type

Application

Submission by:

Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)

Submitted by:

Persons

Title

Statement of birth of a child

Relevant link

Link

What you will need

Means of authentication, identification and signature

Identification document

• 1 1 Birth certificate ... Birth certificate

  Birth certificate

  Relevant link: Link

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

  Submitted by: Persons

  Notes: Contact the Consulate because there are several circumstances, such as a child in marriage, a child out of wedlock, a child of a foreign mother, etc. On a case-by-case basis, you may additionally require different supporting documentation. Each consular authority’s website has information as well.

  No

Print

Requirements

• 1 Administrative The child must have been born in the Consulate’s area of jurisdiction.

  No No

• 2 Citizenship One of the parents must be listed in the Greek Municipal Registers.

  No No

Fees

• 1 Consular stamp. 10 €

  Cost Calculation One-off

  Method of Payment Checkout of a competent authority

  Type of Cost Impost

  No

Output & Results

Output

Document Production, Registry update

Steps

• 1 Receipt of application

  Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

  Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

  Description Receipt of application and verification.

  No

• 2 Verification of documents

  Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

  Μethod of Implementation Inspection

  Description Verification of all required supporting documents

  No

• 3 Registration of birth certificate

  Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

  Μethod of Implementation Software action

  Description Transcription of the data from the supporting documents into the software application.

  No

• 4 Verification of the civil status certificate

  Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

  Μethod of Implementation Inspection

  Description Verification of the correctness of the entries in the civil status certificate with those of the supporting documents.

  No

• 5 Printing a birth certificate for a parent to inspect

  Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

  Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

  Description Presentation of the certificate of civil status to the parent and verification of any objections by the parent.

  No

• 6 Finalisation of the act

  Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

  Μethod of Implementation Signature

  Description The act is finalised once the parent has approved it.

  No

• 7 Printout

  Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

  Μethod of Implementation Software action

  Description A printout is made.

  No

• 8 Signatures of parent and of the Head

  Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

  Μethod of Implementation Signature

  Description It is signed by both the parent and the head of the Consular Authority.

  No

• 9 Payment and affixing a consular stamp

  Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

  Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

  Description Payment and affixing a consular stamp.

  No

• 10 Delivery of the civil status certificate to the parent

  Responsible for Implementation Competent Employee

  Μethod of Implementation Manual Action

  Description The birth certificate is delivered to the parent.

  No

Other information

Alternative titles

Declaration concerning a child

Official title

Birth certificate issued by a Greek Consular Authority

Languages supported

Greek, English

Legislation

• Law 4781/2021 (Government Gazette 53/Α) Articles 299, 300

  Description Organisation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – duties of Consular Authorities.

  Legal references Link

• Law 4674/2020 (Government Gazette 53/Α) Articles 27-35

  Description Strategic development perspective of Local Government Organisations, regulation of matters falling under the purview of the Ministry of the Interior, and other provisions.

  Legal references Link

• Law 4483/2017 (Government Gazette 107/Α)

  Description Creation and maintenance of a “Citizens’ Register” information system, which incorporates all Municipal Register records as well as all civil registration events that have occurred in Greece as well as those of Greeks living abroad.

  Legal references Link

• Law 344/1976 (Government Gazette 143/Α) Articles 1-51

  Description On civil status certificates.

  Legal references Link

• Joint Ministerial Decision 45927/2021 (Government Gazette 2705/Β)

  Description Joint Ministerial Decision (JMD) on the case study of the Special Registry under the provisions of Article 31 of Law 4674/2020.

  Legal references Link

  ΑΔΑ 65ΚΗ46ΜΤΛ6-2ΕΨ

• Joint Ministerial Decision 14720/2020 (Government Gazette 2255/Β)

  Description Issuing extracts from civil status documents and civil registry certificates using the Public Administration’s Single Digital Portal.

  Legal references Link

• Ministerial Decision 31293/Σ.8336/2019 (Government Gazette 1600/Β)

  Description Adjustments to the “Citizens’ Register” information system required by Article 115 of Law 4483/2017 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 107), in order to support the procedure for registering and/or correcting civil status documents required under Article 249 of Law 4555/2018 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 133).

  Legal references Link

  ΑΔΑ ΨΛΖΑ46ΜΤΛ6-ΤΧΡ

• Decision of an Independent Authority 77/2015

  Description Decision of the Personal Data Protection Authority on the issuance of civil status certificates.

  Legal references Link

• Circular 697/2021

  Description Amendments to civil status legislation, access to the “Citizens’ Register” information system by Greek consular authorities.

  Legal references Link

  ΑΔΑ 67ΝΒ46ΜΤΛ6-4ΘΧ

• Circular 208/2020

  Description Granting of Municipal Register certificates and extracts of Land Registry Acts via the Single Digital Portal of Public Administration.

  Legal references Link

  ΑΔΑ ΨΦΧΒ46ΜΤΛ6-Ω9Π

• European Regulation 2016/1191/2016

  Description Public documents issued by the population registers and civil registries of the country covered by Regulation (EU) 2016/1191, for which the European Commission has developed multilingual standard forms with the intention of submitting them to the administrative authorities of EU Member States without validation.

  Legal references Link

Categories

Τype of procedure

Certificates, Registrations, Registries

Trigger

Applied for

Trigger (submission method)

Application (handwritten)

Life events

Birth

Type

Outgoing

End of Process

Ιndefinite

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