At a glance
Points of service
Port Authorities, Benefits Office, SEAFARERS' EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
Digital provision points
- The service is not provided digitally
Number of required documents
2
Fees
Provided without cost
Estimated Time
30 minutes to 1 hour
Description
The procedure concerns the issuance of a certificate of unemployment to registered unemployed seafarers seeking employment, upon their request, for any lawful purpose, including for legal proceedings, for use by banks, for use in tenders and for other purposes.
Basic information
Competent body
MINISTRY OF MARITIME AFFAIRS AND INSULAR POLICY
Authority/Public body’s Unit responsible for the institutional framework of the procedure
Authority responsible for the provision of the procedure
SEAFARERS' EMPLOYMENT BUREAU
Service / organizational unit of a authority entity
Subsidy Office
Provided to
Related links
Validity duration
Variable subject to conditions
Last update
01/04/2026
Application
Application Type
Application
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (exclusively in person)
Submitted by:
Persons
Title
Application for an unemployment certificate
What you will need
Means of authentication, identification and signature
Naval booklet
Print
Requirements
Fees
Related
Means of redress or appeal:
Priority appeal"Priority appeal" is not in the list (Judicial redress, Hierarchical appeal/recourse, Administrative appeal, Other, Preliminary appeal) of allowed values for the "Process sdg resource" property., Application for treatment"Application for treatment" is not in the list (Judicial redress, Hierarchical appeal/recourse, Administrative appeal, Other, Preliminary appeal) of allowed values for the "Process sdg resource" property.
Rules concerning a lack of reply from the competent authority and the legal consequences for the use:
Other
Application for a treatment or a hierarchical action pursuant to Article 24 of Law No 2690/1999; the person concerned may apply, either by the administrative authority which issued the act, the withdrawal or amendment of the decision (applicant for treatment) or by the authority which is the head of the act, the annulment of the act (terarchical appeal); the administrative authority to which the application is submitted shall notify the person concerned of its decision in respect of that application, not later than thirty (30) days, unless special provisions are provided for.
Output & Results
Methods of receipt
Exclusively in person
Output
Document Production
Steps
Digital steps
Other information
Alternative titles
Unemployment attestation
Official title
Certification of the status of an unemployed seafarer
Languages supported
Greek, English
Legislation
Categories
Τype of procedure
Trigger
Applied for
Trigger (submission method)
Application (handwritten)
Life events
Type
Outgoing
End of Process
Ιndefinite
B1, B2
