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Άδεια διαμονής για ανθρωπιστικούς λόγους - Σύζυγοι ομογενών διακοπή συμβίωσης – Αρχική χορήγηση
At a glance
Points of service
Available only digitally
Digital provision points
- The service is not provided digitally
Number of required documents
Description
This procedure concerns the granting of a residence permit on humanitarian grounds and is addressed to citizens of third countries who are spouses of persons of Greek origin, with whom their marital relationship has, however, been terminated due to death or divorce or particularly difficult circumstances.
Basic information
Competent body
MINISTRY OF IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM
Authority/Public body’s Unit responsible for the institutional framework of the procedure
Service / organizational unit of a authority entity
DIRECTORATE OF RESIDENCE PERMITS
Application
Application Type
Application / Solemn Declaration
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (exclusively in person)
Title
Residence permit on humanitarian grounds – Spouses of persons of Greek origin, termination of cohabitation.
Notes:
Τhe application for this specific residence permit shall be submitted exclusively in person to the one-stop shop of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum following a relevant appointment of the applicant or his/her authorised proxy
(Appointment requests may be made via email to the email address bio_rv@migration.gov.gr).
What you will need
Means of authentication, identification and signature
Related
Means of redress or appeal:
The third-country national concerned has the right to appeal against the rejection decision. The application for treatment should be submitted within two (2) months of service of the decision. Applications for treatment are subject to a fee of EUR 50. The request for treatment is submitted to the department that issued the relevant decision, which decides on it within an exclusive period of thirty (30) days from the date of submission.
Output & Results
Output
Administrative Act, Decision, Document Production
Other information
Alternative titles
Granting of residence permits to spouses of persons of Greek origin, with whom they no longer cohabit due to death, divorce or particularly difficult circumstances
Official title
Residence permit on humanitarian grounds – Spouses of persons of Greek origin (cessation of cohabitation) – Initial issuance
Languages supported
Greek, English
Categories
Trigger (submission method)
Application (handwritten), email
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56992
No
5140800
2692800
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Defined
Identification document
411257
8210
Supporting document
This procedure concerns the granting of a residence permit on humanitarian grounds and is addressed to citizens of third countries who are spouses of persons of Greek origin, with whom their marital relationship has, however, been terminated due to death or divorce or particularly difficult circumstances.
16.00
16.00
6
0
0
50 days
60 days
1
Administrative
The applicant must hold a passport, valid or otherwise. However, this specific residence permit shall also be granted in cases where the applicant is demonstrably objectively unable to hold a passport, pending confirmation after submission of a substantiated application and the issuance of an opinion of the competent Migration Committee.
No
No
2
Administrative
The applicant must hold a residence permit for citizens of third countries who are family members of persons of Greek origin from countries of the former USSR, or a valid residence card for themselves and, provided they have custody of any minor children, said children.
No
No
3
Of data provision
The applicant must possess the required documents showing the reasons for termination of cohabitation (death certificate/court judgment annulling marriage/complaint of domestic violence or disruption of family relationship).
No
No
4
Time
In case of termination of cohabitation due to death, the family members of the person of Greek origin who are applying for the residence permit must have resided in Greece for at least one (1) year before the death of the spouse.
No
No
5
Time
In case of termination of cohabitation due to divorce or annulment of marriage, the marriage must have had a duration of at least three (3) years, of which one (1) year must have been spent in Greece.
No
No
6
Insurance
The applicant must possess evidence of the existence of health insurance in respect of all the risks covered for Greek nationals or an insurance contract with a private insurance provider.
No
No
7
Health
The applicant must not pose a risk to public health.
No
No
8
Of National Security
The applicant must not be considered a threat to public order, public security or international relations and must not have been registered in national databases as a persona non grata for serious reasons of public order and security for longer than five years.
No
No
1
End of electronic residence permit
16 €
No
1
A passport copy, even if it has expired.
Passport
A passport copy, even if it has expired.
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person)
Submitted by:
Persons
Notes:
A residence permit shall be issued in cases where an objective failure to provide the person concerned with the passport is detected, if it is established on a reasoned request by the person(s) concerned and the opinion of the competent immigration committee.
Document submitted under requirements:
No
No
3971
2
Residence permit for citizens of third countries, family members of the ex-ECSC countries.
Residence Permit
Residence permit for citizens of third countries, family members of the ex-ECSC countries.
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person)
Submitted by:
Persons
Document submitted under requirements:
No
No
4178
3
A copy of the valid residence card of the same person and of the children, if the applicant/sanctioner is curated by the minors.
Data Sheet
A copy of the valid residence card of the same person and of the children, if the applicant/sanctioner is curated by the minors.
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person)
Submitted by:
Persons
Document submitted under requirements:
No
Alternative document of:
2
Yes
3201
4
An act of preservative/conservative’s death, homogeneous in case the family members reside in Greece for at least one year before his or her death.
Death certificate
No
1701
5
A decision on the annulment of a marriage or a divorce decision or a decision on the termination of the cohabitation agreement registered in the City Hall where the marriage or cohabitation agreement lasted for at least three years, one of which in Greece lasted.
Rule
A decision on the annulment of a marriage or a divorce decision or a decision on the termination of the cohabitation agreement registered in the City Hall where the marriage or cohabitation agreement lasted for at least three years, one of which in Greece lasted.
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person)
Submitted by:
Persons
Document submitted under requirements:
No
Alternative document of:
4
Yes
1127
6
A certified copy of the complaint submitted by the applicant/applicant to the Greek competent authority, in the case of the exercise of domestic violence and/or of a family relationship and/or assistance particularly difficult, as the marriage or cohabitation agreement existed.
Report / Complaint
A certified copy of the complaint submitted by the applicant/applicant to the Greek competent authority, in the case of the exercise of domestic violence and/or of a family relationship and/or assistance particularly difficult, as the marriage or cohabitation agreement existed.
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person)
Submitted by:
Persons
Notes:
The certified copy of the complaint shall be accompanied by a report by the Social Service relating to the exercise of domestic violence or a disruption of the family relationship.
Document submitted under requirements:
No
Alternative document of:
4
Yes
6357
7
Report of the Regional Social Service, in the case of domestic violence and/or agitation of a family relationship and/or assistance particularly difficult, as the marriage or cohabitation agreement existed.
Report
Report of the Regional Social Service, in the case of domestic violence and/or agitation of a family relationship and/or assistance particularly difficult, as the marriage or cohabitation agreement existed.
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person)
Submitted by:
Persons
Notes:
The report of the Social Service shall be submitted together with the certified copy of the complaint in the case of domestic violence.
Document submitted under requirements:
No
No
6631
8
Acknowledgement that an application has been made to the insurer concerned for the receipt of full sickness insurance for all the risks covered by the nationally.
Certificate
Acknowledgement that an application has been made to the insurer concerned for the receipt of full sickness insurance for all the risks covered by the nationally.
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person)
Submitted by:
Persons
Document submitted under requirements:
No
No
9703
9
Private insurance policy.
Insurance contract
Private insurance policy.
Relevant link:
http://www1.eaee.gr/
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person)
Submitted by:
Persons
Document submitted under requirements:
No
Alternative document of:
8
Yes
6183
10
One (1) recent colour photography, the technical specifications of which are the same as those of photographs submitted for Greek passports, as they apply, as well as in digital format, either in a visual storage drive (CD), or in a magnetic storage medium (USB stick) in a JPEG 2000 graphical form.
Photograph
No
8298
Joint Ministerial Decision
48
95931
2024
1807
Β
Law
134
5038
2023
81
Α
Decision
1-2
144338
2025
5007
Β
1
Contact the applicant/applicant
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Directorate
Μethod of Implementation
Software action
Description
The office of a stopover of the Ministry of Immigration and Asylum, having received an e-mail address bio_rv@migration.gov.gr, the relevant request of the third-country citizen with the necessary supporting documents, contacts him/her to inform him/her of the date and time to be taken to the Ministry of Immigration and Asylum to submit his/her application and biometric data.
No
No
2
Receipt of the application for a residence permit
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Directorate
Μethod of Implementation
Action of the executive / co-competent body
Description
Submission of the application and all supporting documents required by the person(s) concerned.
No
No
3
Control of supporting documents and receipt of biometric data
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation
Inspection
Description
A check shall be carried out on supporting documents submitted and on the biometric data of the applicant/applicant.
No
No
4
Issue of an application for a residence permit
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation
Manual Action
Description
The application for a residence permit shall be issued and issued to the applicant/applicant.
No
No
5
Checking for the application
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Employee
Μethod of Implementation
Inspection
Description
At this stage, the applicant/applicant’s application shall be examined.
No
No
6
Adoption of a residence permit
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Director
Μethod of Implementation
Signature
Description
After the verification of the application, the residence permit shall be issued and delivered to the applicant/applicant.
Yes
Yes
7
Rejection of an application
Responsible for Implementation
Competent Director
Μethod of Implementation
Signature
Description
Rejection of an application for a residence permit.
Notes
The third-country person concerned shall have the right to challenge the rejection decision; the application for treatment should be submitted within two (2) months of the decision being delivered.
Yes
Yes
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