Application for a digital card (unemployment card).
Access is possible using TAXISnet credentials by selecting ‘Login to the system via authentication by the IAPR’. The old DYPA credentials (username and password) remain valid for those who already have them.
Applicants must be 15 to 74 years of age.
Applicants must actively seek employment.
Applicants must: i. enter the labour market; or ii. meet the requirements of Article 3(1) of Law 1545/1985 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 91), namely following the termination or expiry of their employment relationship, seek employment, accept employment offered to them by the competent DYPA services in their broader occupational sector, or agree to attend vocational training or retraining programmes and generally benefit from any employment opportunity within the meaning of Article 3(1) of Law 1545/1985 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 91); or iii. hold a licence to practice a profession, whether or not insured with relevant insurance funds, provided that they do not exercise a liberal or other profession in accordance with Article 30(1) of Law 4144/2013 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 88), or be self-employed subject to compulsory insurance with the former Self-Employed Professionals Insurance Organisation (OAAE), or the former Unified Media Personnel Insurance Fund (ETAP MME) or the former Unified Insurance Fund for Self-employed Persons (ETAA), who have discontinued their professional activity, in accordance with Article 44(2) of Law 3986/2011 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 152).
Applicants must hold either TAXISnet or DYPA (former OAED) credentials in order to access the agency’s electronic services.
An applicant who is a third-country national (non-EU) must have a valid residence or work permit.
The applicant must not be under conscription.
The following shall not be registered in the Digital Register of DYPA: i. individuals who are already employed and wish to seek a different position either with their current employer or with another employer; and ii. individuals who are not considered jobseekers in accordance with Article 16 of Law 4921/2022, namely: • individuals employed or engaged in any liberal or other profession or entrepreneurs, or individuals whose primary occupation is agricultural, forestry or livestock activities, except for individuals subject to insurance with the former Social Insurance Institute – Unified Insurance Fund for Employees (IKA-ETAM); • spouses or children employed in a business or undertaking owned by the spouse, father or mother; • vocational school apprentices; • trainees without an employment relationship; • individuals who retire from the public sector or from any primary or supplementary social insurance organisation, regardless of the amount of the pension, with the exception of those receiving a survivor’s pension under Article 16 of Law 4921/2022, as amended by Article 3(2) of Law 1545/1985; • individuals serving in the armed forces; • individuals serving a custodial sentence or subject to security measures or to penal correction by means of reformative or therapeutic measures, within correctional, reformatory or therapeutic institutions; and • beneficiaries of the pre-employment programmes referred to in Article 51(7) of Law 3693/2008 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 174) on the ‘PRE-EMPLOYMENT’ programme, as in force; and • beneficiaries of work experience acquisition programmes under Article 83 of Law 4368/2016 (Government Gazette, Series I, No 21) on work experience acquisition programmes in cooperation with private sector employers and social cooperative enterprises, as in force.
Possession of passwords to enter software
Notification/Uploading document via Information System
The procedure concerns the registration in the Digital Jobseekers Register and the subsequent issuance of a digital card (unemployment card) by DYPA (Public Employment Service), which is provided to unemployed jobseekers aged 15-74 who meet the relevant registration requirements.
Disability certificate (Disability Certification Centre (KEPA) opinion in force or decision issued before 1 September 2011 by the primary health committees of the former IKA (institute for social insurance) if valid for life and indicating the degree of disability).
Identification via the DYPA (ΔΥΠΑ) codes
A scanned copy of the relevant certificate must be submitted only if the applicant declares that they are disabled.
Registration in the Digital Jobseekers Register of DYPA (former OAED)
Directorate for Matching the Labour Supply and Demand and Counselling.
Registration in the Digital Jobseekers Register of DYPA is possible provided that the conditions laid down by the applicable institutional framework are met, and it can be carried out: a) in person at the competent DYPA agency of the place of residence (this option is not provided for by Law 15/4/2020, due to emergency conditions); b) online, using access codes. Online registration at the DYPA Registry (Public Employment Service) will require the user’s personal taxisnet username and password or DYPA identification codes for those users who already have them. The digital card (unemployment card) is valid for 3 months from its issue. Renewal of the digital card (unemployment card) is required for extension of its validity. Renewal shall take place within twenty (20) days before the expiry date of the card. Please note that the issuance of digital card (unemployment card) does not constitute an application for for a regular unemployment benefit. If at any time any check (electronic or face-to-face) reveals that the transactor did not meet the conditions for registration, the card and any administrative acts issued shall be revoked.
Protection of persons suffering from mental health conditions
Registration of unemployed persons, procedure for the renewal of registration of unemployed persons in the registry and all related matters.
National unemployment protection system and other provisions. Regular unemployment benefit.
Organisation and control of the labour market. Obligation of unemployed persons and employers.
Specification of the mutual obligations of the Public Employment Service and jobseekers, as well as the consequences
The “Jobs Again” Law: Reorganisation of the Public Employment Service and digitisation of its services, upgrading the skills of the workforce
If, at any time, during any inspection (whether electronic or in person), it is established that the registered party did not meet the requirements for registration or inclusion in the Register, the card and any administrative acts issued shall be revoked. In this case, the registered party shall be entitled to file an objection with the competent EPC2 (Employment Promotion Centre), within a strict time limit of thirty (30) days from the notification of the relevant decisions issued by the competent EPC2.
The electronic services of DYPA may be accessed: 1. by selecting ‘DYPA (former OAED) e-services’ on the website https://www.dypa.gov.gr 2. and then, by selecting ‘User login to the system’
‘Login to the system’ must be selected by users who are already registered for the new DYPA services, after they have first entered their username and password.
If the user does not have DYPA identification codes, the system can be accessed using taxisnet through the ‘Login to the system through certification by the IAPR’ option.
On the homepage of the electronic services, select ‘Issuance of an unemployment card and creation of a Digital Individual Action Plan’
In order to complete the process, the user must carefully read the texts available and must enter their consent in the two (2) fields: a) a solemn declaration that they meet the conditions for registration in the DYPA digital register; and b) a consent form for the processing of personal data.
This is a mandatory field. The HOME ADDRESS is displayed if there is a previous registration. It is possible to change the address by clicking on the EDIT button.
If the answer to the first question is NO, the NEXT button takes the applicant to Step 3 – Unemployment card details.
If the response to the first question is affirmative (answer ‘YES’), by clicking on the ‘NEXT’ button, the applicant goes to Step 2 – ‘Employment relationship termination details’ to confirm the information on the termination of the employment relationship.
If the applicant is unemployed due to the termination of an employment relationship (dismissal, resignation, etc.) or a unilateral solemn declaration, the answer is given by selecting: YES - NO.
If YES and then NEXT have been selected, employment termination details shall be displayed. If the user does not agree with the details or if no details are displayed: they select NO from the list and then select from the list the manner in which the employment relationship was terminated. Enter the date and then select NEXT.
The previously entered details on education, professional experience and skills are displayed to the user, if available. The user can confirm or modify the details.
In this section, the user can select the specialisation(s) in which they are seeking employment, as well as other information about their employment history and job search.
The applicant can indicate whether or not they consent to their CV being sent to the EURES (European Employment Services) platform for job search in Europe.
The citizen is informed of the framework of mutual obligations under Law 4921/2022, with mandatory acknowledgement that the applicant has been provided with the relevant information.
Once the unemployment card details have been filled in, the user submits the application (select ‘SUBMIT’).
The details of the application are displayed: Date of registration, reference number, date of filing and description (Application for an unemployment card). The information on the creation of a Digital Individual Action Plan with the proposed actions included therein is also displayed.
Once the procedure has been successfully completed, instructions on how to proceed appear. The applicant may print/save the forms (by clicking on the respective buttons) and then leave the platform (select ‘EXIT’).
The applicant must select the social group to which they belong and fill in the information. If PWD (persons with disabilities) status is selected, additional information shall be requested on the type of certificate held by the applicant and its validity period, while the certificate must also be attached. Disability certificate: A valid Disability Certification Centre (KEPA) opinion or a decision issued prior to 1 September 2011 by the primary health committees of the former Social Insurance Institute (IKA), provided it is valid for life and specifies the degree of disability.
In order to select a specialisation, type the keyword (or part of the specialisation word e.g. ‘empl’) and then select a value from the suggested options.
Please note that the unemployment card is not an application for a regular unemployment benefit. In order to qualify for unemployment benefits, a separate APPLICATION for REGULAR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT must be submitted.
The unemployment card is available for printing only at this stage.
Entity software that performs the service
Access to the organisation’s electronic services
Login to the system through identification with DYPA codes
Login to the system via taxisnet identification
Option: Issuance of an unemployment card and creation of a Digital Individual Action Plan
Special Social Groups: The applicant does not belong to a special social group
Special Social Groups: Declaration of possible inclusion in a special social group
EURES consent: Sending a CV to the EURES network