Greek citizenship explained: parents born in Greece, missing records and registering children

Neos Kosmos continues to person emails from astir the world with questions astir Greek citizenship.

Because there continues to beryllium some disorder among some readers who interaction us, and to debar misunderstandings, we repetition that Neos Kosmos does not assistance citizenship oregon contented passports. It publishes the answers of the General Secretariat for Citizenship to your questions, which indispensable subordinate exclusively to citizenship matters.

Out of respect for idiosyncratic data, we besides bash not people names.

Specialised and authorised officials from the General Secretariat for Citizenship reply intelligibly and reliably to questions from readers concerning, among different things:

– the procedures for acquiring Greek citizenship,

– the required supporting documents,

– deadlines, competent authorities and applicable steps,

– special cases involving second- and third-generation Greeks abroad.

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Readers who wish to submit a question astir Greek citizenship matters tin nonstop it to our email code [email protected]

Questions will beryllium forwarded to the General Secretariat for Citizenship, so they tin beryllium answered by the competent officials.

Due to the ample volume of questions sent to us, not each tin beryllium answered by the Secretariat done this associated initiative.

Question 13

My wife’s parents were some calved successful Greece. Can she get Greek citizenship, adjacent though she was calved successful Australia?

Through inheritance, she owns a location and onshore successful the Peloponnese.

If yes, however tin she statesman the process?

Can I also, arsenic her spouse with nary Greek inheritance and calved successful the United Kingdom, get Greek citizenship?

Can our children, who were some calved successful Australia, besides get Greek citizenship?

General Secretariat for Citizenship response:

Provided that your wife’s parents are registered successful an progressive municipal registry introduction successful a municipality successful Greece, their certificate of municipal registration and their matrimony certificate from the authorization of the state successful which their matrimony took spot are sufficient for your wife to beryllium registered successful the municipal registry of a municipality successful Greece, arsenic well arsenic your children, successful accordance with the process provided for successful determination no. 90294/2022 of the Minister of Interior.

If this is not the case, each available accusation astir her parents will beryllium jointly assessed successful bid to find whether she tin beryllium registered today done a determination establishing Greek citizenship, or, if neither of these two options tin beryllium followed, whether her exertion tin beryllium examined done the naturalisation process for Greeks overseas who are imperishable residents overseas.

Question 14

I americium a first-generation Greek-American. My parent was calved and raised successful Athens, while my begetter was besides calved and raised successful Greece and served successful the Air Force. He was primitively from Zevgolatio, Corinthia.

I americium trying to get Greek citizenship, but unluckily I bash not person either my parents’ commencement certificates oregon their matrimony certificate. My begetter is deceased, but my parent is still live and has the accusation of where they were joined successful Greece and where she was born.

Can you assistance usher maine arsenic to however I spell astir getting the required documents mentioned above, that would assistance maine obain citizenship successful Greece.

Any assistance oregon guidance would beryllium greatly appreciated.

General Secretariat for Citizenship response:

In bid to get Greek citizenship by commencement oregon descent from a Greek citizen, you indispensable supply grounds of your ancestors’ Greek citizenship. A person’s citizenship status tin beryllium easy established done the municipal registry successful which they were registered.

Upon petition by the funny idiosyncratic to that municipality, oregon done a Citizens’ Service Centre (KEP), oregon done the gov.gr online portal, provided you person Taxisnet codes, oregon done the Greek consular authorization successful your spot of imperishable residence, a certificate of municipal registration oregon household status certificate tin beryllium issued, connected the ground of which the citizenship status of that idiosyncratic is established.

If you bash not cognize precisely successful which municipality the applicable hunt should beryllium conducted, it is recommended that the hunt for applicable accusation initially beryllium made done the Greek consular authorization or, pursuing your request, to the Directorate of Civil and Municipal Status of the Ministry of Interior astatine [email protected].

In each case, an important prerequisite is that you person close details for the idiosyncratic who will beryllium searched for, specifically surname, archetypal name, father’s name, mother’s name, and year oregon day of birth.

Question 15

I went done the process of acquiring Greek citizenship successful 2013, when my begetter was still alive. The process was carried retired done the Greek Consulate successful Melbourne. As acold arsenic I know, astatine the clip my begetter had registered maine successful the records of the Serres prefecture, successful Irakleia. I was told that I could get a Greek passport, but that it was not necessary.

Recently, I visited the Consulate again to statesman the process for my daughter. I could not find immoderate documents from my archetypal application. The staff subordinate astatine the accusation table told maine they were unable to hunt for maine successful the system and that I would person to interaction Greece successful bid to get impervious that I americium registered and/or a citizen. This was very frustrating and unhelpful.

Could you assistance maine with the pursuing questions:

Who should I interaction by email oregon telephone?
What supporting documents will beryllium required from me, fixed that some of my parents person present passed away?
What documents should I petition from them?

General Secretariat for Citizenship response:

A person’s citizenship status tin beryllium easy established done the municipal registry successful which they were registered.

Given that you notation you had antecedently followed a process to go Greek, without knowing its outcome, successful our view it would beryllium utile archetypal to interaction the Municipality of Irakleia, Serres, astatine [email protected], successful bid to found whether you oregon 1 of your parents is registered successful the municipal registry of the supra municipality.

Alternatively, you tin request, done a Citizens’ Service Centre (KEP), done the gov.gr online portal, provided you person Taxisnet codes, oregon done the Greek consular authorization successful your spot of imperishable residence, whether a certificate of municipal registration oregon household status certificate tin beryllium issued for you oregon your parents.

In each case, an important prerequisite is that you person close details for the idiosyncratic who will beryllium searched for, specifically surname, archetypal name, father’s name, mother’s name, and year oregon day of birth.

Based connected the accusation that emerges regarding whether you person acquired Greek citizenship, it will beryllium determined whether your children tin beryllium registered successful the municipal registry arsenic Greek citizens successful accordance with the process provided for successful determination no. 90294/2024 of the Minister of Interior, oregon whether a applicable determination by our work is required archetypal for you and/or your children, either done the process for determining Greek citizenship by commencement to a Greek parent, oregon done naturalisation of Greeks overseas who are imperishable residents overseas.