{"id":506,"date":"2025-08-08T09:07:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T09:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/uk\/?post_type=service&p=506"},"modified":"2025-09-15T09:33:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:33:00","slug":"determination-of-nationality-for-children-born-to-a-greek-parent","status":"publish","type":"service","link":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/uk\/en\/services\/citizen-services\/greek-citizenship\/determination-of-nationality-for-children-born-to-a-greek-parent\/","title":{"rendered":"Determination of nationality for children born to a greek parent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

1. 1) a. The applicant is born before 08.05.1984 to a Greek mother and non-Greek father, in a Greek Orthodox marriage  or civic marriage between 18\/7\/1982-8\/5\/1984
OR
b. before 16.07.1982 to a Greek father and non-Greek mother, in a civil marriage OR a non-Greek Orthodox one (e.g. Anglican or Catholic church marriage).
AND
2) The Greek parent is registered with a Greek Municipality\/ the citizens roll as a Greek citizen (\u2018standard\u2019 registration, not \u2018indicative\u2019). The Greek Citizenship must have been acquired by birth or necessarily before the birth of the applicant.
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Required documents:<\/strong>

\u2022 <\/path><\/svg><\/span> Application Form A<\/strong><\/a> (must be filled out in Greek).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Valid passport <\/strong>and one i.d.-type photograph<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Applicant\u2019s birth certificate <\/strong>duly legalized and translated in Greek. Please note that for UK birth certificates it must be the full \/ long form legalized with the apostille endorsement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Registration certificate<\/strong> (Birth certificate and\/or Family Status Certificate and\/or certificate of citizenship) of the Greek parent issued by the Municipality in Greece where their records are kept\/citizens\u2019 register (issued not earlier than 6 months). Please note that the Greek \u2019Registrar\u2019s Act of Birth\u2019 (in Greek \u2018Lixiarhiki Praxi Gennisis\u2019), issued upon birth, is a different document and does not suffice for the purposes of this process.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Parents\u2019 marriage certificate<\/strong> issued from the Register Office, duly legalised and translated if necessary.  If the marriage took place outside of Greece, then the registration with the Special Registry in Athens is also required (if it exists).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Parents\u2019 marriage certificate<\/strong> from the church (if applicable). Please note that the church certificate alone does not suffice \u2013 the civil certificate from the register office is the required one (see above).<\/em>

NOTE:<\/strong>

\u2022 Children under the age of 18 automatically receive Greek citizenship by law together with their parent - without other formalities or additional costs. The applicant parent must state their marital status and additionally provide their marriage and children's birth certificates (dully legalised and translated), as well as their passports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Consular Fees:<\/strong><\/td>The equivalent of 100 in GBP
Additional 10 EUROS in GBP for the notarisation of the passport copy. For documents that notarisation of the signature is required, it is priced at 10 Euros for Greek\/EU citizens and 30 Euros for third country nationals equivalent in GBP.<\/td><\/tr>
Appointment:<\/strong><\/td>Pre-booked appointment <\/a>through the online system under the title \"Greek Citizenship\"<\/td><\/tr>
Application Forms:<\/strong><\/td><\/path><\/svg><\/span> Application Form A<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

ATTENTION: <\/strong>For cases that do not belong to the above categories (e.g. born to a Greek father in a Greek church marriage, or to a Greek mother in a civil marriage or Anglican or Catholic church marriage), the acquisition of citizenship is done by birth registration with the Register Office and the procedure described here is not applied.
For the applicable procedure please visit <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PLEASE NOTE \/ GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:<\/strong>

\u2022 All non-Greek certificates to be submitted must be originals <\/strong>\/ certified copies of the original produced by the issuing authority (not a lawyer or notary public).

\u2022 LEGALISATION<\/strong>: Documents issued by foreign authorities must be duly legalized and officially translated into Greek. Legalization is done by APOSTILLE <\/strong>if the documents originates in a country that has signed the Apostille Convention https:\/\/www.hcch.net\/en\/instruments\/conventions\/status-table\/?cid=41 <\/a><\/path><\/svg><\/span> (for UK documents, see https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/get-document-legalised <\/a><\/path><\/svg><\/span>). If the issuing country is not a contracting party in the Apostille Convention, the documents must be legalized by the designated public authority of the issuing country and subsequently by the Greek Consular Authorities in the issuing country. The Apostille must be done first \u2013 before the translation.<\/strong>

\u2022 TRANSLATIONS<\/strong>: For the purposes of nationality applications, translations are accepted only by translators included in the Register of Certified Translators <\/a><\/path><\/svg><\/span> of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or qualified lawyers in Greece or graduates from Ionian University\/Translation & Interpreting Department. Translations are accepted in original form signed with wet ink or digital signature.

\u2022 The translation must include the APOSTILLE.

\u2022 NAME DETAILS<\/strong>: All names and other particulars of the applicant and ancestors should appear in a consistent way in all documents and translations. Names of persons and places must be translated\/converted to Greek in a consistent way and in lowercase accented characters.

\u2022 At the event the name\/surname given at birth has changed (e.g. the passport has a different name), then the deed poll or other official document regarding the change must be provided, duly legalised and translated. Similarly, married women who changed their surname to that of their spouse, must provide their original marriage certificate, duly legalised and translated.

\u2022\u00a0 The original documents, including UK certificates, are kept by the examining authority and NOT returned to the applicant upon completion of the process (unless application is unsuccessful). For this reason we strongly suggest that applicants purchase more than one originals\/certified copies from the General Register Office, so they do not submit the one they keep in their records.

\u2022\u00a0 Our Office as well as the competent Citizenship Office in Greece have the right to request additional documents or information at any stage of the process if necessary.

\u2022 If the enquiry concerns the birth registration for children under the age of 18<\/strong>, or if you were born after the dates mentioned under title I and do not fall under any of the other categories described above, then please see \u2018Registration of Birth<\/a><\/strong>\u2019 .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. 1) a. The applicant is born before 08.05.1984 to a Greek mother and non-Greek father, in a Greek Orthodox marriage  or civic marriage between 18\/7\/1982-8\/5\/1984ORb. before 16.07.1982 to a Greek father and non-Greek mother, in a civil marriage OR a non-Greek Orthodox one (e.g. Anglican or Catholic church marriage).AND2) The Greek parent is registered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":502,"menu_order":10,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"service_icon":""},"service-category":[39,38],"class_list":["post-506","service","type-service","status-publish","hentry","service-category-manchester-services","service-category-london-services"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service\/506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/service"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service\/502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service-category?post=506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}