{"id":597,"date":"2025-12-03T11:03:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T11:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/?post_type=service&#038;p=597"},"modified":"2026-05-29T21:05:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T21:05:23","slug":"passport-collection","status":"publish","type":"service","link":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/services\/citizen-services\/passport-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Passport collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Passports must be collected in person or by a legal guardian or person dully authorized to do so. In this case, proper identification is required, along with an authorization bearing his\/her signature certified by the Greek Consular Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Passports are usually issued 4 to 6 weeks following the date of application. Once it arrives, the applicant is informed via email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The application receipt must be provided at the time of the collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When collecting the new one you must present your old passport in order for it to be invalidated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please note:<\/strong><br>\u2022 Passports that remain uncollected for more than six months are returned to the competent authorities in Greece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For further information regarding issuing a passport, you may visit the website of the Greek police -\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.passport.gov.gr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">National Passport Center<\/a> <span class=\"wp-rich-text-font-awesome-icon wp-font-awesome-icon\"><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passports must be collected in person or by a legal guardian or person dully authorized to do so. In this case, proper identification is required, along with an authorization bearing his\/her signature certified by the Greek Consular Office. Passports are usually issued 4 to 6 weeks following the date of application. Once it arrives, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":150,"menu_order":40,"template":"template-passport.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"service_icon":""},"service-category":[],"class_list":["post-597","service","type-service","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service\/597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/service"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service\/150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service-category?post=597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}