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Many people living abroad already qualify for Greek citizenship or Cypriot citizenship without even realizing it. Your eligibility may come from Greek or Cypriot ancestry, family lineage, marriage, long-term residence, or through legally structured residency and immigration programs.
Our legal team helps individuals and families around the world discover their options for dual citizenship, EU passports, and lawful residency in Greece or Cyprus. We guide you through every step of the process from genealogical research and birth record searches to citizenship applications, name corrections, and passport issuance making the entire journey clear, secure, and stress-free.
We review your case and clearly tell you if you qualify for Greek citizenship or Greek dual citizenship. It all starts with a free eligibility assessment.
GCE handles everything — from birth certificate searches and genealogical research to tracking down old Greek civil registry records needed for your citizenship by descent case.
We prepare your Greek citizenship file, guide you through the process, and submit your citizenship application correctly and securely — all the way to approval.
Greek citizenship is more than just a passport. It is your legal connection to your heritage, your family history, and to the European Union.
With Greek dual citizenship, you can keep your U.S. (or other) nationality while gaining full rights in Greece and across the EU — including the freedom to live, work, study, and travel throughout Europe.
Our firm handles the entire Greek citizenship process from beginning to end. That includes eligibility review, genealogical research, retrieval of old Greek birth records, name corrections, and full legal preparation of your citizenship file.
Whether your case is simple or complex, we make sure it is done correctly, legally, and securely.
As a Greek citizen, you automatically become a citizen of the European Union. This gives you the right to live, work, do business, and study in all 27 EU countries without visas or restrictions. A Greek passport is one of the strongest in the world, offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to over 180 countries.
Best of all, Greece allows dual citizenship. You do not have to give up your U.S. or other nationality. You simply gain an additional EU citizenship with full legal recognition.
For many people, Greek citizenship is also about identity — officially reclaiming their Greek roots, their family name, and their place in Greece.
Greek law provides several legal pathways to citizenship. The key is finding the one that applies to your personal and family history.
Greek Citizenship by Descent If you have a Greek parent, grandparent, or even great-grandparent, you may be eligible through ancestry and bloodline. This often requires genealogical research, old birth certificates, marriage records, and municipal or church archives in Greece.
If you are married to a Greek citizen, you may qualify under special provisions of Greek nationality law.
If you have lived and worked in Greece for several years, you may qualify through legal residence and integration.
Investors who obtain legal residence through Greece’s Golden Visa program may later qualify for Greek citizenship and an EU passport under certain conditions.
In many cases, the challenge is not eligibility — it is proving it. That is where we come in. We perform family tree research, locate old Greek birth and marriage certificates, correct name discrepancies, and build a legally sound citizenship file so your application is based on solid evidence, not guesswork.
You bring your story.
We find the documents — and turn it into Greek citizenship.
Yes — U.S. citizens can legally obtain Greek citizenship without giving up their American nationality. Both Greece and the United States fully recognize dual citizenship, allowing you to enjoy all rights in both countries at the same time.
The real question is not if you qualify — it is how you qualify.
Greece offers several legal pathways to Greek citizenship and an EU passport, and GDE helps you choose the safest and fastest option based on your personal and family history.
Greek Citizenship by Descent (Jus Sanguinis) If you have a Greek parent, grandparent, or great-grandparent, you may qualify through Greek ancestry. This is often the most efficient and reliable way to obtain Greek citizenship by descent, provided the family line can be legally documented.
Greece Golden Visa & Investment Route If you do not have Greek ancestry, Greece’s Golden Visa program allows investors to obtain legal residence, which may later lead to Greek citizenship and a European passport.
Greek Citizenship by Marriage If you are married to a Greek citizen and have lived legally in Greece, you may qualify through spousal citizenship provisions under Greek nationality law.
GDE focuses exclusively on Greek citizenship, Greek ancestry cases, and international civil status matters. Our team combines Greek nationality lawyers with genealogical and archival researchers to handle even the most complex cases involving old birth records, missing documents, and name discrepancies.
We do not leave you guessing. We manage your Greek citizenship application from start to finish — legally, securely, and correctly.
Eligibility & Ancestry Review
We analyze your family history, Greek roots, and legal eligibility to determine if you qualify for Greek citizenship by descent, marriage, or naturalization.
Greek Record & Document Retrieval
We locate Greek birth certificates, marriage records, family status certificates, municipal registrations, and church archives across Greece and abroad — even when documents are old or missing.
Genealogical Research & Family Tree Building
We reconstruct your Greek family tree and provide the legal proof required to support your citizenship by ancestry claim.
Full Application & Legal Processing
From apostilles and certified translations to official submissions, we prepare and file your Greek citizenship application correctly with Greek authorities.
A Greek passport gives you full European Union citizenship, allowing you to live, work, study, and travel freely across 27 EU countries — along with access to European healthcare, education, and business opportunities.
We have helped clients overcome every obstacle — missing birth records, name changes, inconsistent documents, and complex ancestry cases — and we are ready to help you too.
Your first step is simple:
a conversation to confirm your eligibility for Greek citizenship.
GDE will show you the way.
Determine whether Greek or Cypriot citizenship is a realistic option for you.
Yes. Greek citizenship is not lost simply because a person was never registered in Greek civil records. In such cases, the legal record of your ancestor (birth, marriage, family status) must first be restored in Greece. Once this is done, Greek citizenship can lawfully pass down to descendants.
Greek law always requires a birth certificate (ληξιαρχική πράξη γέννησης) for citizenship purposes. If no official record exists, it must be legally reconstructed using historical sources such as municipal registers, male registries, church baptismal records, and archival documents, through the proper administrative or court procedure.
This is extremely common in Greek ancestry cases. Such discrepancies must be corrected through formal administrative or court procedures in Greece before the citizenship application can proceed.
A legal identity match is performed using Greek and foreign documents (birth certificates, naturalization records, marriage certificates, passports, etc.) to prove that all records refer to the same person.
Yes. First, your parent’s Greek citizenship must be legally recognized through registration in Greek civil and municipal records. After that, citizenship can be passed to you.
This does not block your case. A delayed death registration can be filed in Greece, allowing the ancestor’s legal record to be completed so the citizenship line can continue.
Absolutely. Greek citizenship is transferred through a specific municipal registry (dimotologio). An incorrect municipality can cause major delays or rejection.
All records must be legally harmonized in Greece. Without correcting inconsistencies, a citizenship application cannot move forward.
Yes. Greek citizenship is based on documented legal proof, not family stories. If the ancestral chain is not fully supported by official records, the application will be rejected.
The hardest part is locating and legally restoring old Greek civil records. The actual citizenship filing is straightforward — the real work lies in proving ancestry through valid Greek documentation.
If you have Greek ancestry and are considering applying for Greek or dual citizenship, the most important first step is not a general conversation — it is a proper legal evaluation of your case.
At GDE, we help members of the Greek diaspora around the world identify, document, and legally secure their Greek citizenship, even in complex situations such as:
We do not rely on assumptions or generic answers. Every case is reviewed based on Greek law, real evidence, and the official procedures that apply today.
Every Greek citizenship case falls under a different legal framework — depending on ancestry, generations, name changes, marriages, adoptions, and missing documents. For this reason, your case cannot be evaluated accurately in a short call without reviewing your details.
That is why we first ask you to complete our evaluation form, where you will provide:
Using this information, our legal team will:
Our goal is not to give you a general opinion — but a legally grounded answer, so any application that is filed has real chances of approval and is not rejected by the authorities.
Complete the evaluation form with as much detail as possible. The GDE legal team will review your information and guide you on the correct next steps.
We are here to help you turn your ancestry into a legally recognized right.
If you are exploring Greek citizenship by descent or the Greek Golden Visa, our legal experts are here to review your case and guide you through the correct legal path.
We help individuals and families determine their eligibility for Greek dual citizenship, Greek residency, and EU passport options with clarity and confidence.
Contact us today for a free initial eligibility review.