Reacquiring Lost Citizenship in Greece

Naturalising abroad did not end Greek nationality, so there is probably nothing to reacquire. Take our Citizenship by Descent quiz to check the line, then file for a determination of Greek citizenship.

Article 16 of the Citizenship Code, and article 23 of the 1955 Code before it, made the Minister's prior permission a condition of losing Greek nationality on taking a foreign one. Emigrants almost never asked for it, so they stayed Greek.

What is needed is recognition on paper: a determination of Greek citizenship, filed at the Greek consulate or a Regional Directorate of Nationality in Greece. It leads to entry in the municipal register, from which the identity card and passport follow.

The person's children were born to a Greek parent and are Greek from birth too, except that before 8 May 1984 only a father passed it on. The descent quiz works that through.

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