This section contains the main amendments in the legislation and the regulatory acts of the administration issued from April 2021 to March 2023, implementation period of the project “Citizenship in practice”.
Legislation
Article 52 of Law 4795/2021 (Government Gazette A 62/17.4.2021): exemption from the obligation to acquire PEGP – Amendment of par. 4 of article 7 of law 3284/2004
Articles 36-39 of Law 4873/2021 (Government Gazette A 248/16.12.2021) articles 36-39: amendments to the naturalization process.
Articles 34-36 of Law 4915/2022 (Government Gazette A 63/24.03.2022) articles 34-36: amendments to the suspension and rejection of applications in case of criminal restrictions.
* The aforementioned amendments were incorporated into the Greek Citizenship Code, as applicable after the changes of Law 4735/2020.
Decisions-Circulars-Instructions
Decision of the Secretary General for Citizenship no.28881/13.04.2021: definition of the examination procedure for the PEGP.
Decision of the Minister of Interior no.29845/16.04.2021: definition of presumptions of economic and social inclusion.
Decision of the Secretary General for Citizenship no.64871/07.09.2021: definition of conducting the oral interview.
Decision of the Secretary General for Citizenship no. 71728/04.10.2021: definition of the examination procedure for the PEGP.
Circular of the Secretary General for Citizenship no.715/18.10.2021: definition of implementation details for the provisions of Law 4735/2020.
Decision of the Secretary General for Citizenship no. 738/07.01.2022: determining the procedure of conducting the oral interview.
Circular of the Secretary General for Citizenship no. 81/04.02.2022: amendment of provisions on naturalization.
Circular of the Secretary General for Citizenship no. 207/28.03.2022: providing instructions regarding the validity of residence permits during the process of acquiring Greek citizenship.
Decision of the Secretary General for Citizenship nο. 23083/08.04.2022: definition of the examination procedure for the PEGP.
Decision of the Secretary General for Citizenship nο. 64506/03.10.2022:definition of the examination procedure for the PEGP.
The set of regulatory acts of the Ministry of Interior can be found here.
