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Y.2-T — Greek-origin permit — Turkey

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Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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What family, citizenship, ethnic, historical or former-resident connection creates access to this route?

Greek-origin persons (omogeneis) who are Turkish nationals and their children; the foreign spouses of such persons with their foreign minor children from a previous marriage, and widowed foreign spouses, are also entitled.

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  • Source is the official procedure record for the Special Identity Card (E.D.T.O.); the other residence document issued under the same joint ministerial decision 4000/3/84/2014 was not captured.

How far back can the qualifying connection extend, and what important transmission limitations exist?

The procedure covers Greek-origin Turkish nationals and their children; no further generational limit is stated.

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  • Source is silent on grandchildren or more remote descent.

What records are central to proving the lineage or historical connection?

Evidence of Greek-origin status such as an old foreign-national identity card marked with Greek origin, an OTA-type passport (Greek-origin persons of Turkey), any registration of an ascendant in consular registers, or an old consular passport; relatives prove kinship with a family-status certificate or other official document.

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Does the pathway result in a visa, residence permit, right of return, citizenship or another status?

Greek-origin persons from Turkey and their family members receive residence documents from the Hellenic Police for stay and work under joint ministerial decision 4000/3/84/13.1.2014; the Special Identity Card is of indefinite validity.

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  • The content of the residence permit issued alongside the card under the joint ministerial decision was not captured.

What application progression, residence obligations, family consequences or further citizenship/residence possibilities follow?

A person living abroad first applies in person to the Greek consular authority of permanent residence for a national entry visa; after entering Greece, applies for the card to the competent police service of the place of stay. A rejection can be appealed within 10 days to the competent Police Director or Director of Aliens, who decides within 30 days. The official source does not state residence obligations or any further citizenship or residence possibilities.

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  • No residence obligation, family consequence or citizenship pathway is stated.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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