Cross-border — Israel Holocaust-descendant restoration

GR-XCT-03 es la faceta de coordinación transfronteriza (Israel/diáspora) del derecho de naturalización de los descendientes del Holocausto de Grecia. A partir de 2026 está ACTIVO: los descendientes directos de personas de la época del Holocausto de origen judío nacidas en Grecia pueden naturalizarse en virtud del artículo 10 del Código en virtud del artículo 109 de la Ley 4461/2017 (ΦΕΚ Α' 38/28-3-2017), que reemplazó el párrafo 2 del artículo 13 de la Ley 4018/2011. No es un motivo sustantivo independiente; es el canal consular de la cohorte GR-SPC-04/GR-RST-04, ejercido predominantemente desde Israel.

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A descendant qualifies (as of 2026) if they are a direct lineal descendant («σε ευθεία γραμμή κατιόντες») of either (a) a living Art 13 §1 beneficiary — a Jewish-origin person born in Greece before 9 May 1945 who held then lost Greek citizenship — or (b) a deceased Jewish-origin person born in Greece before 9 May 1945 who died before regaining it. The applicant must satisfy the general Art 5(1) gates (adulthood, clean criminal record, no pending deportation); omogeneis are exempt from the Art 5(2) residence/integration conditions.

No ΠΕΓΠ language/civics examination applies: as omogeneis, descendants are exempt from the Art 5(2) integration conditions (language/history/culture) by the article's own chapeau, remaining subject only to Art 5(1). The Art 10 route instead involves a consular interview touching language and Hellenic-consciousness, assessed by the consul as part of the omogeneia report. Valid as of 2026.

Per Circular Φ.130181/38595/2017 and Art 10 practice (as of 2026): passport/travel document; birth certificate; foreign (Israeli) criminal-record certificate; a declaration before the Greek consul; and documentary proof of Jewish-origin Greek ancestry tracing the lineal chain to a Greek-born pre-9-May-1945 ancestor (Greek civil/municipal registers — Δημοτολόγιο/Μητρώο Αρρένων — plus Jewish community archives such as Thessaloniki, Athens, Ioannina, Corfu, Rhodes).

Process (as of 2026): (1) establish the qualifying Greek-born pre-9-May-1945 Jewish-origin ancestor and assemble lineal-descent proof; (2) file at the Greek Consulate of country of residence (Israel for the target cohort); the consul takes the declaration and compiles an omogeneia report; (3) the consul forwards the dossier to the Directorate of Nationality (MoI, Athens); (4) Ministerial naturalisation decision published in ΦΕΚ; (5) Art 9 oath at the consulate within one year; (6) citizenship effective from the oath date.

Indicative processing time is ~18 months from consular filing to decision, consistent with the Art 10 expatriate-omogeneis norm (as of 2026). After ΦΕΚ publication of the naturalisation decision, the Art 9 oath must be taken within one year, failing which the decision is voided. Citizenship takes effect from the oath date, not from filing.

The application fee is €100 (the omogeneis reduced παράβολο category for the Art 10 expatriate route), plus a consular impost of ~€30 (PD 16/2014). Omogeneis pay no allogeneis €550 fee. Figures current per mitos.gov.gr Art 10 procedure as of 2026; the route carries no investment requirement.

Los instrumentos rectores (a partir de 2026) son: Artículo 13 §2 de la Ley 4018/2011 (ΦΕΚ Α' 215/30-9-2011) SUSTITUIDO por el artículo 109 de la Ley 4461/2017 (ΦΕΚ Α' 38/28-3-2017), que ordena a los descendientes directos naturalizarse «σύμφωνα με τις διατάξεις του άρθρου 10 του Κώδικα Ελληνικής Ιθαγένειας»; implementada mediante Circular Φ.130181/38595/2017 (de fecha 19-12-2017). El ancla §1 de restauración de sobrevivientes es el artículo 13 §1 de la Ley 4018/2011 (modificada por L.4251/2014).

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The filing authority is the Greek Consul of the applicant's country of residence (for this cohort, the Greek diplomatic mission in Israel), who certifies the omogeneia quality. The deciding authority is the Minister of the Interior via the Directorate of Nationality; the decision is published in the Government Gazette (ΦΕΚ) and the oath is administered by the consular authority (Art 9). Valid as of 2026.

The statute uses «ευθεία γραμμή κατιόντες» (lineal descendants) with NO express generation cap, and no administrative gloss capping it was located (as of 2026). The conservative default is to require an unbroken, documented lineal chain to a qualifying §1/§2(b) ancestor; do not import a 2-generation cap by analogy to other jurisdictions. A second edge case: if a direct ancestor remained on Greek registers, jus-sanguinis descent (Art 1) may be available instead of naturalisation.