Birth — Jus soli (Generation 2 schooling pathway)

Example scenarios

• QUALIFIES under Art 1A. Both parents file a joint declaration-application at the Regional Citizenship Directorate; €100 e-paravolo; decision within 6 months; nationality acquired on ΦΕΚ publication.

  Art 1A (L.3284/2004, inserted by L.4332/2015) is satisfied: birth in Greece + 1st-grade enrolment with continuing attendance + a parent's >5 years' continuous lawful residence before the child's birth (here 2009→2017 = 8 years) + a definitive title (10-year permit qualifies under Art 1A §1(c)). No exam, no ΠΕΓΠ. (GR-EV-019, GR-EV-020, GR-EV-021.)

• QUALIFIES under Art 1B §1. The young person files their own declaration with school certificates; decision within 6 months; nationality on ΦΕΚ publication.

  Art 1B does not require birth in Greece — it requires permanent legal residence plus completion of nine (9) grades primary+secondary OR six (6) grades secondary. Here 10 completed grades exceed the 9-grade threshold (kindergarten excluded but irrelevant). Filing is timely (under age 21). (GR-EV-022, GR-EV-024.)

• DOES NOT QUALIFY under Art 1A (as of filing). The temporary permits are not a qualifying definitive title under Art 1A §1(c). The route fails on the title condition until a parent obtains a definitive title (e.g., EU long-term-resident or 10-year permit), or the child later completes the Art 1B 9-/6-grade chain.

  Art 1A §1(c) enumerates definitive titles (EU long-term, indefinite/10-year, refugee/subsidiary/stateless, ΕΔΤΟ+permit, second-generation permit, EU-family card). Temporary permits are expressly NOT accepted (GR-EV-020). Birth + schooling alone are insufficient — Greece has no unconditional jus soli (GR-EV-018, GR-EV-019). Pathway: wait for a definitive parental title, or pursue Art 1B on the schooling chain at the appropriate age.

• MAY STILL QUALIFY under Art 1B but the window is closing: the application is permitted up to age 23 where the right matured after majority, within a 3-year exclusive (αποκλειστική) deadline. He must file immediately; if the 3-year exclusive deadline has already run, Art 1B is foreclosed and only ordinary naturalisation (GR-NAT-01, 7-year) remains.

  Art 1B deadlines: minor up to 21; if the right matures after majority, up to 23 within a 3-year exclusive deadline (GR-EV-024). Timeliness is dispositive. If foreclosed, the standard 7-year naturalisation track is the fallback (GR-EV-038). Conservative-default: treat the exclusive deadline as strict.

• QUALIFIES under Art 1A using the §2β international-protection / single-parent filing variant. The recognised-refugee title is a qualifying definitive title under Art 1A §1(c); €100 fee; decision within 6 months; acquisition on ΦΕΚ publication.

  Art 1A §1(c) lists the recognised-refugee/subsidiary-protection title among qualifying definitive titles (GR-EV-020); the >5-year pre-birth residence is met (2013→2016 = 3 years short of 5 at birth, so the right matures on the father's completion of 10 years' continuous residence in 2023 — already passed by 2026); Art 1A §2β provides the international-protection/single-parent filing variant (GR-EV-019, GR-EV-021). Note the 5-vs-10-year mechanic: born before the 5-year mark, the right vests on the 10-year completion.