התאזרחות — מסלול מורחב של מגורים ארוכים בני 12 שנים (סעיף 5(3))

תרחישים לדוגמה

• Eligible to apply under the 12-year track (Art 5(3)); strong integration case

  He holds valid non-temporary residence titles and has 12+ consecutive years of lawful residence, satisfying Art 5(3); he meets Art 5(1)(α),(β),(γ) and can show economic/social integration over ≥7 of the 12 years before the ΠΕΓΠ. Because he lacks a privileged/definitive title he correctly falls to the 12-year (not 7-year) clock. Grant remains subject to passing the ΠΕΓΠ and the Art 5A/5B assessment.

• Not on the 12-year track — routed to the 7-year track instead (but must still meet substantive conditions)

  Per the Ministry of Interior circular of 25-4-2018, Golden-Visa/investor permit holders are channelled to the 7-year naturalisation track, not the 12-year Art 5(3) track. His mistaken assumption is a classic 7-vs-12 classification error. Either way he must satisfy Art 5(1)(α),(β),(γ), the Art 5A integration conditions and the ΠΕΓΠ; his thin Greek-language ties are the real obstacle, not the residence clock.

• Clock not yet met — temporary-title years are excluded; only 8 qualifying years

  Art 5(3) expressly excludes temporary titles ('εκτός των προσωρινών'). His 4 temporary-title years cannot count toward — nor found — the 12-consecutive-year requirement, leaving only 8 qualifying years. He must accrue the full 12 years on valid non-temporary titles before applying. This is the most common Art 5(3) pitfall.

• Residence clock satisfied; integration is the live issue, assessed on the totality (not a fixed income floor)

  He clears the Art 5(3) 12-year clock and the Art 5(1) formal bars. The integration question turns on Art 5A as construed by ΣτΕ 715/717/2026, which holds the income/means criterion is not an irrebuttable (αμάχητο) minimum — integration is judged on the totality over ≥7 of the 12 years. Sparse records weaken but do not automatically defeat the case; building documentary proof of the genuine bond (ΟλΣτΕ 460/2013) before the ΠΕΓΠ is decisive.

• Ineligible — the Art 5(1)(β) criminal bar is engaged

  Although she satisfies the 12-year residence and title conditions of Art 5(3), the route cross-applies the Art 5(1) preconditions. A final conviction within the preceding decade for an enumerated grave intentional felony (drug trafficking) engages the Art 5(1)(β) bar, defeating the application irrespective of residence length. She would need the conviction to fall outside the statutory window (and the offence not to be one of the gravest with date-independent scope) before re-applying.