מיוחדת — מסלול תעודת בני-האומה לאפירוטים צפוניים (ΕΔΤΟ)

GR-SPC-03 הוא מסלול התעודה הפעיל של Northern Epirote ΕΔΤΟ: מוצא אלבניה אתני-יווני (Vorioepirote) ομογενείς תושב יוון מחזיקים את משך הזמן הבלתי מוגדר ΕΔΤΟ (Ειλίς Ταυτότητας Ομογενούς) תעודת זהות/מגורים, המהווה את השער התיעודי להתאזרחות קלה על פי Art 23 L.3838/2010. החל משנת 2026 ה-ΕΔΤΟ הוא מעמד (לא אזרחות) והמסלול הקצר של Art 23 הוא המעשה המקנה אזרחות יוונית. המסלול הוא צד התעודה של הקוהורט הקו-אתני GR-DSC-05.

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Illustrative as of 2026: an Albanian national from Gjirokastër of attested Greek descent, resident in Ioannina with a valid ΕΔΤΟ, files an Art 23 application and is naturalised within a year for €100 without an exam. By contrast, a Greek-descent co-ethnic in Greece who never obtained an ΕΔΤΟ cannot use this short-track and proceeds under Art 7§8 L.3284/2004. An alien spouse holding a family ΕΔΤΟ holds residence status but naturalises (if eligible) through the ordinary spouse/residence tracks, not Art 23.

As of 2026 no language/civics test applies to the Art 23 ΕΔΤΟ short-track absent a doubt-referral: ομογενείς are exempt from the Art 5(2) language/history/culture conditions that bind αλλογενείς, and the short-track carries no ΠΕΓΠ/Art 5A integration exam and no Naturalisation-Committee interview. If co-ethnic status is doubted and the file is referred, an interview/exam may then apply, collapsing the exemption advantage.

The Stage-2 naturalisation file comprises a valid ΕΔΤΟ (the gateway document carrying established Greek descent), the standard naturalisation dossier (ID/passport, birth/baptism certificate, criminal-record clearances per ypes.gr guidance updated 27-11-2024), a €100 e-paravolo (ομογενείς category, code 2161), and a declaration of naturalisation. As of 2026 the Greek-descent proof is front-loaded into the ΕΔΤΟ issuance, so the naturalisation file does not re-litigate ethnicity unless referred for doubts.

As of 2026 the process runs: (1) hold/obtain the indefinite-duration ΕΔΤΟ from the Hellenic Police under ΚΥΑ 4000/3/10; (2) file the Art 23 L.3838/2010 naturalisation application at the Regional Citizenship Directorate of permanent residence and pay the €100 paravolo; (3) no Naturalisation-Committee interview and no Art 5A exam unless the file is referred for doubts; (4) decision within one year, published in the Government Gazette; (5) Art 9 oath, on which citizenship takes effect.

As of 2026 the Art 23 short-track carries a statutory decision ceiling of one year, with the favourable decision published in the Government Gazette and citizenship effective on the Art 9 oath. Because the ΕΔΤΟ pre-establishes Greek descent and no Naturalisation-Committee interview or integration exam is conducted absent a doubt-referral, the short-track is materially faster than ordinary naturalisation. Real-world processing varies with file completeness and directorate workload.

As of 2026 the Art 23 naturalisation fee is €100 (the ομογενείς reduced paravolo, e-paravolo code 2161), set by Art 142§9 L.4251/2014 (eff. 1.4.2014). This is well below the €550 ordinary-allogeneis fee (code 2159). The €700/€550 figures sometimes seen for naturalisation are stale or inapplicable to this co-ethnic short-track; the authoritative current value traces to the mitos.gov.gr administrative-procedures registry.

ΟλΣτΕ 460/2013 struck the jus-soli and declaration limbs of L.3838/2010 for failing the constitutional 'genuine bond' minimum, but Art 23's ΕΔΤΟ co-ethnic short-track was not among the struck provisions, because it is predicated on demonstrable Greek descent (which satisfies the genuine-bond standard). As of 2026 the doctrine of 460/2013 governs the wider Code but leaves the co-ethnic facilitation intact. Care must be taken not to read the 460/2013 strike as having voided Art 23.

The ΕΔΤΟ is issued by the Hellenic Police (Ελληνική Αστυνομία). The Art 23 naturalisation decision is taken by the Secretary-General of the Region — now the Regional Citizenship Directorate (Διεύθυνση Ιθαγένειας) under the Ministry of Interior — and published in the Gazette. As of 2026 the canonical procedure references are mitos.gov.gr procedures 630009 (ΕΔΤΟ) and 224925 (Art 23 naturalisation of ΕΔΤΟ holders).

Frequent errors: conflating Art 23 L.3838/2010 (this naturalisation short-track) with Art 23 of the Nationality Code (reacquisition after foreign-father legitimation) — same number, different statutes; conflating the Albania-origin ΕΔΤΟ (ΚΥΑ 4000/3/10) with the ex-USSR ΕΔΤΟ (L.2790/2000 Art 1 §§11–14); citing the treaty date as 1992 (correct: signed 1996/EIF 1998); treating the ΕΔΤΟ as itself conferring citizenship; and quoting €700/€550 instead of the €100 short-track fee.