Thursday, January 10, 2013

RESIDENCY PERMIT


Residency permits for EU citizens, which are required for various things such as purchasing a Greek car, are now issued with no expiry date. If you already hold a five year permit which needs to be renewed or you are applying for the first time, this is the procedure:

Use the police station nearest to your address ie in Lefkas town or surrounding area use the one in Lefkas.......in Vassiliki or surrounding area use the one in Vassiliki

Find out when the police station processes residency requests. The one in Lefkas is Fridays and Mondays (8.30 until 2.00).

Each person will need to produce:

1)  Four photographs (passport size)
2)  Passport and two photocopies
3)  EU health card (or equivalent) and two photcopies
4)  Greek bank book showing minimum balance of 3,500 euro and two photocopies of the relevant page (balance of 5,000 euro for joint use - four photocopies of relevant page required and bank account must be in joint names). A credit card with available credit of 3,500 or 5,000 may be acceptable. Check with local police station.

Please note, the police officer must see original documents plus photocopies. He/she will not photocopy for you.

Once submitted, the processing took a further week. When we returned to pick up the paperwork, we were each given an a5 sized blue paper card which included our photograph and that was it...job done.

Information supplied by Debbie & Jeremy White

Sunday, January 6, 2013

TRAVEL SHARING

Another new heading on the drop-down list under 'ODDS & B0BS' is Travel Sharing.
Those travelling to Athens, for example, can post on the site if they have spare seats on the journey and can therefore ease their costs. Conversely, if you need a lift, it's worth letting others know the dates...you may be lucky.
Email lefkaslife@gmail.com with your requirements

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Epiphany in Lefkada

Jan 6th is Epiphany and is celebrated in Lefkada Town with a marching band, throwing of cross into the sea and the dunking of oranges. For a full explanation CLICK HERE
A very approximate time of 'kick off' for the celebration is 11am in the area of the bridge