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