KEP (Citizen Service Centers) announced that terminals would be available from Monday, June 18, 2007 at all Greek Consulates and Embassies worldwide to allow Greek citizens living abroad to complete transactions with the Foreign Ministry of Greece.
Unfortunately, the service for Greeks abroad shut down on June 25, 2014.
Therefore, Greeks living abroad need to get birth certificates, marriage certificates and military documents the usual way: a) Write, call or fax the appropriate municipality office to send you one from the οικογενειακή μερίδα/oikogeneiaki merida; b) Contact a KEP Citizen Service Centre in Greece during regular business hours; c) Ask a relative to help.
Greeks abroad informed me that most Greek consulates/embassies never had KEP services available, so it’s not a huge loss .
*Article last updated September 4, 2014
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KEP logo from the KEP website, which has improved but is unfortunately inaccurate in the majority of cases
Kat Reply:
July 16th, 2009 at 22:35
Hi Joyce, this service is supposed to be available at most Greek Embassies and Greek Consulates, allowing Greek citizens to get copies of Greek birth certificates. However, some people have complained that it isn’t, and staff are not helpful.
If that’s the case, he/you need to call City Hall or the Mayor’s office in the municipality where the oikogeneiaki merida (voting rights) are registered and get a copy, i.e., my girlfriend was born in Athens, but she’s registered under her father’s oikogeneiaki merida in Larissa, so she’d need to call Larissa. Alternatively, you can get one from the lixarcheio or ask a KEP location in Athens to assist you.
http://www.ermis.gov.gr/portal/page/portal/ermis/KepIndex
Btw, to get a U.S. Social Security card, you need to have proof of U.S. citizenship.
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/ss5doc/