Applying for an EU passport as an Australian Citizen with Greek heritage?

Question

My grand parents were both of Greek origins. Is there an application form I can fill out to apply for an Eu passport and what information do i need to prove my heritage.

Answer 1

A friend of mine that I met in Athen's while I was living there told me that if you have a Greek ancestor (parents, grandparents, or great grandparents) with proof you can become a Greek citizen. You'd have dual citizenship and you'd be able to get a Greek passport.

Make a visit to your Greek consulate.

You can also use your Australian passport, Americans can stay in the EU for 90 days without a visa, see if it's the same for Australians.

Answer 2

While Australia has relations with the EU it is not a member of the EU. An Australian citizen is not a citizen of any EU country ergo no passport. If you really want a EU passport you have to set up permanent residence as an Australian with a visa in an EU country such as Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Spain, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. Then after living in an EU country for 5 or so years you can apply for citizenship while keeping dual citizenship with Australia.

Answer 3

Rissi is right. Here is a quote:
"Those that can prove that they have a parent or a grandparent who was born in Greece and obtained the Greek nationality by birth can claim the Greek citizenship now if they can find documents proving the Greek citizenship of their ancestor. According to Greek law there is no problem if the applicant wants to keep his/her present nationality. So, a Greek American can become Greek citizen without losing his/her American citizenship.

The most important document that a person of Greek origin can use to obtain the citizenship is a certificate from the local municipality in Greece certifying that a certain ancestor was born in Greece, has a municipality number, and therefore was Greek by birth.

The next line of required documents consists of the marriage certificate of that ancestor, the birth certificate of their child, until we reach the person applying for citizenship today. If that ancestor was a grandfather, we need his marriage certificate, the birth certificate of his child, the marriage certificate of the child that is the parent of the present applicant and the birth certificate of the present applicant. If the applicant is married, we need his/her marriage certificate as well."

Kali tihi!!

Answer 4

Greek Citizenship By Descent