Birth, marriage and civil union docs available online

As part of an ongoing effort to digitize the state in Greece, the Digital Governance Ministry has announced that citizens can now procure birth, marriage and civil partnership certificates from their computer or mobile phone by logging onto the government’s online portal. Parents are also able to get municipal registration certificates and other civil registry documents for their children who are minors.

The procedure is very simple and is done by using a person’s tax number on reg.services.gov. gr. The documents available are those that have been issued or amended since August 5, 2013. For older certificates, the ministry said it will announce an alternative procedure in due course.

The portal also offers marital status and citizenship certificates and will soon add death certificates.

In three weeks of operation, the portal has issued more than 66,000 municipal registry certificates.