Greeks Abroad
Citizenship, property, tax, and everything the consulate doesn't tell you.
If you're a Greek-Australian trying to figure out citizenship, property, tax obligations, or how to deal with Greek bureaucracy from the other side of the world, you're in the right place.
These guides are written from experience. It took me 18 years to get my Greek passport. Along the way I learned more about the dimotologio, the KEP, NAATI translations, and the inner workings of AADE than any diaspora Greek should reasonably have to. These guides exist so you don't have to learn it all the hard way.
Everything here is specific to Greeks living in Australia. Not generic EU guides. Not American expat forums. Australian documents, Australian consulates, Australian tax treaties.
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Greece plans to lift its property transfer tax from about 3% to 15% from 1 July 2027 for buyers who are tax resident outside the EU. Here’s what that means for Australians, and why a Greek passport may not be enough.
Greece plans to lift its property transfer tax from about 3% to 15% from 1 July 2027 for buyers who are tax resident outside the EU. Here’s what that means for Australians, and why a Greek passport may not be enough.
Your yiayiá said the family came “from Syros, after Chios.” Here’s how to find the paperwork that proves it, from a laptop in Australia.
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