What is the difference between the Ληξιαρχική Πράξη Γέννησης and the Πιστοποιητικό Γέννησης?

The Ληξιαρχική Πράξη Γέννησης is the birth act recorded in the civil registry. The Πιστοποιητικό Γέννησης is a certificate issued from the municipal register. Both are commonly called a Greek birth certificate in English; we translate whichever one you hold.

Do you translate the annotations?

Yes. Annotations can record a name-giving, recognition by a parent or a correction, so they are translated with the main entry.

How are Greek names spelled in English?

Greek names are transliterated from the Greek alphabet. If your passport uses a particular Latin spelling, tell us when you order and we will follow it, so the translation matches your other documents.

Which version will the Australian authority want?

The receiving authority decides which record and which date range it needs, so check its instructions first. We translate the document you hold exactly as issued; we do not obtain, verify or apostille Greek records.

How much does it cost and how fast is it?

Upload every page, including the reverse where it carries stamps, then select the pages that need translating. The order page shows the confirmed page count and total at $59 AUD per page before you pay. Delivery is within 24 hours.

Greek birth certificate (Ληξιαρχική Πράξη Γέννησης)

Greek Birth Certificate Translation — Ληξιαρχική Πράξη ΓέννησηςΛηξιαρχική Πράξη Γέννησης

A Greek birth certificate is usually a Ληξιαρχική Πράξη Γέννησης (lixiarchiki praxi gennisis), the birth act recorded by the municipal civil registry office. Some people instead hold a Πιστοποιητικό Γέννησης (birth certificate issued from the municipal register). We translate either version into English at $59 AUD per page, delivered within 24 hours.

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When a Greek birth certificate translation may be needed

Australian authorities ask for evidence of birth, identity or parentage. If you were born or registered in Greece, the Greek birth act is usually that evidence.

If you have been asked to evidence birth or parentage for a visa, citizenship or passport application
Where a child's or parent's details must be shown for a family application
Where a name change or correction appears as an annotation on the birth act
For estate, family-law or registration matters connected to Greece

Issued by: The civil registry office (Ληξιαρχείο) of the Greek municipality where the birth was registered, also available through gov.gr

Also searched as: Greek birth certificate · Greek birth registration · πιστοποιητικό γέννησης · pistopoiitiko gennisis · lixiarxiki praxi gennisis

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How we translate the Greek birth act

The birth act normally shows the registry office, volume, act number and year, the child's names, sex, date, time and place of birth, the parents' names and details, the declarant, and any later annotations (σημειώσεις) such as name-giving, recognition or corrections. We translate every field and annotation shown on the copy you supply, including stamps and the registrar's signature block.

Volume, act number, year and registry office reproduced as printed
Annotations (σημειώσεις) translated with the main entry
Greek script, stamps, seals and signatures described so the translation can be matched to the original
Names transliterated consistently, following your passport spelling where you provide it
Apostille pages translated in the same order where supplied
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