Passport - Visa

To enter Greece one needs a valid passport or, for EU nationals, travel documents (ID cards). When registering in a hotel or pension in Greece, your passport or EU travel documents must be shown. Nationals of Australia, Canada, all EU countries, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and the USA can stay in Greece for up to three months without a visa. Greek embassies have a list of other nationalities allowed in without a visa. The list changes, but includes nationals of the European principalities of Monaco and San Marino and most South American countries. Those not on the list, such as South Africans, need a visa. For an updated list of these nationalities, contact your nearest Greek embassy.

Take note that Greece will refuse entry to Somalian nationals with passports issued after January 1991 and holders of Yugoslav passports with a 'Macedonia' renewal stamp.

Greek embassies can provide assistance to travelers and are usually the best places to contact for the most recent information.

All foreign embassies in Greece are in Athens and its suburbs. There are consulates of various countries in Thessaloníki, Pátra, Corfu, Rhodes and Iráklio