Office Hours and Contact Details
The Australian Embassy in Athens is open for telephone and email enquiries (contact details) from 8:00am to 4:00pm Monday to Friday except for Public holidays.
Emergency situations
In case of emergency after hours, consular assistance is available from the 24-hour Consular Emergency Centre in Canberra via the Embassy's switchboard on +30 210 870 4000.
Passport Services
- Services are by appointment only from Monday to Friday between 9:00 am - 1:00pm. Make an appointment here.
- Applying for a first Australian adult passport or for a child's passport
- Renewing your current Australian adult passport
- Complete online and print an Overseas Passport application form or renewal form
- Consular and passport fees
Notarial Services
Services are by appointment only from Monday to Friday between 9:00 am - 1:00pm. Make an appointment here. Clients who require notarial services for Affidavits or Powers of Attorney, should contact the Embassy at consular.athens@dfat.gov.au to request an appointment.
Honorary Consuls
Honorary Consuls in Thessaloniki (northern Greece ), Sofia (Bulgaria) and Bucharest (Romania) are able to provide assistance to Australian citizens and can accept passport applications (by appointment only).
Travel information for Australians
- Get the latest travel advisories and other traveller hints from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- What we can and cannot do: Assisting Australians overseas
- Consular Privacy Collection Statement
Practical Information about Greece, Bulgaria and Romania
- Citizenship
- International driving permits
- Birth, marriage and death certificates
- Getting married in Greece ? See also Marriage overseas
- Authentications and apostilles
- Bringing medication into Greece
- Changing your Australian Licence to a Greek Driving Licence
- Renewal of Driver's Licence
- General Information Regarding Visa Requirements for Travelling Australians
- Legal services
- Lost property
- Medical and health services
- Schengen Travel bulletin
- Visas for Greece, Bulgaria and Romania
Pensions and information for former residents
- Australia and Greece: Social Security Agreement (English version)
- Australia and Greece: Social Security Agreement (Greek version)
- Social security: pension payments
- A gateway to information about Australian benefits, payments and services
Returning to Australia
- Handy information for Australians or residents returning from a holiday or moving back to Australia.
- Taking cats and dogs to Australia