Visas
Non-Immigrant Visas
Section Overview
The Visa section is located at the Kokkali Street entrance near to Dinokratous & Evzonon Streets.
The Non-immigrant Visa section is closed the last Wednesday of each month and these U.S. and Greek Holidays.
All nonimmigrant visa applicants must fill out the new online DS-156 Electronic Visa Application Form (EVAF). Non-electronic DS-156 applications (typed, handwritten) are not accepted. Note: The Consular Section is unable to process visa applications with passports for infants or children with a printed name of “FNU” (first name unknown), or “Avaptisto” (unbaptized). If you come to the Embassy with the either “FNU” or “Avaptisto” on the passport, the visa issuance will be delayed until the new passport containing the full legal name is received. We kindly request that you return to your Registrar’s Office to update the child’s birth certificate and proceed to your passport issuing agency to acquire a passport with the legal first and last name. This process is known as “onomatodosia.”
Contact Us:
For more information on applying for a visa, you may use this web site, send an e-mail to athensconsul@state.gov, or call one of the following numbers:
Only from OTE land-line subscribers at: 90-11-230-730
Subscribers to other phone companies will be unable to reach this number.
From mobile phones:
Cosmote: 901-200-6313
Vodafone: 901-694-6313
WIND: 901-160-6313
The call center, which provides services to the non-immigrant visa applicant, will accept phone calls from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. every day except Greek holidays. A small fee will apply for these phone calls, but the center guarantees that every call will be answered in three rings or less. The charge will be 1.19 euro per minute for landline phone calls and 1.52 euro per minute for mobile phone calls.
