Office of Defense Cooperation
Country Clearance Information
Visits by DoD and military personnel to Greece must be processed via a Country Clearance Request with ODC Greece. This page will provide an overview of the clearance request process and state where more detailed information may be obtained.
THE PROCESS
Review the Greece portion of the Foreign Clearance Guide (DoD 4500.54-G) and complete your Country Clearance Request accordingly.
Have your security officer send the information through the Defense Messaging System (DMS) to ODC (for R&D and security assistance purposes) no later than 30 days before the visit.
ODC will coordinate the visit request with the Greek authorities.
Hellenic Military site access clearance is required for visits to facilities located on Hellenic military installations.Country clearance approval will come back to you via same DMS Routing Indicator.
Aircraft Clearance is handled by the Defense Attache Office (DAO)
Approval for country clearance for Greece cannot be assumed. Blanket Country clearance will not be granted. In no case will official travelers enter Greece without clearance!
THE TOP SIX MISTAKES IN REQUESTING COUNTRY CLEARANCE
Failure to provide precise location information. Organization, name, city and correct address are needed.
Failure to meet time requirements for submitting clearance requests. Thirty (30) days is the minimum time required.
Omitting visitors date of birth, place of birth, clearance level and passport number.
Failure to provide a Point of Contact (POC) and their location in Greece. This is the person who will pass your visit information to the organization's security office. Visit requests cannot be forwarded to organizations without POC name(s), phone and fax number(s) within the organization.
Failure to provide a correct phone and fax numbers. Greece's country code is 30. Greek phone numbers are 10 digits long and begin with a two. Outside Greece, a phone number would read: (30) 2xx.xxxx.xxx. Inside Greece, the same phone number would read: 2xx.xxxx.xxx.
Failure to confirm visit details/itinerary in advance. Due to the large number of requests, ODC is not in a position to coordinate schedules. Your request will be denied if your intended Greek host is not previously informed of your visit.