What's Happening
Overseas births, marriages, and deaths connected to Greece typically need to be formally registered before they can be relied on for other legal or property matters. In practice, this usually works the same way: you gather and provide the required documentation, and the Greek legal practice engaged for the matter acts under a Power of Attorney to complete the registration with the relevant Greek authorities.
Why It Matters for You
Greece has also been moving parts of its civil registry system toward digital platforms, and registration via these platforms is an emerging development still finding its shape. Our understanding is that even as this evolves, the same principle is likely to hold — a lawyer can act on the relevant person's behalf, using the necessary access details, under a Power of Attorney arrangement, rather than requiring that person to navigate a foreign digital platform themselves.
What to Do
This is a separate process to GPP's own services — as noted in our FAQ, birth, marriage, and citizenship-related registrations are handled directly through the Greek Consulate or local civil registry, not by GPP. If you're dealing with an inheritance or property matter and think a life event may not be registered, it's worth confirming with the Consulate early, as it can otherwise hold up other steps later.