British Embassy Athens
Source: gov.uk (2025-11-04)

The British Embassy Athens maintains and develops relations between the UK and Greece.

The British Embassy Athens and British Vice Consulates in Greece are open to the public by appointment only. Emergency travel document (https://www.gov.uk/emergency-travel-document) printing and collection also continues on an appointment basis.

Find out more on our UK and Greece news page (https://www.gov.uk/world/greece/news).

We provide services to British nationals living in and visiting Greece. You can access UK government services while in Greece (https://www.gov.uk/world/greece).

Read the latest information on the rights and status for UK nationals Living in Europe (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-europe) and our practical guidance on Living in Greece (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-greece).

If you’re travelling in Greece, see our Greece travel advice (https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/greece).

Getting help

If you cannot get the support you need from local services, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) can help British people abroad.

We prioritise emergencies and people who are vulnerable, for example, if someone’s:

ill, injured, or involved in a crime

with a British person who’s died

Get help from FCDO (https://www.contact.service.csd.fcdo.gov.uk/posts/greece/british-embassy-athens)

Get an emergency travel document

You can apply for an emergency travel document (https://www.gov.uk/emergency-travel-document) if you’re abroad and your passport has been lost or stolen (https://www.gov.uk/report-a-lost-or-stolen-passport), damaged or expired, and you cannot get a new or replacement passport (https://www.gov.uk/renew-adult-passport) in time to travel.

Apply online for an emergency travel document (https://www.gov.uk/emergency-travel-document)

If the person needing the emergency travel document is under 16, a parent or guardian should apply on their behalf.

If you are travelling in more than 3 weeks, check if you can get a new or replacement passport (https://www.gov.uk/renew-adult-passport) in time to travel.

Emergency travel document printing and collection is only available by prior agreement or appointment.

If you are not a British citizen or have not had a British passport before

If you’re not sure, check if you’re a British citizen (https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen)

If you’re not a British citizen but think you may be eligible, contact us to apply for an emergency travel document (https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-embassy-athens#contact-us).

Other consular services

Notarial and documentary services

See the full list of notarial and documentary services for British people abroad (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/documents-for-british-people-abroad).

Consular fees

See the full list of consular fees (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/consular-services-fees).

Marriage and civil partnerships

For information on getting married in Greece, see getting married abroad (https://www.gov.uk/marriage-abroad).

We also provide services in:
- Corfu (https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-vice-consulate-corfu)
- Crete (https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-vice-consulate-crete)
- Rhodes (https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-vice-consulate-rhodes)
- Zakynthos (https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-honorary-vice-consulate-zakynthos)