{"id":17599,"date":"2025-04-07T19:23:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T16:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.auswanderung-griechenland.de\/faq-items\/what-is-an-amka-number-and-what-do-i-need-it-for\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T19:54:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T17:54:34","slug":"what-is-an-amka-number-and-what-do-i-need-it-for","status":"publish","type":"avada_faq","link":"https:\/\/staging.auswanderung-griechenland.de\/en\/faq-items\/what-is-an-amka-number-and-what-do-i-need-it-for\/","title":{"rendered":"What is an AMKA number and what do I need it for?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"199\" data-end=\"416\">The <strong data-start=\"203\" data-end=\"250\">AMKA (\u0391\u03c1\u03b9\u03b8\u03bc\u03cc\u03c2 \u039c\u03b7\u03c4\u03c1\u03ce\u03bf\u03c5 \u039a\u03bf\u03b9\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae\u03c2 \u0391\u03c3\u03c6\u03ac\u03bb\u03b9\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2)<\/strong> is the <strong data-start=\"259\" data-end=\"300\">Greek social security number<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"301\" data-end=\"304\">It is roughly equivalent to the German social security number or the European health insurance number.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"418\" data-end=\"421\">\n<h2 data-start=\"423\" data-end=\"457\"><strong data-start=\"426\" data-end=\"457\">What do I need the AMKA for?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"459\" data-end=\"486\">The AMKA is required for:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"488\" data-end=\"797\">\n<li data-start=\"488\" data-end=\"531\">\n<p data-start=\"490\" data-end=\"531\">Doctor&#8217;s visits and medical care<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"532\" data-end=\"580\">\n<p data-start=\"534\" data-end=\"580\">Public or private health insurance<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"581\" data-end=\"633\">\n<p data-start=\"583\" data-end=\"633\">Employment with a Greek employer<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"634\" data-end=\"677\">\n<p data-start=\"636\" data-end=\"677\">Pension and social security contributions<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"740\">\n<p data-start=\"680\" data-end=\"740\">Registration in the Greek health system (EOPYY)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"741\" data-end=\"797\">\n<p data-start=\"743\" data-end=\"797\">Some administrative procedures relating to social benefits<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"799\" data-end=\"958\">For many everyday matters, the <strong data-start=\"843\" data-end=\"850\">AFM<\/strong> is sufficient, but for anything to do with <strong data-start=\"876\" data-end=\"922\">health, work or social insurance<\/strong>, the AMKA is necessary.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"960\" data-end=\"963\">\n<h2 data-start=\"965\" data-end=\"994\"><strong data-start=\"968\" data-end=\"994\">Who needs an AMKA?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul data-start=\"996\" data-end=\"1211\">\n<li data-start=\"996\" data-end=\"1045\">\n<p data-start=\"998\" data-end=\"1045\">People with <strong data-start=\"1011\" data-end=\"1043\">primary residence in Greece<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1046\" data-end=\"1092\">\n<p data-start=\"1048\" data-end=\"1092\">People who <strong data-start=\"1078\" data-end=\"1090\">work<\/strong> in Greece<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1093\" data-end=\"1155\">\n<p data-start=\"1095\" data-end=\"1155\">People who are required to have <strong data-start=\"1109\" data-end=\"1141\">statutory health insurance<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1156\" data-end=\"1211\">\n<p data-start=\"1158\" data-end=\"1211\">EU citizens who move to Greece permanently<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1213\" data-end=\"1371\">Those who only use Greece as a <strong data-start=\"1238\" data-end=\"1255\">second home<\/strong> and do not need any medical services\/work in Greece usually <strong data-start=\"1361\" data-end=\"1370\">do not<\/strong> need the AMKA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AMKA (\u0391\u03c1\u03b9\u03b8\u03bc\u03cc\u03c2 \u039c\u03b7\u03c4\u03c1\u03ce\u03bf\u03c5 \u039a\u03bf\u03b9\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae\u03c2 \u0391\u03c3\u03c6\u03ac\u03bb\u03b9\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2) is the Greek social <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.auswanderung-griechenland.de\/en\/faq-items\/what-is-an-amka-number-and-what-do-i-need-it-for\/\"> [weiter lesen]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"faq_category":[878],"class_list":["post-17599","avada_faq","type-avada_faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","faq_category-administration"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is an AMKA number and what do I need it for? 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