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Translation Services
Certification Services
Submit and receive your document(s) by courier or registered mail
If you're studying or have completed your studies in the UK, you may need certification and translation of your UK qualifications for submission to the Greek authorities.
If you're planning to study in the UK, you may need to have Greek documents translated into English for submission to UK educational institutions and authorities.
Our official and fully recognised translation and certification service (also provided by courier/post) covers a wide range of documents, including:
certificates of studies
transcripts of grades and degrees issued by UK and Greek universities
English language certificates and IT skills certificates
certificates issued by the Greek authorities and other official documents required for admission to undergraduate, postgraduate and medical specialty training courses in the UK.
Download our complete list of services and fees (PDF, 54 KB).
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English into Greek – we translate:
documents issued by UK institutions of secondary, further and higher education
documents issued by official bodies in the UK
English language certificates issued by the University of Cambridge ESOL, the University of Oxford, Edexcel etc.
IT skills certificates issued by Cambridge International Examinations (CIE)
medical specialty and training certificates issued by official bodies in the UK.
- Submission of the original document(s) is a requirement.
- We can only translate after we have verified the authenticity of the original document with the issuing body.
- Translation of certificates issued by the University of Cambridge ESOL and the University of Oxford normally takes 1–3 working days including the verification process (postal/courier dispatch is not included in this). For details of the Express Service offered by the British Council in Athens, please see 'Special Certification Cases' below.
- Translation of other documents normally takes 3–5 working days including the verification process (postal/courier dispatch is not included in this).
Greek into English – we translate:
documents issued by Greek institutions of secondary, further and higher education
documents issued by official bodies in Greece
medical specialty and training certificates issued by official bodies in Greece.
- Submission of the original document(s) is a requirement.
- Translation normally takes 3–5 working days (postal/courier dispatch is not included in this).
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We only certify documents issued by British bodies that have official or recognised academic or professional status in the UK. For further information on our certification services, please read our Code of Practice (PDF, 26 KB).
- Submission of the original document(s) is a requirement.
- We can only certify after we have verified the authenticity of the original document with the issuing body; for this purpose, you may be asked to sign a Consent Form (MS Word, 54 KB)
- Certification normally takes 3–5 working days (postal/courier dispatch is not included in this).
Please contact us for information (see below for contact details).
If you've lost your University of Cambridge ESOL or University of Oxford English language certificate, or if it's been destroyed, we can issue a British Council Statement stating your name, level and the date you took the examination. This involves investigation of the files kept by us or the relevant university. Depending on the examination venue, this may take 1–5 working days (postal/courier dispatch is not included in this).
If you can’t wait the normal 2–3 days for us to translate/certify your University of Cambridge ESOL document(s), our Athens office offers an Express Service.
Simply bring your original document(s) to our Customer Services staff in Athens and we’ll deal with your translation/certification on the same day: we'll certify your document(s) while you wait and you’ll be able to collect the translation after 1230.
Alternatively, you can send your document(s) to our Athens office by courier or registered mail. You’ll receive your translated/certified document(s) by courier the next day. You can find the translation/certification fees for our Express Service in our list of fees (PDF, 54 KB).
Please note that the Express Service for certification is only available for documents on our database.
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Tired of looking for a parking space? Fed up of queuing? Find it difficult to visit us during our opening hours? Now you can submit/receive your document(s) and pay the translation/certification fee at your convenience! You can send your document(s) by registered mail or courier (special courier rates apply) and pay the fee by bank deposit or courier, again at a special rate.
Download our 'Submitting documents and paying fees' information sheet (PDF, 106 KB)
Download our complete list of services and fees (PDF, 54 KB)
Download our Request Form (MS Word, 65 KB)
Download our Consent Form (MS Word, 54 KB)
Download our Authorisation Form (MS Word, 53 KB)
For any further information, please download our Frequently Asked Questions (PDF, 77 KB).
Athens
Customer Services
British Council
17 Kolonaki Square
106 73 Athens
Fax 210 363 0481
Thessaloniki
Document Services
British Council
43 Tsimiski Street
546 23 Thessaloniki
Fax 2310 282 498
Telephone 210 369 2333 & 801 500 3692*
E-mail customerservices@britishcouncil.gr
* Calls from anywhere in Greece are charged at local rate.
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