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big mal Topic Starter A True BIC'er Offline Yet Another BritsinCrete Member Joined: 30. Sep 2011 at 19:17 Posts: 7 drapanos Greece Zodiac sign:	IKA 18. Jan 2012 at 13:21 hi can any one out there tell me what is required to renew IKA books as ours are due for renewal on 9th feb do we need new photos take passports citizen books tax codes etc thank you malcolm parkes
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Kephalian B.I.C. Old Hand Offline Digging in Crete Joined: 17. Sep 2006 at 20:36 Posts: 57 Vrahassi Greece Gender: Mood: Zodiac sign:	Re: IKA Reply #1 - 18. Jan 2012 at 14:11 Just take the book in and it will be updated without any hassles. Take passport with you if necessary. But it is a relatively 'painless' event.
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Re: IKA
Reply #2 - 19. Jan 2012 at 01:54

Take AMKA number as well as passport and IKA book.

These days AMKA number is needed.

If you don`t have an AMKA number , go to your local KEP office ( like a town hall , council office ) and ask for one.

Produce your blue card, resident permit in other words, passport and IKA book.

The AMKA sheet of paper will have a row of numbers on it, keep the sheet in your IKA book at all times, or write the numbers down in your IKA book, all to do with tax.

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Mandraek A True BIC'er Offline Yet Another BritInCrete! Joined: 18. Oct 2007 at 18:12 Posts: 33	Re: IKA Reply #3 - 10. Mar 2012 at 15:51 Take your tax return (2011) but only for dependents, they wont do it without, if you need a new book remember to take a passport photograph
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Peebee Practically Cretan Offline Another B.I.C. Joined: 15. Sep 2009 at 10:06 Posts: 717 Kera Greece Mood: Zodiac sign:	Re: IKA Reply #4 - 25. Apr 2012 at 15:06 I took my tax return for year 2010 (submitted in 2011) as the one for 2011 had not been done at the time, IKA book renewed OK.
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umaremasu B.I.C. Old Hand Offline Aspiring BritInCrete! Joined: 14. Nov 2005 at 22:09 Posts: 239 Rethymnon prefecture Greece Gender: Mood:	Re: IKA Reply #5 - 26. Apr 2012 at 12:11 Binx.... The AMKA number appears automatically on the new computer system and on the renewal certificate stapled in the IKA book, which should now be computer generated, as of early last year. So there shouldn't be any need to take the AMKA sheet of paper, if you already have an IKA book.
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Re: IKA
Reply #6 - 26. Apr 2012 at 23:19

I beg to differ, we were asked to produce the AMKA paper, insurance papers, IKA book and residents permit February, luckily we have all the nessasary papers with us at all times when we have to go to IKA.

The AMKA number was on the front of our books , but we still had to produce the official papers, plus the Afeme which I thought was strange.

I did ask the kind Greek man helping us to sort it out, why we had to produce all sorts of papers this time and not before, he said " you are English and these malakas will do this all the time".
he then went on to say " tell your government in England what a disgrace this country is " he actually shouted this out in front of everyone, much to my embarassment.

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Re: IKA
Reply #7 - 27. Apr 2012 at 06:43

This seems to be another example of different documents wanted at different offices.

When I went to the KEP office in Kalyves to get AMKA numbers for hubby & me, I was asked for passports & tax number. The lady then gave me the AMKA print out & wrote the numbers on both IKA books.

When we went to renew our IKA books at he IKA office in Chania, all I was asked for were the books (obviously!) and a tax settlement certificate applying to my husband. We assumed that this was because he gets IKA cover as my dependant as he does not work and they wanted to make sure that was still the case. I took passports & tax number documents, but nobody was interested!

One hears a lot of negatives about the Greek Civil Service, but I'd like to say that I've found the ladies in the KEP office in Kalyves very helpful with excellent English.

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Re: IKA
Reply #8 - 27. Apr 2012 at 10:56

Just like to second Kat's opinion. The ladies in KEP Kalyves are always very helpful, as are the ones in Souda KEP.

Next year (if nothing changes!) we will take our IKA books to the KEP office and ask them to renew the books for us.

This year we went to the IKA offices, it was a long wait but we were only asked to provide the tax return form, nothing else.

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umaremasu B.I.C. Old Hand Offline Aspiring BritInCrete! Joined: 14. Nov 2005 at 22:09 Posts: 239 Rethymnon prefecture Greece Gender: Mood:	Re: IKA Reply #9 - 28. Apr 2012 at 18:49 Well... Have to say, end of Feb we just handed our IKA books over, a new certificate was stapled in, and job done with smiles!
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