ABSTRACT
This chapter provides detailed descriptions of how the introductory remarks relate to the case of Greek nationality. The most important group to come to Greece and acquire nationality through the process of definition is so-called omogeneis Greeks from the former Soviet Union. Moreover the definition of Greek nationality does not require residence in Greece: worldwide Hellenism' takes priority over residence. The most important change to take place in Greek nationality law to date came in 1984, with Law 1438 on modifying regulations in the Greek Nationality Code and the law on birth, marriage and death certificates'. The definition of nationality' is exclusively concerned with those sectors of the Greek diaspora which can provide documentary evidence that one of their ancestors was Greek, i.e. registered on the municipal rolls or Registers of Males in a municipality or commune of the Greek state.
