Youth Pass: Deadline ends today 5/12 – Who are eligible and how to apply

The deadline for submitting applications for the payment of the Youth Pass to young people 18 and 19 years old ends today, Tuesday, December 5.

The financial support amounts to 150 euros and there are no property or income criteria. 112,000 applications have been made and another 90,000 can be made based on the resources available, as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitstotakis said in a related post on TikTok.

The young can submit their applications either through the digital platform vouchers.gov.gr, or through KEP.

The Youth Pass is in the form of a digital debit card which beneficiaries will be able to use in businesses active in the fields of culture, tourism and transport. The aids will have been sent to the credit institutions by Friday 8 December and all beneficiaries will receive the aid by Wednesday 13 December.

Beneficiaries of the Youth Pass

Beneficiaries of the Youth Pass are all tax residents of Greece who have turned 18 or 19 years of age within the year preceding the application and submit an application on the platform. In more detail, young people who have completed either the 18th year or the 19th year of their age between 01.01.2022 and 31.12.2022 have the right to apply for this year’s aid. The application is submitted once and is not resubmitted after the beneficiary turns 19. Therefore, an 18-year-old who applies by 5 December 2023 for the Youth Pass will receive €150 this year and an additional €150 in 2024 without having to apply again. It is noted that, if for any reason, a young person does not submit his application when he is 18 years old, he can do so when he turns 19, obtaining of course the support only for the second year and not retroactively.

The Youth Pass is a permanent measure to support young people. Therefore, from 2024 onwards the special application will accept the applications of the interested parties from April 1st to May 15th of each year. The support for all beneficiaries will be paid once a year by May 31 of each year.

Credit process

After submitting the application, the credit institution or financial organization informs the beneficiary about the first activation of the card and the crediting of the amount of money through a text message (sms) or email (e-mail) with an integrated link to activate the digital debit card.

Beneficiaries can make use of the aid they will receive for making purchases or receiving services from businesses operating in the fields of tourism (e.g. in tourist accommodation), culture (e.g. for attending theater performances or concerts, buying books, etc.) and transportation (taxi, buses, trains, ferry – plane tickets or for the rental of cars or pleasure boats, etc.).