To date, approximately 130,000 applications have been submitted for the financial assistance of 150 euros, which concerns approximately 200,000 young people
Applications for the payment of the Youth Pass for 18 and 19-year-olds are extended until Tuesday, December 12, as stated in a joint statement by the Ministries of National Economy and Finance, Digital Governance and Interior following yesterday’s announcement by Prime Minister K. Mitsotakis.
To date, approximately 130,000 applications have been submitted for the financial aid of 150 euros, which concerns approximately 200,000 young people, while it is emphasized that there are no property or income criteria.
Young people will be able to submit their applications either through the digital platform vouchers.gov.gr, or through the K.E.P. until Tuesday, December 12.
The Youth Pass takes the form of a digital debit card, which beneficiaries will be able to use in businesses operating in the fields of culture, tourism and transport.
Payment of aid
The Youth Pass takes the form of a digital debit card, which beneficiaries will be able to use in businesses operating in the fields of culture, tourism and transport.
The aid will be paid in two stages:
1. For beneficiaries who submitted their application by Tuesday, December 5: Aid will be sent to the credit institutions by Friday, December 8 and all beneficiaries will receive the aid approximately 3-4 working days later.
2. For the beneficiaries who will submit their application from Wednesday 6 December to Tuesday 12 December: The aids will be sent to the credit institutions until 21 December 2023 and will be paid to the beneficiaries on the following working days depending on the internal procedures of the banking institutions.
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 via text message (sms) or e-mail message (e-mail) with an embedded link to activate the card digital debit card.
Beneficiaries can make use of the support they will receive for making purchases or receiving services from businesses active in the fields of tourism (e.g. in tourist accommodation), culture (e.g. for attending theater performances or concerts, for the purchase of books, etc.) and transportation (taxi, buses, trains, ferry – plane tickets or for the rental of cars or pleasure boats, etc.).
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries of the Youth Pass are all tax residents of Greece who have reached the age of 18 or 19 within the year preceding the application and submit an application on the platform.
In more detail, for this year’s aid, young people who have completed either their 18th or 19th year of age from 01.01.2022 to 31.12.2022 have the right to apply. The application is submitted once and is not resubmitted after the beneficiary turns 19.
Therefore, an 18-year-old who applies by 12 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, he can do so when he turns 19, of course receiving the aid only for the second year and not retroactively.
The Youth Pass is a permanent support measure for young people. Therefore, from 2024 onwards, the special application will accept the applications of interested parties from April 1st to May 15th of each year. The aid for all beneficiaries will be paid once a year by May 31 of each year.
Planning
The Youth Pass was designed by the Ministers of National Economy and Finance Kostis Hatzidakis, Digital Governance Dimitris Papastergiou, Interior Nikis Kerameos and the Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance Thanos Petralias, in accordance with what was set out in the Joint Ministerial Decision (Government Gazette B’ 5420/14.09.2023 ).
The platform was implemented by the Information Society (KtP MAE) in collaboration with the National Technology and Research Infrastructure Network (EDYTE S.A. – GRNET), supervised entities of the Ministry of Digital Governance, as well as the General Secretariat of Information Systems and Digital Governance.
Source: Skai
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