Cyprus Immigration Permit for Investors

1. Permanent residencypossible
2. Citizenshipafter 8 years

• Permanent residency
• Citizenship 8 years
• Dual citizenship allowed
• Language required for citizenship B1

Country

Cyprus

Program

Cyprus Immigration Permit for Investors

Local name

Άδεια Μετανάστευσης Επενδυτών

Type

Golden visa

Status

Active

Min stay

1 days per 24 months

Immigration permit for third-country nationals who invest at least €300,000 in a first-sale home, other Cyprus real estate, a Cyprus company with five employees, or a Cyprus collective investment fund, and who show secured annual income of at least €50,000. The residence right is permanent. The card is replaced every ten years.

Income requirement

EUR 4,167/mo (~$4,792 USD)

Application fee

$575

Tax regime

Special

Regime name

Non-domicile exemption from Special Defence Contribution on dividends and interest

Regime duration

17 years

Foreign income taxed

Yes

Capital gains taxed

Yes

Method

in person

Processing time

60–60 days

Apply from abroad

Yes

Regulation 6(2) of the Aliens and Immigration Regulations, 4th revision in force on 2 May 2023, with the 17 May 2023 clarifications. The permit is issued to the applicant and covers a spouse and children under 18. Unmarried students aged 18 to 25 who study abroad and are financially dependent file their own application. Non-dependent adult children need the €300,000 investment multiplied by the number of those children, and each must show €50,000 of their own secured income. Parents are not included. Selling the investment without immediately replacing it with another qualifying investment of the same or greater value cancels the permit. For a house or apartment, the income must come from abroad. For the other three routes it may come from activity in Cyprus if it is taxed there. The applicant and spouse must declare they will not take employment, except as directors of the company invested in under this policy. Shareholding, and an unpaid directorship, is allowed when the investment is not in share capital. A clean criminal record and inpatient and outpatient health insurance are required. Private insurance remains required if the holder is not a GESY beneficiary. An absence of two years, or taking permanent residence abroad, ends the right. If the applicant is abroad when approved, they must take up residence within one year. Cyprus is not in Schengen. Naturalisation is a separate, discretionary application after a final continuous year of legal residence plus seven years in the ten years before that, with Greek at B1 and a pass in the Cyprus politics and society exam. Holding this permit while living abroad does not by itself build that residence. USD figures for the unchanged euro amounts still use about €1 = $1.15. On 9 October 2026 the mid-market rate was about $1.12, within 10 percent, so those figures were not reconverted. The €70 registration fee uses the same $1.15 rate.

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1. Oct 10, 2026
   • Name Cyprus Permanent Residence Programme Cyprus Immigration Permit for Investors
   • Official page https://www.mip.gov.cy/ https://www.gov.cy/mip-md/en/documents/companies-investors-permanent-residence-3/immigrati…
   • Investment options updated

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