Cyprus Permanent Residency, verified programme data (September 2026)

What is the minimum investment for Cyprus Permanent Residency, as at September 2026?

The minimum qualifying investment for Cyprus Permanent Residency is €300,000 via Real-estate investment, as at September 2026. Government, due-diligence and professional fees are additional.

Cyprus Permanent Residency — published investment routes, as at September 2026

Route	Type	Minimum
New Residential Property Purchase	real estate	€300,000
Non-Residential / Commercial Property	real estate	€300,000
Shares in a Cyprus-Registered Company	business	€300,000
Cyprus Collective Investment Organisation	fund	€300,000

Family pricing

• One qualifying investment covers the whole family.
• Single applicant: €300,000.
• Included family members: spouse; children under 18; unmarried dependent children 18-25 in full-time education. PARENTS/IN-LAWS NOT eligible (unlike Greece)..
• EUR300,000 + VAT in new-build residential property covers spouse + minor children (+ unmarried children 18-25 in education). Parents NOT eligible. Govt fees EUR500 main + EUR500/dependent + EUR70 card. Requires proof of EUR50k+ annual foreign income (+EUR15k spouse/+EUR10k child).

Government and due-diligence fees

• Total cost including property, taxes, fees, and legal costs is typically €330,000-€360,000+ for a €300,000 property investment. One of the lower fee structures among European Golden Visa programmes.

Cyprus Permanent Residency figures verified against www.mip.gov.cy (official source) on 2026-03-20 by the Mirabello data team.

How long does Cyprus Permanent Residency take to process?

Published processing time for Cyprus Permanent Residency: 4-6 months (one of the fastest in Europe), as at September 2026.

1. 1. Select and reserve qualifying property or investment (2-4 weeks)
2. 2. Sign purchase agreement and make deposit / complete investment (1-2 weeks)
3. 3. Gather documentation: criminal record certificates, proof of income, health insurance, marriage/birth certificates (2-4 weeks)
4. 4. Submit application to the Civil Registry and Migration Department
5. 5. Due diligence and background checks by Ministry of Interior (8-16 weeks)
6. 6. Decision issued (approval or rejection)
7. 7. Biometrics collection and residence card issuance (2-4 weeks)
8. 8. Registration address in Cyprus confirmed

Cyprus Permanent Residency figures verified against www.mip.gov.cy (official source) on 2026-03-20 by the Mirabello data team.

What travel access does Cyprus Permanent Residency provide?

Cyprus Permanent Residency grants a residence permit, not a passport, as at September 2026. The permit's travel benefit: EU member state. Visa-free travel within EU (but Cyprus is NOT in the Schengen Area, separate visa regime). Cypriot permanent residents can travel within the EU but may need separate visa for Schengen-specific travel in some cases.. For reference, the Cyprus passport itself reaches 174 destinations visa-free per Mirabello's tracked dataset — a residence permit does not confer that passport mobility.

Cyprus Permanent Residency figures verified against www.mip.gov.cy (official source) on 2026-03-20 by the Mirabello data team.

What are the minimum stay and citizenship rules for Cyprus Permanent Residency?

The residence and citizenship rules for Cyprus Permanent Residency, as at September 2026:

• Minimum stay: Must visit Cyprus at least once every 2 years to maintain the permanent residence permit. No ongoing minimum days per year.
• Path to citizenship: 8 years of legal residence in Cyprus. Must be physically present for the majority of those 8 years. Must pass basic Greek language exam (A2 level). Cypriot passport offers 177 visa-free countries.
• Eligibility: open to non-EU/EEA/Swiss nationals only. EU, EEA and Swiss citizens are not eligible for this programme.

Cyprus Permanent Residency figures verified against www.mip.gov.cy (official source) on 2026-03-20 by the Mirabello data team.

Who regulates Cyprus Permanent Residency?

Civil Registry and Migration Department, Ministry of Interior administers Cyprus Permanent Residency, a programme operating since 2020. Applications from €300,000 are governed by the official framework published at www.mip.gov.cy, as at September 2026.

Cyprus Permanent Residency figures verified against www.mip.gov.cy (official source) on 2026-03-20 by the Mirabello data team.

How fresh is this Cyprus Permanent Residency data?

Every headline figure for Cyprus Permanent Residency is provenance-tracked: each field carries a source URL, a source tier and a verification date, audited weekly.

Cyprus Permanent Residency — data freshness, computed 2026-09-18

Measure	Value
Verification confidence	62 / 100
Last verified	2026-03-20
Headline fields tracked	7
Fields past freshness SLA	7

The identical data_freshness block for Cyprus Permanent Residency is published machine-readable in /index.json, verified 2026-03-20.