Digital nomad visa in Cyprus

• The permit is for non-EU and non-EEA nationals who can do their work from any location using telecommunications technology. You either work for a company registered abroad or are self-employed and offer services to clients located abroad.
• It does not let you work for a Cypriot employer or client. The Department’s document list has you sign an affirmation that neither you nor your family members will provide work, services or a project to an employer or client established in Cyprus.
• The scheme is capped at 500 permits (100 when the Council of Ministers approved it on 15 October 2021, raised to 500 on 3 March 2022). The page says the Department is once again accepting applications but does not say how many places are left. Your spouse or partner and underage children can stay for the same period but may not work.

Sources: Migration Department, Deputy Ministry of Migration and International Protection. Checked 17 October 2026.

• The income test is a stable net income of about €3,500 a month, after contributions and taxes. To be safe, have more than €3,600 a month. The Department’s list raises the amount by 20% for a spouse or partner and by 15% for each child, and gives no worked example.
• You show the income with proof of salary payment that states your net income, plus detailed bank statements for the last six months proving a stable and satisfactory income from outside Cyprus. Where there is no proof of net income, the list asks for an affirmation instead.
• Neither page offers a savings balance or a deposit as an alternative to the monthly income test, and neither sets an age limit.

Sources: Migration Department, Deputy Ministry of Migration and International Protection. Checked 17 October 2026.

• Employees need an employment contract of indefinite duration or at least as long as the permit, the employer’s confirmation that you can work remotely and that the work does not serve an employer registered in Cyprus, and a stamped copy of the company’s registration certificate abroad. The self-employed need project or service contracts at least as long as the permit and their own confirmation that no client is established in Cyprus.
• You also need a passport valid at least three months from the day you apply, an original criminal record certificate, original blood test results showing no HIV, syphilis or hepatitis B and C with a chest X-ray for tuberculosis certified by a specialised doctor, health insurance covering inpatient and outpatient care and the transport of remains, and a title deed or rental agreement with a matching utility bill.
• All documents must be in Greek or English or officially translated. Public documents from a state in the Hague Apostille Convention must carry an apostille, and copies are certified the same way.

Sources: Deputy Ministry of Migration and International Protection, Migration Department. Checked 17 October 2026.

• You apply after you arrive: within 3 months of arrival, at the Migration Department’s central offices in Nicosia, in person or through an authorised representative. The Department gives the examination time as 5 to 7 weeks, and applications missing a required document are not accepted for consideration.
• The nomad permit is not on the Department’s list of services that need an appointment; other applications are served without one, first come first served, Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 14:30 (last entry 14:00).

Sources: Migration Department. Checked 16 October 2026.

• Issuing or renewing the temporary residence permit costs €70, and registration in the Aliens’ Registry costs another €70 on first registration. The page lists no other government fee and gives no separate fee for family members.

Sources: Migration Department. Checked 16 October 2026.

• The first temporary residence permit is valid for one year. A renewal is issued for a maximum of two years, and the renewal application goes to the Department in Nicosia at least one month before the permit expires.
• For a renewal you again show a valid passport, the income test, insurance, a title deed or rental agreement with a utility bill, and the no-work affirmation. You give your employment or service contract again; the employer's confirmation and company documents are needed only if your employer changed, and the client confirmation only if your project contract changed.

Sources: Migration Department, Deputy Ministry of Migration and International Protection. Checked 17 October 2026.

• The Department’s nomad page describes no route from this permit to permanent residence or citizenship, and does not say whether years on it count toward long-term resident status. Its document list for that status asks for tax returns and social insurance contribution statements for the last 5 years and a Greek certificate at level A2.

Sources: Migration Department. Checked 16 October 2026.

• The Migration Department says nomad permit holders who spend more than 183 days in Cyprus in the same tax year are tax residents of Cyprus, provided they are not tax residents of any other country. The Tax Department adds that the day you arrive counts as a day in Cyprus and the day you leave as a day outside.
• The Tax Department also sets a 60-day alternative: at least 60 days in Cyprus, no more than 183 days in any other country, a business or job in Cyprus (as an employee or office holder) and a permanent home you own or rent. Its return guide adds that you must not be tax resident in another country. The pages we read do not say whether remote work for a foreign employer counts as a job in Cyprus for that test.
• The Tax Department's return guide says pay from an employer that is not tax resident in Cyprus is not taxed if you worked outside Cyprus as an employee for more than 90 days (and fewer than 183) in the tax year, and that remote work done while you are physically in Cyprus is not reported as work outside the Republic. A separate Tax Department note says a Cyprus tax resident's income from remote work is taxed in Cyprus. Non-domiciled residents are not subject to the special defence contribution on dividends and interest (you are deemed domiciled after 17 of the previous 20 years as a Cyprus tax resident). How the 90-day exemption applies to remote work done from Cyprus is not spelled out.

Sources: Migration Department, Republic of Cyprus. Checked 17 October 2026.

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1. Categories of persons and countries whose nationals do not require a visa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus (gov.cy). Checked 15 October 2026. Internet Archive copy of 6 December 2025. Lists Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States for a stay up to 90 days as bona fide visitors.
2. Cyprus country information for US travellers, Internet Archive copy of 9 July 2026, US Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs. Checked 16 October 2026. Up to 90 days without a visa for tourism or business, a temporary residence permit for longer; six months' passport validity recommended and two blank pages; sufficient funds and a return ticket; Cyprus is in the EU but not in Schengen; no residence permit for work or study for a US citizen who tests positive for HIV; enter and leave the Republic only at Larnaca and Paphos airports and the seaports of Limassol, Larnaca and Paphos. The page itself shows "Last Updated: January 21, 2025".
3. Digital nomads and family members (Cyprus Digital Nomad Visa), Internet Archive copy of 26 September 2026, Migration Department, Deputy Ministry of Migration and International Protection (gov.cy). Checked 16 October 2026. Page posted 31 December 2025. Exact figure for the income test: at least €3,500 a month net, after contributions and taxes.
4. Digital nomads: list of accompanying documents (first permit and renewal), MVIS v.19.03.2025, Deputy Ministry of Migration and International Protection, Migration Department (gov.cy). Checked 17 October 2026. Two-page official list, linked from the Department's forms page for digital nomads. First permit: 9 items; renewal: 6 items. Exact income figure: at least 3,500 euros a month net, up 20% for a spouse or partner and 15% for each child.
5. Identity History Summary Checks (FBI criminal record check), Federal Bureau of Investigation; Internet Archive copy. Checked 15 October 2026. Internet Archive capture of 6 October 2026, read on 15 October 2026. Gives the US$18 fee and says the FBI does not forward requests to the State Department for the apostille, so the apostille is a separate step.
6. Apostille requirements, Internet Archive copy, US Department of State (Internet Archive copy of 24 June 2024). Checked 16 October 2026. Page last updated 20 May 2024.
7. Tax convention with the Republic of Cyprus (signed 19 March 1984; in force 31 December 1985), Internal Revenue Service (treaty text). Checked 16 October 2026. Article 4(3) lets each country tax its own citizens as if the convention did not exist; article 5 gives credits for tax paid to the other country; articles 17 and 18 cover independent and dependent services (183-day tests); article 23 pensions and annuities taxable only in the country of residence; article 24 social security payments taxable only in the paying country.
8. Foreign earned income exclusion: figuring the exclusion, Internal Revenue Service. Checked 15 October 2026. Maximum exclusion for tax year 2026 is 132,900 dollars per person.
9. Foreign earned income exclusion: physical presence test, Internal Revenue Service. Checked 15 October 2026. 330 full days in a foreign country in any 12 consecutive months.
10. Social Security agreements with other countries, Internet Archive copy of 10 October 2026, US Social Security Administration. Checked 16 October 2026. Lists the countries with a totalization agreement (the latest, Romania, in force from 1 September 2026); Cyprus is not on the list. Explains that US Social Security covers US citizens employed abroad by American employers, which can produce dual coverage without an agreement.
11. Cyprus travel advice and advisories (entry and exit requirements), Government of Canada (travel.gc.ca). Checked 16 October 2026. Last updated 11 August 2026. Tourist and business visa not required for stays up to 90 days; student visa required; a Canadian passport must be valid at least 6 months beyond the date you expect to leave (Cyprus's own visa page asks for 3 months for visa applicants); customs may ask for a return ticket and proof of funds; ETIAS applications "not yet open", 30 European countries; an exit permit may be needed for dual citizens aged 16 or over or people eligible for Cypriot citizenship; entering through the north of the island is illegal; permits issued by the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" are not recognised.
12. Authentication of documents: requirements, Global Affairs Canada. Checked 16 October 2026. Opened 16 October 2026. Global Affairs Canada authenticates and issues apostilles for Government of Canada documents and for documents issued or notarized in Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Prince Edward Island and Yukon; the competent authorities of the other provinces issue apostilles for their own documents; documents must be paper originals with a recognised signature.
13. Improving authentication services in Canada (news release of 12 December 2023), Government of Canada (Global Affairs Canada). Checked 16 October 2026. Opened 16 October 2026. Canada joined the Apostille Convention on 11 January 2024; Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan issue apostilles for documents issued or notarized in their provinces, Global Affairs Canada for the rest.
14. Criminal record checks: processing times and fees, Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Checked 16 October 2026. Federal fee 25 Canadian dollars per check, collected with any local fingerprinting charge; 3 business days or less with no match, up to 120 business days if manual processing is needed.
15. Convention between Canada and the Republic of Cyprus for the avoidance of double taxation (signed 2 May 1984), text (CTS 1985 No. 12), Government of Canada (Global Affairs Canada, Treaty Law Division). Checked 16 October 2026. Opened 16 October 2026. Article 4 residence and tie-breaker (permanent home, centre of vital interests, habitual abode, nationality); article 14 independent services taxable only in the country of residence unless there is a fixed base; article 15 employment taxable where the work is done, unless 183 days or less in the calendar year and either pay of C$3,000 or less or pay from a non-resident employer not borne by a local establishment; article 18 pensions and annuities (tax in the paying country limited above C$10,000 and 15%), and social security pensions taxable only in the paying country; article 24 relief from double tax; article 25 non-discrimination; no clause letting a country tax its own citizens living in the other (article 29 keeps only Canada's foreign-affiliate rules); the text gives no entry-into-force date.
16. Cyprus: pensions and benefits (Canada-Cyprus social security agreement), Government of Canada (Employment and Social Development Canada). Checked 16 October 2026. Page dated 6 October 2026. Agreement on Social Security in force since 1 May 1991; covers the Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security (not the Quebec Pension Plan); periods in either country can help you qualify for old age, disability and survivor benefits, each country paying only for its own periods; residence in Cyprus after age 18 can count toward OAS.
17. Cyprus travel advice, Internet Archive copy of 12 October 2026, Smartraveller (Australian Government, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade). Checked 16 October 2026. Page updated 23 July 2026 and marked still current at 13 October 2026: Australians do not need a tourist visa for stays of up to 90 days in a 6-month period; anyone staying longer must apply for a visa, which can be done in Cyprus; overstayers can be put on a stop list and refused re-entry for up to five years; advice is to exercise a high degree of caution; Australia does not recognise the Turkish Cypriot administration in the north.
18. National Police Checks, Australian Federal Police. Checked 16 October 2026. A National Police Check can be used for working overseas; each application costs 57 Australian dollars, or 114 with fingerprints; identity documents worth 100 points are needed. The page does not say whether Cyprus accepts it, and the Cypriot list does not name the document.
19. Notarial services (legalising documents) in Australia, Internet Archive copy of 12 March 2026, Smartraveller (Australian Government, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade). Checked 16 October 2026. Page last updated 4 March 2026: DFAT legalises Australian public documents and notarised copies by apostille or authentication for 105 Australian dollars; it cannot say whether the overseas authority needs it, so ask that authority.
20. Income tax treaties: treaties in force (Australia), Australian Treasury. Checked 16 October 2026. Table last updated 24 March 2026: no entry for Cyprus, so there is no income tax treaty between Australia and Cyprus.
21. Social Security Agreement between Australia and Cyprus: text, Internet Archive copy of 19 November 2024, Department of Social Services (Australian Government). Checked 16 October 2026. Articles 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 and 9 read: the agreement covers Australian age pension, disability support pension for the severely disabled, widows' pensions and carer pension, and Cyprus social insurance benefits for age, invalidity and work injury, survivors and funerals; a person working in Cyprus is insured under Cypriot law even if they live in Australia; residence in Cyprus counts as residence in Australia for claiming.
22. Annex 1: list of third countries whose nationals need, or are exempt from, a visa to cross the external borders (hosted on gov.cy), Cyprus Government Portal (gov.cy), linked from the Visas page as the list for ordinary passports. Checked 16 October 2026. Part B, the list of third countries whose nationals are exempted from holding a visa when crossing the external borders, includes New Zealand. The PDF is dated by its upload folder (January 2026).
23. Cyprus (New Zealand's relationship with Cyprus and embassies), New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Checked 16 October 2026. Opened on 16 October 2026. Cyprus is represented in New Zealand by the High Commission in Canberra, with consular services in Christchurch; New Zealand is represented in Cyprus by its Embassy in Rome.
24. Criminal records: get your own, Ministry of Justice (New Zealand). Checked 16 October 2026. Opened on 16 October 2026. The Ministry aims to respond to criminal record check requests within 20 working days (Privacy Act 2020); if a country asks for the record to be Apostille-certified, you send the record you get to the Department of Internal Affairs Apostille service.
25. Use your NZ documents overseas (apostille and authentication), New Zealand Government (govt.nz), Department of Internal Affairs Authentication Unit. Checked 16 October 2026. Page last updated 15 September 2026. Lists Cyprus as an apostille country; NZ$37 for one apostille certificate and 15 working days; an urgent service of 5 working days costs NZ$120.
26. Tax treaties (New Zealand double tax agreements in force, signed and under negotiation), Inland Revenue (New Zealand), Tax Policy. Checked 16 October 2026. Opened on 16 October 2026. 41 agreements in force; Cyprus is on none of the lists (in force, signed, or being negotiated).
27. Social security agreements, Work and Income (Ministry of Social Development). Checked 16 October 2026. Lists the countries with a New Zealand social security agreement: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey, Greece, Malta, Netherlands, South Korea and the United Kingdom. Cyprus is not on it.
28. Countries and regions: working holiday visa schemes (New Zealand's arrangements with over 40 countries), New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Checked 16 October 2026. Opened on 16 October 2026. The table of working holiday arrangements for New Zealanders (generally ages 18 to 30, some 35) has no entry for Cyprus.
29. Document certification and apostille, Migration Department, Deputy Ministry of Migration and International Protection (gov.cy). Checked 16 October 2026. Opened live on 16 October 2026. Documents must be in Greek or English or carry an official translation by a sworn translator, the issuing country's consular authority or a government department; public documents from states that ratified the Hague Apostille Convention must carry an apostille; copies are certified in the same way; non-public documents must be certified by a certifying authority of the issuing state.
30. Appointments at the Migration Department, Migration Department, Deputy Ministry of Migration and International Protection (gov.cy). Checked 16 October 2026. Opened live on 16 October 2026. An appointment is required only for Migration Permits (Categories A to F), Regulation 6(2) permits, long-term resident status, card renewals for those permits, and the student service point; the nomad permit is not on that list. Submission of other applications, biometrics and collection of documents are served without an appointment, first come first served, Monday to Friday 08:00 to 14:30 (last entry 14:00). People who live outside the Nicosia district are served by the district units of the Aliens and Immigration Unit, while the nomad page says to file at the central offices in Nicosia.
31. Acquisition of the status of long-term resident: list of documents (Greek Word file on the Migration Department site), Internet Archive copy of 7 March 2026, Migration Department, Deputy Ministry of Migration and International Protection (gov.cy). Checked 16 October 2026. File posted December 2025, in Greek (read and translated on 16 October 2026): tax returns, VAT returns and social insurance contribution statements for the last 5 years, a Greek A2 certificate, bank statements for 12 months.
32. Tax Residency/Domicility, Republic of Cyprus, Ministry of Finance, Tax Department. Checked 17 October 2026. Page posted 8 July 2026. 183-day rule, 60-day rule, domicile for Special Defence Contribution, 17-of-20-years rule, and the tax consequences for non-domiciled and non-resident individuals.
33. Guide for the completion of the income tax return for individuals 2025, Republic of Cyprus, Ministry of Finance, Tax Department. Checked 17 October 2026. Part 3 (tax residence) and Part 4A1 codes for first-employment allowances (50% for 17 years, 20% capped at 8,550 euros for 7 years) and for employment outside the Republic for over 90 days. Written for the 2025 tax year.
34. Remote work outside the Republic, Republic of Cyprus, Ministry of Finance, Tax Department. Checked 17 October 2026. One-page note: income of a Cyprus tax resident from remote work outside the Republic is taxed in the Republic.