Maksym Stepanenko
Managing Partner, Crystal Tax
International client projects since 2012: company structures, tax, immigration, DUNS and NCAGE. 50+ jurisdictions.
Any foreign national wishing to live in Cyprus must obtain a residence permit. This permit allows non-residents to stay legally in Cyprus for more than 90 days. Our service page explains how business relocation and residence permits for entrepreneurs work with Crystal Tax, turnkey.
Before obtaining a residence permit, a foreigner must apply for an entry visa, depending on the purpose of the trip, such as student or work visa.
The visa is obtained in the state of which the foreign national is a resident. After arrival in Cyprus, the application for a residence permit is submitted to the competent authority.
Crystal Tax helps you obtain temporary residence permits, permanent residence permits, immigration permits and citizenship in this European jurisdiction.
You can obtain a residence permit for a period of 1 year, renewable for a similar period. After five years of continuous residence in Cyprus, you may apply for a permanent residence permit.
Living in Cyprus with a temporary residence permit, you are not allowed to leave the country for more than 3 months, otherwise the residence permit will be automatically revoked.
Our lawyers have many years of successful experience in the field of migration. With our help, you can obtain the following types of residence permits:
Our specialists prepare a package of documents, in particular:
To obtain permanent residence in Cyprus, a foreign citizen must reside in the territory of this state for 5 years.
Permanent residence is also issued in the following cases:
We also help to obtain a residence permit (immigration permit) of the following categories for foreigners:
For any questions related to obtaining a residence permit in Cyprus, please contact Crystal Tax. We will find the best solution and help make the dream of permanent residence in this country a reality.
Maksym Stepanenko
Managing Partner, Crystal Tax
International client projects since 2012: company structures, tax, immigration, DUNS and NCAGE. 50+ jurisdictions.
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Corporate structuring, company registration in Ukraine and abroad, tax and reporting, migration, bank accounts, DUNS and NCAGE codes. We run the whole project, from choosing the solution to the finished documents.
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We compare jurisdictions against your business task: tax regime, reporting, substance requirements and access to banking. On the call we go through the upsides and the limits of each option.
We name the timeline for every step before the work starts — it depends on the jurisdiction, the registrar and the bank. Personal data is used only to deliver the service.
We handle the correspondence with registrars, government bodies and banks and answer their requests ourselves. From you we need documents and signatures.
We take each case to the finish: if an authority or registrar comes back with remarks, we revise the documents at no extra charge. The fee is calculated for your task before work starts.