#Cyprus passports

The Cypriot passport ranks 14 out of 199 in this year’s international Henley passport index, having dropped from the 12th place in 2024. Cypriots can currently travel to 178 destinations without applying for ...

The government has stepped up efforts to revoke citizenships granted under the Cyprus investment scheme, with new cases identified this week. At a meeting on Wednesday, the cabinet approved the ...

The subject of fast-track citizenship was in the news last week, following questions raised by independent MP Alexandra Attalides. There are three ways of obtaining Cyprus citizenship, two of which – ...

The cabinet has rescinded the Cypriot passports of two Chinese nationals after their conviction in Singapore in a major money laundering case, media reported on Monday. Daily Politis said the ...

Four individuals were remanded for eight days by the Limassol district court on Monday for attempting travel with stolen and forged passports. Following a passport check on Sunday, three women ...

A defence attorney in the ongoing ‘golden passports’ trial sought on Thursday to demonstrate that the naturalisation of a Russian national, despite certain irregularities in the procedure, cannot be attributed ...

A total of 304 individuals have been stripped of their citizenships, following a sweeping review of the now-defunct “golden passport” scheme, the government has confirmed. All those affected had received Cypriot ...

A team of US experts has wrapped up a critical assessment of Cyprus’ security systems, bringing the island nation a step closer to joining America’s Visa Waiver Programme. If ...

Lawyer Andreas Pittadjis, who played a central role in a documentary published by news company Al Jazeera over the alleged illegal naturalisations of people as citizens of the Republic of ...

The former Civil Registry and Migration Department was slow in processing applications for Cypriot citizenship and for permanent residence, as a result of which some 12,000 applications were pending at the ...

The criminal case against former Transport Minister Marios Demetriades in relation to “suspicious” naturalisations of new Cypriot citizens under Cyprus’ citizenship through investment scheme, commonly known as the ‘golden passport’ ...

Cyprus has dropped two positions in the latest Henley & Partners Passport Index, unveiled yesterday. The Cypriot passport is now ranked 14th globally in 2025, down from its 12th-place position in 2024. ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides on Friday urged the interior ministry to speed up its processes over granting children of mixed couples a citizenship, in cases where one parent is Cypriot. Delays ...

A €75 million money laundering case may leave Cyprus exposed, as French press reports point to those involved holding Cypriot passports. When invited by independent MP Alexandra Attalidou to comment, Interior ...

A Greek national appeared in court in the north on Monday, accused of having left for the Republic via the Ledras street crossing point without having gone through the passport ...

A woman from Kyrenia was arrested for practicing “witchcraft” and for taking money in exchange for promises of a Republic of Cyprus passport, the Turkish Cypriot police announced on Tuesday. ...

It could take years for new criteria to take effect… if it does at all Alexandra is 30 years old and lives in Limassol. Her partner Philip (she calls him Philippos) ...

An investigation has been launched into the circumstances under which arrested Turkish Cypriot lawyer Akan Kursat managed to obtain a Republic of Cyprus passport while a warrant was out for ...

The ‘golden passports’ trial was postponed by a week on Friday, after one of the three judges did not appear at the Nicosia criminal court. The hearing was slated to ...

Around 6,000 applications for citizenship are currently awaiting approval and have been piling up at the Civil Registry and Migration department since 2007, which has come under fire for its lengthy processing ...

Two Cypriot passport holders were arrested in Singapore as part of a suspected money laundering bust it emerged on Thursday, spurring Cyprus’ interior ministry to assure it would assess the ...

The Cyprus Supreme Court: The applicants were born in Cyprus on either side of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus of July 20, 1974 and are descended from parents who are of mixed ...

A British couple who used a surrogate in the north to give birth to their son have been stranded there for three months as they wait for him to be ...

The civil registry and migration department is due to announce a tender to upgrade passports, identity cards, and residence permits, so as to further prevent the occurrence of fraud. According ...