Employment – other cases (non-single permit – NSP)
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Απασχόληση – άλλες περιπτώσεις (μη ενιαία άδεια – NSP) as of 2025-12-31[1][2] |
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| Official name (English) | Employment – other cases (non-single permit – NSP) as of 2025-12-31[1][2] The department's own English rendering; English is not an official language of Cyprus. |
| Legal basis | Not established from a qualifying source[1][2] No instrument is named on either language version. The route is defined by exclusion — employment cases that do not take the single permit — and the page cites only 'the provisions of the Legislation'. |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2025-12-31[1][2] |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA as of 2025-12-31[1][2] The regime applies to third-country nationals; EU and EEA nationals are recorded as outside its scope on that basis. Whether Swiss nationals are likewise outside its scope is not stated. |
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| Criminal-record condition | Not established from a qualifying source[1][2] Not stated. |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | up to 1 year as of 2025-12-31[1][2] Stated as a ceiling: 'the duration of a temporary residence and work permit should not exit [exceed] the period of one year.' Shorter permits are issued — the fee schedule prices employment of up to 3 months, of 3–6 months, and a residence and work permit of up to 12 months. No minimum is published, so the ceiling is recorded as the value and the shorter forms are described here rather than invented as a lower bound. |
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| Renewable | Yes as of 2025-12-31[1][2] |
| Maximum total duration | Not established from a qualifying source[1][2] Not stated on this page. The re-employment rules refer to 'the maximum period of stay, which is calculated cumulatively together with the period of employment with the first employer', without giving the figure. |
| Work rights | own activity only as of 2025-12-31[1][2] A combined residence and work permit tied to the employment concerned; change of employer follows the same release document and 30-day window as the single permit. |
Permanent residence and citizenship
Requirements
| Job offer required | Yes as of 2025-12-31[1][2] The route is an employment route and the permit is a residence and work permit; the page describes termination of the employment contract and change of employer as the operative events. |
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| Labour-market test | Not established from a qualifying source[1][2] Not stated. The page does not say whether a Department of Labour sealed contract is required for the 'other cases' categories; for two of them (athletes and coaches, fishermen) other pages state that Department of Labour approval is expressly not required. |
| Qualification requirement | Not established from a qualifying source[1][2] Not stated. |
| Employer sponsorship | Yes as of 2025-12-31[1][2] The employer applies for the entry permit and the contract governs the permit. |
| Job-search route | No as of 2025-12-31[1][2] |
Process
| Where to apply from | Not established from a qualifying source[1][2] Not stated as a rule. An entry permit is required before entering for work purposes, except for tourist representatives and journalists/reporters, who enter on a consular visa; applications are submitted at the application submission offices. |
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| Statutory processing time | 3 months as of 2025-12-31[1][2] |
| Fees |
Physical presence
| maximum consecutive absence | 3 months · to keep the permit as of 2025-12-31[1][2] Re-entry on a valid residence permit is available on presentation of the permit and a valid passport 'provided that the person concerned has not remained outside the Republic for more than three months'. The page states this as a re-entry condition; it does not say the permit itself lapses. A third-country national who leaves while a contract is in force may return to work for a different employer after three months abroad. |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Yes as of 2025-12-31[1][2][3] Under the general family-reunification regime, not under this route's own page; the same two-year residence, one-year permit validity and permanent-residence-prospect conditions apply, which a permit capped at one year will not satisfy on its own. |
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| Eligible relations | spouse, minor child as of 2025-12-29[3] |
| Family may apply at the same time | Not established from a qualifying source[1][2] Not stated. |
| Family members' work rights | full as of 2025-12-29[3] Spouses and civil partners admitted under family reunification have direct access to employment on the same terms as the sponsor. |
Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 3 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 3 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2025-12-29 |
| Newest as-of date | 2025-12-31 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-11 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Employment – other cases (non-single permit – NSP)
Migration Department, Deputy Ministry of Migration and International Protection · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2025-12-31 · Accessed 2026-08-08 - [2] Απασχόληση – άλλες περιπτώσεις (μη ενιαία άδεια – NSP)
Migration Department, Deputy Ministry of Migration and International Protection · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2025-12-31 · Accessed 2026-08-08 - [3] Family members of certain third country nationals that are legally residing in Cyprus (FR family reunification)
Migration Department, Deputy Ministry of Migration and International Protection · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2025-12-29 · Accessed 2026-08-08