Immigration Permit, Category E
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Άδεια Μετανάστευσης, Κατηγορία Ε as of 2026-08-07[1][2] |
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| Official name (English) | Immigration Permit, Category E as of 2026-08-07[1][2] The department's own English rendering; English is not an official language of Cyprus. |
| Legal basis | Regulation 5 of the Aliens and Immigration Regulations (category E); procedure under Regulation 4 as of 2026-08-07[1][2] |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-08-07[1][2] |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA as of 2026-08-07[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 for the ordinary Immigration Permit categories on either Tier-1 page. |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | Recorded at the source, but not reducible to a single value as of 2026-08-07[1][2] |
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| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-08-07[1][2] The underlying residence right does not expire; the card is replaced on its ten-year expiry. |
| Work rights | own activity only as of 2026-08-07[1][2] |
Permanent residence and citizenship
Requirements
| Job offer required | Yes as of 2026-08-07[1][2] Category E covers 'persons who have been offered and intend to accept permanent employment in the Republic'. |
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| Labour-market test | Yes as of 2026-08-07[1][2] The category is conditioned on the employment 'not creat[ing] undue local competition in the type of the employment in which they intend to be engaged' — a labour-market condition stated as a qualitative test, with no published procedure, threshold or deciding body beyond the Immigration Control Committee's general recommendation function under Regulation 4. |
| Qualification requirement | Not established from a qualifying source[1][2] Not stated for this category. |
| Employer sponsorship | Not established from a qualifying source[1][2] Not stated. The category is defined by an offer of permanent employment, but neither page says whether the employer applies, sponsors or is otherwise a party. |
| Job-search route | No as of 2026-08-07[1][2] |
Process
| Where to apply from | Not established from a qualifying source[1][2] Not stated. Applications are submitted at the Migration Department's offices in Nicosia, in person or through an authorised representative; the permit lapses if a holder resident outside Cyprus does not take up residence within a year of approval. |
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| Observed processing time | Not established from a qualifying source[1][2] No processing time is published for the ordinary (non-expedited) Immigration Permit categories. |
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Physical presence
| maximum consecutive absence | 2 years · to keep the permit as of 2026-08-07[1][2] An Immigration Permit ceases to be valid if the holder and dependants acquire permanent residence abroad or are absent from Cyprus for a period of two years. Separately, the permit ceases to be valid if the holder and dependants, being resident outside Cyprus, fail to acquire residence in Cyprus within one year of the approval of the application. |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Yes as of 2026-08-07[1][2] Regulation 8 of the Aliens and Immigration Regulations: the holder of an Immigration Permit may include the spouse and children under 18 as dependants. |
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| Eligible relations | spouse, minor child as of 2026-08-07[1][2] Spouse and children under the age of 18. |
| Family may apply at the same time | No as of 2025-12-31[3] Dependants may be added to an already approved Immigration Permit on Form MIP2, with a declaration of the holder's secured annual income, criminal-record certificate for the spouse, marriage certificate and children's birth certificates, at EUR 50 per person. Simultaneous application at first instance is not stated to be required. |
| Family members' work rights | Not established from a qualifying source[1][2] Not stated on either Tier-1 page. |
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 | 2025-12-31 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-08-07 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-11 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Immigration Permits
Migration Department, Deputy Ministry of Migration and International Protection · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2025-12-29 · Accessed 2026-08-07 - [2] Άδειες Μετανάστευσης
Τμήμα Μετανάστευσης, Υφυπουργείο Μετανάστευσης και Διεθνούς Προστασίας · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-07 - [3] Family members of immigration permit holders
Migration Department, Deputy Ministry of Migration and International Protection · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2025-12-31 · Accessed 2026-08-08