Trainees
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Ασκούμενοι as of 2026-01-02[1][2] |
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| Official name (English) | Trainees as of 2026-01-02[1][2] The department's own English rendering; English is not an official language of Cyprus. |
| Legal basis | Directive (EU) 2016/801, transposed by the Aliens and Immigration (Conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of research, studies, training, voluntary service, pupil exchange schemes or educational projects) Law of 2019, L. 7(I)/2019 as of 2026-01-02[1][2] |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-01-02[1][2] |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA as of 2026-01-02[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 6 months as of 2026-01-02[1][2] 'The period of validity of a residence permit for trainees shall be for the duration of the training agreement where this is shorter than six months, or for a maximum of six months. If the duration of the agreement is longer than six months, the duration of the validity of residence permit may correspond to the duration of the training agreement.' The six-month ceiling is recorded; the longer-agreement case is discretionary and open-ended, which the duration type cannot express alongside the ceiling. |
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| How the initial term is set | matches the contract |
| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-01-02[1][2] 'The Department may allow the renewal of the residence permit once for the period necessary to complete the traineeship.' Renewal is discretionary and available once. |
| Work rights | own activity only as of 2026-01-02[1][2] The permit is for the traineeship described in the training agreement, which fixes the placement and supervision conditions, the traineeship hours and the legal relationship between the trainee and the host entity. |
Permanent residence and citizenship
Requirements
| Enrolment status required | Recorded at the source, but not reducible to a single value as of 2026-01-02[1][2] |
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| Means requirement | Not established from a qualifying source[1][2] No figure is published on the trainees page. |
| Post-study route exists | No as of 2026-01-02[1][2] The 12-month job-search permit is published for students who have completed studies and for researchers who have completed a research activity; the trainees page states no equivalent. |
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Verification
| Sources cited | 2 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 2 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2026-01-02 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-01-02 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-11 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Trainees
Migration Department, Deputy Ministry of Migration and International Protection · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-01-02 · Accessed 2026-08-08 - [2] Ασκούμενοι
Migration Department, Deputy Ministry of Migration and International Protection · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-01-02 · Accessed 2026-08-08