Cyprus residency by investment

Routes and amounts

The three qualifying assets share one threshold and are recorded as a single route¹.

Key facts

Programme

Permanent residence permit by investment (Regulation 6(2))

Status

open

Authority

Civil Registry and Migration Department

Legal basis

Aliens and Immigration Regulations, Regulation 6(2)

Permit

Permanent, provided the holder visits at least once every 2 years

Minimum stay

One visit every 2 years

Permanent residence

Permanent from the start

Citizenship

Naturalisation after long residence with physical presence; not a fast route

Family included

Spouse and dependent children

Property route

Yes

Last verified

3 September 2026

What the amounts mean

EUR 300,000 is the same figure whichever asset is chosen, but the assets are not alike. The property must be new and bought from a developer, which excludes the resale market¹. The company must be Cypriot and employ at least five people, so the investor buys into a going concern¹. The fund must be a Cypriot collective investment fund¹. The dataset classes the route as "property" for the filter because that is the asset most applicants use and the one the regulation names first; the company and fund options are stated in the route detail.

The income test is separate from the investment. The applicant must show a secured annual income from abroad of at least EUR 50,000, increased by EUR 15,000 for a spouse and EUR 10,000 for each dependent child¹. For a couple with two children the figure is EUR 85,000 a year, and it must be evidenced.

Stay rules and renewal

The permit is permanent, on condition that the holder visits Cyprus at least once every two years¹. The dataset records the requirement as "some" rather than "none" in the stay filter because a visit is a presence obligation, however light. The investment and health insurance must be evidenced each year¹, so the permit is permanent in status but conditional in practice: sell the property or let the cover lapse and the basis for the permit goes with it.

Family

The spouse and dependent children may be included¹. Parents are not covered, and each dependant adds to the income the applicant must show.

Citizenship position

Naturalisation in Cyprus follows long residence with physical presence and is not accelerated by the permit¹. A holder who satisfies the two-yearly visit and nothing more does not accumulate the residence that naturalisation requires. The dataset records the position as "not a fast route".

Where the figures come from

The Civil Registry and Migration Department publishes the Regulation 6(2) criteria on its site, but not as one consolidated English page¹. The threshold, the income test and the annual evidence rule are cross-checked against secondary statements that agree with each other, as themethodology explains.