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Category F Independent Income Immigration Permit

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Is this aimed at retirees, pensioners, financially independent people, passive-income holders or another profile?

Category F of the Cyprus Immigration Permit regime is for persons who possess and have fully and freely at their disposal from abroad a secured annual income of an appropriate amount to allow them a decent living in Cyprus, without engaging in any business, trade or profession in the Republic.

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  • Cyprus Migration Department, gov.cy
    Persons who possess and have fully and freely at their disposal from abroad a secured annual income of an appropriate amount to allow them a decent living in Cyprus, without having to engage in any business, trade or profession in the Republic.

What income, savings or financial-resources threshold applies and how does family affect it where officially specified?

The required annual income must be at least EUR 9,568 (formerly CYP 5,600) for the applicant, plus at least EUR 4,613 (formerly CYP 2,700) for every dependent person.

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  • Cyprus Migration Department, gov.cy
    The annual income required should be at least €9,568 (CY£5,600) for the applicant and moreover at least €4,613 (CY£2,700) for every dependent person.

Can the holder work locally, run a business or perform other economic activity? What is the family position?

A holder of an Immigration Permit can include their spouse and children under 18 as dependent persons on the permit (Regulation 8 of the Aliens and Immigration Regulations). The official source does not state whether a Category F holder may work, run a business or carry out other economic activity in Cyprus.

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Limits of the record
  • The page does not state whether a Category F holder may work, run a business or carry out other economic activity in Cyprus; it only describes the income as allowing a decent living without having to engage in any business, trade or profession.

How long is the status granted, what is required for renewal, what physical-presence obligations matter, and what longer-term residence direction exists?

An Immigration Permit (Category F included) ceases to be valid if the holder fails to acquire residence in Cyprus within one year of approval (when residing outside Cyprus), or if the holder acquires permanent residence abroad or is absent from Cyprus for a period of two years. The official source does not state a fixed duration, renewal requirements or a further long-term or citizenship progression from this status.

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Limits of the record
  • No explicit statement of progression from Category F to another long-term/citizenship status found on this page -- NOT_PUBLISHED, not assumed absent.
  • Cyprus Migration Department, gov.cy
    An Immigration Permit shall cease to be valid if the interested person fails to acquire residence in Cyprus within one year from the approval of the application, in case he/she is residing outside Cyprus. It shall also cease to be valid if he/she acquires permanent residence abroad or be absent from Cyprus for a period of two years.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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