Cyprus Immigration & Relocation Lawyers

Our Firm, staffed by experienced Cyprus immigration lawyers, offers a personalized and comprehensive immigration law service and advice for all matters relating to immigration law, immigration permit applications, permanent and temporary residence permits, employment permits, visas, and Schengen Visa applications.

We advise individuals (including High Net Worth Individuals and Ultra High Net Worth Individuals), corporate clients (private and public companies), entrepreneurs, and real estate funds. As seasoned Cyprus immigration lawyers, our aim is to provide tax-optimized cross-border immigration solutions suited and designed for our client’s unique financial interests while leveraging existing business opportunities in the ever-changing global landscape of banking, privacy, taxation, economy, and political unrest.

Among the Immigration and Relocation services we offer are services pursuant to investor-related Permanent Residence Programs of Cyprus as well as relocation due to employment in Cyprus. Our relocation and residency investment solutions are tailor made to our clients’ needs while ensuring financial protection of their assets, increased mobility and flexibility in conducting their global business activities, and betterment of their family’s quality of life.

According to Cyprus tax legislation, a non-Cypriot individual (including EU Nationals) who spends more than 60 days in Cyprus in a calendar year can be considered as a non-domiciled tax resident in Cyprus and enjoy certain benefits of the Cypriot legislative and tax systems, provided that he/she meets cumulatively certain conditions such as:

1. Spend cumulatively more than 60 days in Cyprus during a tax year;
2. Do not spend more than a total of 183 days in any country within a tax year;
3. Not a tax resident of another country within the same tax year;
4. Carry on a business in Cyprus, be employed in Cyprus or be a Director in a company resident in Cyprus at any time during the tax year;
5. Maintain a permanent residence in Cyprus, which can be either owned or rented.

The benefits of such non-domiciled tax residency include:

• Exemption from taxation of dividends and interest earned for a period of 17 years after becoming Cyprus tax resident;
• Profit arising from the sale of securities that include shares, bonds, debentures and others is exempted from taxation in Cyprus;
• 50% of the salary of individuals earning in excess of €55,000 annually from Cyprus employer are exempt from tax for a period of 17 years;
• Employment income from salaried services rendered outside Cyprus for more than 90 days in a tax year to a non-Cyprus resident employer is exempt from Cyprus tax.

Our Immigration & Relocation Legal Services

Our main Immigration and Relocation areas include:

• Permanent Residence Permits, either through the fast track method or through the regular procedure
• Immigration Permits (including Category C, Category E and Category F)
• Digital Nomad Visa Scheme
• Temporary Residence Permits
• Employment Permits
• Visas
• Schengen Visa applications
• Acquisition of Real Estate in Cyprus and abroad by non-Cyprus citizens
• Relocation of Overseas Corporations Headquarters in Cyprus
• Locating, managing, staffing and supervising offices in Cyprus