The House of Representatives, on the 17.8.2020 has voted to change the Civil Registry Law. These changes, a summary of which are described below, will affect the persons naturalized under the Cyprus Investment Programme. An independent examination committee for the deprivation of citizenship has been established; The law has been amended so as to also...Read More

The Council of Ministers, during its assembly on the 31.7.2020 has made changes to the current Cyprus Investment Programme, affecting applicants as per the 17-18.8.2020.  In broad the new terms are as follows: All applicants must, during the 5 years, for which they are obligated to keep their investment and residence, provide the Ministry of...Read More

A revision was published in the Official Gazette on 30.8.2019, on the decision of the Council of Ministers naming persons who cannot be granted the Cypriot nationality through the Cyprus Investment Programme. This revision amended point 11 as follows: “Persons having been investigated and finally indicted for criminal offenses and/or sought-after pan-European by EUROPOL or...Read More

The Council of Ministers during its meeting held on the 25.7.2019 (published in the Official Gazette on 23.8.2019) has decided that the Cypriot nationality cannot be granted, through the Cyprus Investment Programme, to persons who fall in the following categories of high-risk individuals: Politically Exposed Persons who hold government office and who have held government...Read More

The Council of Ministers, during its assembly on the 13.2.2019 has made changes to the current Cyprus Investment Scheme, affecting applicants as per the 26.2.2019 or as per the 15.5.2019.  In broad the new terms are as follows: 1. To be enforced as per the 15.5.2019: The applicant should make a donation of at least...Read More