Your passport, your family, and what you will live on. The finder asks only what your earlier answers make relevant, then names the one route that fits, what it asks of you, and the page that explains it.
Each answer rules routes out. The panel beside the questions shows which are still open, and the rules the finder follows are printed in full below it.
What would open a route
Why this routeWith an EU, EEA or Swiss passport, moving here is not an immigration question. You need no permit, only the registration.
Why this routeIf a parent was a Cypriot citizen when you were born, you are registering a right you already hold, not applying for one. There is no language test and no residence requirement, and the right does not expire.
Why this routeThrough a grandparent, nothing has to happen in your parent's generation first. The grandparent route has conditions on dates of birth and residence, which the guide sets out, so check them before looking at any other route.
Why this routeA job with a Cyprus employer is its own route, and the first question is not your salary but whether the company hiring you is registered as a company of foreign interests.
Why this routeFounders on any passport can register a Cyprus entity through the Business Support Centre, and the permits for you and your key hires follow from the company.
Why this routeWorking remotely for employers or clients outside Cyprus is what the Digital Nomad Visa was built for, and your income clears its floor.
Why this routeThe Digital Nomad Visa is the route built for remote work, and it needs €3,500 a month net. The visitor permit, the other route built on income from abroad, rules out economic activity in Cyprus at all.
Why this routeIf you can fund it, buying new from a developer is the quickest way to permanent residence, and it covers the whole family.
Why this routeWithout the investment, the visitor permit fits income of your own at this level. It needs no investment, and it is renewed each year rather than granted for good.
Why this routeBelow the visitor permit's floor, Category F asks less and grants permanent residence, but the wait is reported in years, not months.
Why this routeEvery route built on income from abroad sets a floor, and your income is below the lowest of them, Category F's.
Moving from the UKOur UK guide covers what follows you out: the five-year rule and the ten-year IHT tail. Already living here legally before 1 January 2021? You keep Withdrawal Agreement rights, and should swap any old yellow slip for the biometric MUKW card.
A residence permit is not tax residency. That is a separate day count, under the 183-day rule or the 60-day rule on the tax system page.
All eight routes are open.
Send us your answers and we will come back to you on what the route asks of you in particular. No newsletter and no mailing list, just a reply from someone who works on these.
No scoring and no weighting. The finder checks these from the top, and the first rule your answers fit decides the route. An earlier rule wins, which is why a Cypriot parent comes before any permit.
| Order | If you have | The route |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | An EU, EEA or Swiss passport | The yellow slip |
| 2 | A parent who was a Cypriot citizen when you were born | Citizenship by descent |
| 3 | A grandparent born in Cyprus | Citizenship by descent |
| 4 | A job with a company in Cyprus | A work permit |
| 5 | Your own company, moved or set up here | Company relocation |
| 6 | Remote work for employers or clients abroad, on €3,500 a month net or more | The Digital Nomad Visa |
| 7 | Remote work, on less than €3,500 a month net | No route yet, and what would open one |
| 8 | Your own income, and €300,000 plus VAT for a new-build home | Residency by investment |
| 9 | Secured income of €24,000 a year or more, without the investment | The visitor permit |
| 10 | Secured income of at least €9,568 a year, but under €24,000 | Category F |
| 11 | Secured income under €9,568 a year | No route yet, and what would open one |
Every figure in the finder is taken from the route page it links to, and says only what that page says. Immigration rules change; verify current requirements before acting.
The finder takes your answers at face value. It cannot see your criminal record, where your funds come from, whether your documents are apostilled and in date, or how long the Migration Department is taking this month. Those are what decide an application, and they are what a consultation is for.
Every route runs on documents that expire, need apostilles and have to be gathered in the right order. That sequencing is where applications stall, and it is the first thing we plan with you.
Checked against the route pages it links to on 15 September 2026.
The finder simplifies on purpose: a grandparent born in Cyprus does not settle the M123 conditions on dates of birth and residence, and an income band does not show that the income is secured and evidenced. The Category F wait comes from practitioner reports rather than an official statistic, as the UK guide says. This page is general information, not tax, legal, immigration or investment advice, and individual circumstances change the answer.