The application may be submitted by foreign nationals who have completed seven years of legal residence in the Republic prior to the application date. In cases of foreign nationals who are either parents or children of Cypriot citizens, the time required is five years rather than seven. In all events, the applicant must have resided legally and continuously in Cyprus during the twelve months preceding the application date.
Supporting documents:
· Birth certificate of the applicant
· Certificate of no criminal record for the applicant
· Marriage certificate
· Copies of all the pages of the applicant’s passports showing the Cypriot arrival and departure stamps
· Detailed list of arrivals and departures completed by the applicant
· Copies of newspaper notices from two consecutive days which report that the applicant has submitted an application for naturalization
· Two passport-size photographs
· Copy of receipt for €500 fee paid
NOTE:
All public documents issued abroad must:
(i) Be accompanied by their Greek or English translation by the Press and Information Office.
(ii) Be duly certified with:
- either the Apostille stamp, if they have been issued by countries that have signed the Hague Convention of 1961,
- or, if they have not been issued by countries that have signed the Hague Convention of 1961, the seal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the applicant’s country and the Embassy/Consulate of the Republic of Cyprus in said country; or the seal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the applicant’s country and the Embassy/Consulate of the applicant’s country in Cyprus, and subsequently, the seal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus.
If the country has not signed the Hague Convention of 1961 and there is no Embassy/Consulate of the Republic of Cyprus in the applicant’s country, the documents must be stamped by the applicant’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and subsequently by the closest Embassy/Consulate accredited by the Republic of Cyprus.
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