Following recent legislative amendments to the Civil Registry Law (2023), the Republic of Cyprus introduced significantly more favorable conditions for foreign professionals employed by foreign-interest companies (High-Tech & Highly Skilled Professionals).
For qualifying executives and technical specialists, the required legal residency period is reduced to 4 or 5 years (depending on their verified proficiency level in the Greek language - A2 or B1 respectively). Despite these streamlined administrative pathways, the statutory requirement to publish the Form M127 naturalization notice in the press remains strictly mandatory across all applicant tiers to uphold administrative transparency and equal treatment under the law.
