Naturalisation in Cyprus

[josef k]

According to the Cyprus mail, over 800 British ex-pats have applied for naturalisation in Cyprus (aka getting a Cypriot passport). Are any of the forum members one of the 800?
I am applying for naturalisation later this year, and it would be useful if anyone who has already done this could share that experience and give any advice/tips.

[Jim B]

We applied for my wife and it took us one year to get her citizenship. We used an immigration lawyer based in Nicosia; not cheap but worth it as we were going nowhere trying to do it by ourselves. It may be different for a British citizen but I found there's no special treatment for UK passport holders with TCN spouses.

Jim

[Loubychew]

I applied in August last year. Husband didn’t bother, he’s dual Brit/Irish.
I put a long post on another forum about my experience so I’ll see if I can find it and post it here.

[Loubychew]

Here it is: http://www.easterncyprus.com/viewtopic. ... highlight=

Hope you can open the link.

I’ve just asked a lawyer friend this week to check the status of my application.

[josef k]

Thanks lots Loubychew. Much appreciated.

I only have one question. You mention doing it through the Town hall. Given I live in a village that is not within a Municipality, where would I go?

[Loubychew]

I also live in a village that is out of the municipality.
For you, assuming you live in Paphos it must be Paphos Town Hall.
Certainly immigration couldn’t help me at all and I did get the right advice, person and forms from Limassol Town Hall.