Paphos Life

We received ours today , 6 weeks after interview so well pleased .

We did the paperwork ourselves , sorry Gweny no fee from us ....only joking .

We provided summary statement from EAC , copy rental agreements (not stamped) . A letter from our bank to confirm how long we have had our account and a jcc statement that showed our payments to cyta .

Good news.

Jim

Still waiting for our MEU3 certificates. 6 months now

Just a technical question. Do you get to keep your MEU1 original whilst you are waiting for your MEU3

Yes, we still have the original MEU1 Yellow Slips (now filed with our other redundant residency papers and ARC booklet).

As the documents are sent to Nicosia for approval it is necessary to provide a copy of the MEU1.

Thnak you.

My earlier post seems to have disappeared! I am also waiting for my MEU3, now its 6mths.
As I intend travelling to the UK soon will have to use my MEU1 and hopefully airport immigration officer will accept that.
Wish that immigration would get on with issuing it, there seems to be disorganisation somewhere if some people are getting theirs much more quickly.
Dee

It will be interesting to see if post Brexit Immigration at the airport do accept MEU1 for entrance to Cyprus.

With the current delays if they dont there could be a lot of people turned back!

Did I miss something where does it tell you to carry your MEU 1 or 3 if leaving Cyprus for a short break?
Dave

It was my assumption,since post brexit it may be necessary to have a visa to enter Cyprus-although we dont know yet!

Before Cyprus was a member of the EU, a passport was all that was required for travelling, certainly no need to take your alien registrations certificate or its modern version of MEU's. If I remember correctly, your passport had an annotation of your ARC number and I imagine that in future it will have your MEU number in it. In my opinion, it is ridiculous to think about travelling with an MEU.

Lincoln wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2019 5:37 pm Why is it ridiculous?

Can you think of any other country that requires you to travel with an official document, just to get back home? At the most, a visa stamped in your passport should suffice.

Lincoln wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:18 pm You have not travelled very far then.
So I ask you again...Why is it ridiculous?

You haven't a clue; I've travelled far and wide. In a former life, I was commissioned to work with the UNEP, which work took me to tens of countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. Of course, where necessary, I obtained the required visas in my passport, which was the only document I ever travelled with.

I cannot imagine an MEU3 getting you through Immigration in many countries; it is a purely Cypriot document, not a visa or a laissez-passer. Your UK passport will have a Cypriot Migration Services stamp, not that that will be even necessary to enter the country.

What I have seen several times is airport staff in Moscow ask for proof of residency to Russians travelling to Cyprus for extended periods. No reason to doubt that British citizens may be asked to do the same at the departure airport as third country nationals especially if you only have a one way ticket. I’ve seen Cypriot immigration check the residency paperwork of third country nationals upon arrival also.

As far as Cypriot non EU passport lines go, they take far longer to pass than the EU lines. That’s a fact. I witness this weekly.

Pafos

You are correct, when we would return to Cyprus my wife would show her yellow slip and they would take it away and photocopy it when we checked in. The last time at Manchester we had to return to the Easy jet ticket desk where we waited for an official to check the Yellow Slip, he then made a copy which he stamped and returned to my wife telling her to hand it in at the check in desk.
Having stood in the non EU Citizen queues with my wife on numerous occasions I can vouch for the longer times it takes to transit immigration.

Jim

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Yes, Spain, Greece and TRNC, also some of the Caribbean islands - had to carry an official document to show immigration and customs stating that at that time I was residing there albeit on a temporary basis in order to exit/enter.