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    • Cyprus
    • Working in Europe, Leaving Europe
    • Research funding opportunities

    Funding Opportunities

    National Funding Opportunities Research and Innovation Foundation The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) is the national authority in charge of supporting and promoting research, technological development and innovation in Cyprus. One of its main areas of activity revolves around the design...

    • Cyprus
    • Working in Europe
    • Intellectual Property Rights

    Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)

    Intellectual Property Section, DRCIP The Intellectual Property Section of the Department of Registrar of Companies and Intellectual Property (DRCIP) promotes the protection and exploitation of intellectual property rights. It constitutes the competent authority of the Republic of Cyprus for...

    • Cyprus
    • Working in Europe
    • Pension rights

    Pension Rights

    Any person, regardless of their citizenship and country of origin, who has officially worked in Cyprus for at least 13 years and who has made all the necessary contributions to social insurance funds, has the right to receive a state pension in Cyprus from the Social Insurance Services. In addition...

    • Cyprus
    • Working in Europe
    • Recognition of diplomas

    Recognition of Diplomas

    KYSATS is the competent authority of the Republic of Cyprus for the recognition of higher education qualifications, awarded by recognized institutions of higher education or by evaluated-accredited study programmes by the competent authorities of the country they operate or offered in. KYSATS also...

    • Cyprus
    • Working in Europe
    • Research Landscape

    Research Landscape

    Governance & Strategy Governance Strategy Statistics Cyprus has a young but fast developing Research and Innovation (R&I) ecosystem. A new National Research and Innovation Governance System in Cyprus was adopted in 2018, leading to the establishment of new institutions and bodies, such as the...

    • Cyprus
    • Working in Europe
    • Pension rights, Unemployment

    Social Insurance

    The Social Insurance Scheme applies to all workers (employed and self-employed). Voluntary insurance is also allowed to persons who wish to continue insurance after a prescribed period of compulsory insurance, or to persons who work abroad in the service of Cypriot employers. For further details...

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    • Working in Europe
    • Taxation/salaries

    Taxation

    Anyone considered as Resident for Tax Purposes in Cyprus is is liable for paying tax. Residents are taxed on their worldwide income, including employment income, profits or other benefits from a business, profits or other benefits from an office or employment, dividends, interest or discounts...

    • Cyprus
    • Working in Europe
    • Unemployment

    Unemployment

    Unemployment Benefit If you become unemployed in Cyprus, you may be entitled to an unemployment benefit by the Social Insurance Services. The unemployment benefit is paid to workers or to voluntarily insured people working for a Cypriot employer overseas, aged 16 to 63, who are unemployed. The limit...

    • Cyprus
    • Living in Europe, Working in Europe
    • Entry conditions/visas

    Visa requirement

    EU Nationals Since Cyprus is a member of the EU, EU nationals have the right to enter the country with an identity card or valid passport. Please note that EU citizens may travel freely to Cyprus but are required to submit an application for a Registration Certificate to the Cyprus Civil Registry...

    • Cyprus
    • Working in Europe
    • Work permit

    Work Permit

    EU Nationals Since Cyprus is a member of the EU, EU nationals have the right to enter the country with an identity card or valid passport. However, EU citizens are still required to submit an application for a Registration Certificate to the Cyprus Civil Registry and Migration Department within 4...