Do I need a Schengen visa for Cyprus

Is Cyprus included in the Schengen or not yet? this question is quite common, since the signing of the Schengen agreement with the Republic has long been discussed. The island is included in the EU, which provokes even more confusion. many believe that Cyprus is part of the Schengen, and a Schengen visa is quite suitable to taste it.

With Schengen to Cyprus

Do I need a Schengen visa for Cyprus? Schengen category C eliminates the need to obtain a national visa. With a single-entry visa, you will have to enter the island from the Schengen side. With an open reusable permit, you can fly to Cyprus from Russia.

It is allowed to be in Cyprus for the period stipulated by the Schengen visa, not a day longer.

And with a Cyprus visa, you are allowed to taste Romania, sunny Bulgaria and Croatia. Departure to the Schengen states on it is impossible.

National visa

But the Cyprus visa also has advantages compared to the Schengen visa:
it is free for Russians;
can be issued in a couple of hours via the Internet.

Through the Internet

A one-time visa is valid for six months and allows you to stay in Cyprus for 90 days. Enter the website of the Embassy of Cyprus, click on the red stamp and start filling out the application form. Please send your request to the address provided. The answer will come after lunch, throw it on the stamp and show it with your passport at the airport.

When you need to obtain through the consulate:
you are not a Russian;
open a multiple entry visa;
the passport will be valid for less than six months;
the child does not have a passport, and the data about him is entered in the parent's document;
you plan to arrive in the country not through the airports of Paphos or Larnaca.

In all of these cases, you will need to contact the Consulate.

Application form for a pro-visa

Through the consulate

Cypriots issue free visas for Russian citizens. Documents can be submitted independently or through a delivery service. They accept papers before lunch, the next day come for a ready-made passport. The employee of the Consulate may have certain questions, then you will have an interview.

Guest and tourist visas are issued for six months, 1 year or 3. These are usually multiple visas. They limit the stay to 90 days in every 180 days.

In addition to the foreign certificate and its duplicate, you need:
application form (in English), signed by the applicant;
a photograph, 3.5 by 4.5 cm, is glued to the application form. If a child is included in the document, then a separate form is not needed for it, you paste the photo of the child into your profile.
for children - consent to leave from the parent, a duplicate certificate of birth.
travel voucher or hotel reservation.

Cyprus visa application

By invitation

If you are visiting as a guest, then instead of a hotel reservation, you will need a statement of responsibility for the guest, indicating the data of the owner's passport, his address of residence, and the length of stay. The inviter must sign such a statement, the authorities must certify the document. Attached is a photocopy of the inviter's passport.

Guest Responsibility Statement Sample

Transit

They issue a transit visa for six months, there is a multiple one, it allows you to stay in Cyprus for up to 5 days for transit. In addition to the main papers, you will need to add flight confirmation tickets to a third country.

Arrival through the Northern lands

Although the Cypriot authorities made a promise to the EU not to infringe on the rights of travelers coming to the North of this beautiful island, everything is not as simple as practice shows. At the border, workers may refuse entry to those who arrive through the Turkish side or have stamps of Northern Cyprus in their exit certificates, even a visa denial is possible.
Therefore, tourists are usually advised to put a stamp on entry and exit from the Turkish part of the island not in passports, but in migrant cards. To taste the North of Cyprus visas are not required. Because of this northern land, Cyprus cannot join the Schengen.

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