Entry Requirements


Entry Requirements

Travelling Documents

Travelling to Cyprus is very easy. The documentation required varies, depending on your nationality.

A valid passport is required for a stay of up to 90 days for all bonafide tourists except citizens of European Union countries, Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway who may enter Cyprus with their national identity card provided it bears a photo.

Some non-EU third country nationals require a visa.

For USA Citizens a passport is required for travel to Cyprus. A visa is not required for a stay of up to 90 days.

Further detailed information can be obtained from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Travelers from the US can also contact the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus at 2211 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008-4082, tel. (202) 462-5772, or the Cypriot Consulate in New York at 13 East 40th St., 5th Floor, New York, NY 10016, tel. (212) 686-6016/17.

 

Legal Points of Entry

The legal ports of entry into the Republic of Cyprus are the airports of Larnaka (Larnaca) and Pafos (Paphos) and the ports of Larnaka (Larnaca), Lemesos (Limassol), Latsi and Pafos (Paphos), which are situated in the area under the effective control of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus. Entry into the territory of the Republic of Cyprus via any other port or airport in which the Government of the Republic does not exercise effective control (Turkish occupied areas) is illegal.

Importing Products

Every person entering Cyprus is entitled to import the following duty free articles (not intended for commercial purposes), provided they are carried in the passengers' hand luggage or accompanying baggage:

Tobacco

  • 800 cigarettes
  • 400 cigarillos
  • 200 cigars
  • 1kg of tobacco

Alcohol

  • 10 litres of spirits
  • 20 litres fortified wine, (such as port or sherry)
  • 90 litres of wine (of which, a maximum of 60 litres of sparkling wine)
  • 110 litres of beer

Travelers under the age of seventeen are not entitled to duty free tobacco products and alcohol. 

It is prohibited to import agricultural products or propagating stock such as fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, dry nuts, seeds, bulbs, bulb-wood sticks, cuttings, etc., without the approval of the competent authorities.

The import, possession and use of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances are strictly prohibited.

The import of fire arms, ammunition, explosives, flick knives, daggers, swords, obscene books, photographs, films and articles as well as goods bearing a forged trademark or false trade description is prohibited or restricted.

Also prohibited or restricted are pirated or counterfeit goods, animals, birds, uncooked meat and fish and products thereof, milk and dairy products.