Moving
Essential Checklist for Moving to Cyprus: What You Need to Know
Moving to Cyprus takes planning across visas, tax, housing, banking, health cover, work, schools and driving. This checklist walks through…
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Your Cyprus journey
Moving to Cyprus soon or just arrived
The practical first steps, in order: paperwork, a home, healthcare, a bank account, the car and getting connected.
1Start here
2Your home
Housing & areas
Renting in Cyprus: Contracts, Deposits and Tenant Rights (2026 Guide)
Most rentals in Cyprus are free-market tenancies governed by the written contract, so the terms you sign on rent, deposit, notice and…
Housing & areas
Setting Up Electricity and Water in Cyprus (2026 Guide)
To set up electricity in Cyprus, you sign a new supply agreement with the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC), online or at a customer…
Living
Home Internet and Mobile Phones in Cyprus (2026 Guide)
Cyprus has four main providers of home internet and mobile services: Cyta, Epic, PrimeTel and Cablenet. You need a passport or ID card and…
3Healthcare and family
Health
GESY in Cyprus: A Complete Guide to the Cyprus Healthcare System
GESY (also called GHS) is the General Healthcare System of Cyprus, a universal system launched in 2019 to give everyone legally living in…
Health
A Complete Guide to Healthcare for Expats in Cyprus
Healthcare in Cyprus combines public and private services, with GeSY (the General Healthcare System, fully rolled out in 2020) as its…
Education
How to Enrol Your Child in a Public School in Cyprus (2026 Guide)
Any child living in Cyprus can attend a free public school, whatever their nationality or their parents' residence status. For 2026–27,…
Moving
Bringing a Dog or Cat to Cyprus (2026 Guide)
To bring a dog or cat to Cyprus, it needs a microchip, a valid rabies vaccination and the right document: an EU pet passport from an EU…
4Numbers and money
Money & tax
How to Get a Cyprus Tax Number (TIN) in 2026
You get a Cyprus tax number (TIN, also called TIC) by registering online with the Tax Department through the Tax For All portal, logging…
Working
How to Get a Social Insurance Number in Cyprus (2026)
You get a Cyprus social insurance number by applying to your District Social Insurance Office with an application form and a copy of your…
Money & tax
Finances Made Easy: A Real-World Guide for Expats in Cyprus
Expats in Cyprus pay and receive money in euros, usually open a local bank account to avoid international fees, and become tax residents…
5Car and driving
Visas & legal
How to Exchange Your Driving Licence in Cyprus (2026 Guide)
EU and EEA licence holders can keep driving on their licence in Cyprus and exchange it only if they want to. UK licence holders who live…
Visas & legal
How to Import a Car to Cyprus from the UK or EU (2026 Guide)
To import a car to Cyprus you clear it through Customs and then register it with the Road Transport Department. A used car brought from…
Money & tax
Car Insurance in Cyprus for Expats: What You Need to Know (2026)
Every car used on the road in Cyprus must have at least third-party insurance from an insurer authorised to operate in Cyprus. Expats can…
Living
Public Transport in Cyprus: Getting Around
Cyprus has no train or metro network, so public transport is mainly buses and taxis, and many people also walk or cycle. Buses fall into…