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[saravakos]

ok cool...is there a link to a site which supports this?

it would be useful for my friends...thanks

[pantheman]

Saravakos,

you get you cypriot citizenship from your father not your mother.

You need to prove he was born in cyprus (even though he may have a greek/turkish name - sorry you said cypriot not greek or turkish so i made no assumption) Birth cirtificate. You need to have resided in cyprus for a min of 6 months and then fill in a shit load of forms and take them to some court in nicosia and get them signed/approved before you can get citizenship. Any children you then have will automatically get their citizenship from you.

As for national service, english mother or not, if you are of greek cypriot decent you will be liable unless you satify certain conditions. I was once told that you would have to wait 7 generations without a greek male in you father.grandfather bloodline before you can get away with it.

If your father was english and you mother was greek, you would never have to do it.

As for exit visa (adia exodou) sometime they ask for it sometimes they don't. I don't show it unless it gets asked for. I have a permanent one.

There don't appear to be any real benefits of the citizenship other than personal. voting rights and to carry out certain jobs.

but good luck anyway, hope this helps.

Panthemen

[saravakos]

it wasnt me asking about the citizenship mate. my dads from Greece and my mum is Cypriot so i never need an Adia Exodou when in Cyprus.

[pantheman]

Saravakos,

sorry, i made a mistake, indeed it wasn't you who wrote the original post sorry mate.

So, to Kelo who made the original post, the same still stands if it is of any help.

Pantheman.

[saravakos]

no problem

[Oneness]

I read somewhere that you have to do the full 24 months instead of the 3 months for nor Cypriots residents if your father is Cypriot. Oh, Cyprus Mail! I cannot confirm it though.

[reeshahn]

By the law of Republic of Cyprus a Cypriot father or Cypriot mother's child is automatically a citizen of Republic of Cyprus and has to do his army service. You gain Cypriot citizenship automatically. You need to go to court with your father/mother and he/she has to say that you are her children after that you can take your Cypriot birth paper and you ID and Republic of Cyprus Passport.
But if the Cypriot parent is a Turkish-Cypriot you can still be a citizen but you don't need to do army service. Actually law says he has to but Cypriot army doesn't want that I guess