Foreigners
who wish to acquire an immovable property in Cyprus may submit through the
Embassy to the Ministry of Interior the following documents in order to consider
their application:
Survey
plan.
Copy
of the title of ownership.
Copy
of the building permit for the erection of the house/block of flats or for the
residential development of estates. If separate titles of ownership have been
issued for the flats of the block or if the house is mentioned on the title of
ownership, applicants do not need to submit a copy of the building permit. For
plots under division, applicants must submit a copy of the division
permit.
Copy
of the deed of sale.
Sectional
view of the building or the flat. Very old houses mentioned on the title of
ownership are exempted. A division plan must be submitted in the case of
division of plots. In areas of residential development, the plan must be
submitted showing the position of the house on the entire
holding.
Area
in square metres of the plot, which is to be acquired.
Documents
proving the financial situation of the applicants.
Copies
of the pages of the applicants' passports and those of their spouses (the pages
containing the data and the photo of the holders and stamps of arrival to and
departure from Cyprus).
Certificate
of marriage of the applicants or relevant attestation of their Embassy and in
cases where the spouses do not have the same surname and when the name of the
husband is not written on the wife's passport.
Copy of residence permit and work permit of
the applicants in Cyprus.
Application COMM
145, duly completed. (It is available only at the Ministry of Interior,
tel: +357 22 804112, 804111, e-mail: dlslic@cytanet.com.cy).
If the applicant is a company or a shareholder
in an offshore company, it is necessary to submit the certificates of
registration, of shareholders and of the registered offices of the
company.
If the applicant is a company, a copy of the
company's Articles of Association must be submitted and written information must
be furnished on the company's activities in Cyprus and the staff it employs,
both Cypriots and foreigners with the social insurance
numbers.
