Categories of visas
1. Short-stay or travel visas:
This visa entitles aliens who seek to enter the territory of Cyprus, for reasons other than immigration, who pays a continuous visit or several visits for a duration that does not exceed three months in any half-year from the date of first entry. This visa may be issued for one or several entries. In the case of aliens who need to travel frequently to Cyprus, for example on business, short-stay visas may be issued for several visits provided that the total length of these visas does not exceed three months in any half-year. This multiple entry visa may be valid for one year, and in exceptional cases, for more than a year but for no more than five years for a certain category of persons.
2. Transit visas
This visa entitles aliens who are traveling from one Third Country to another Third Country to pass through the territory of Cyprus. This visa may be issued for one, two or several transits provided that the duration in each case does not exceed five days and the entry of the alien into the territory of the destination Third States is guaranteed. It is also provided that the route taken normally is required through Cyprus.
3. Airport Transit visa
This visa entitles aliens who are required to have such a visa to pass through the international transit area of Cypriot airports without actually entering the national territory of Cyprus during a stop-over or transfer between two stages of an international flight.
4. Fees