Cyprus Guide
Getting used to living in a new country is always a challenge. The Just Landed Guide is designed to help you deal with the day-to-day challenges of living, working or retiring in Cyprus. It is full of useful information and step-by-step guides on how things work and how to survive in Cyprus.
Education
- Education in Cyprus: Schools, schedules and other education features
- Pre-school and primary school: Curriculum, hours and evaluation system
- Secondary education: What to expect from a secondary education
- Higher education: Universities in Cyprus and how to apply
Visas & Permits
- Entry Restrictions: People who cannot go to Cyprus
- Visitors: Visits of under 90 days
- Temporary Residence Permits: How to obtain a residence permit
Jobs
- Introduction: Qualifications and Social Insurance
- Work permits: Who needs them
- Starting a Business: How to start business in Cyprus
- Foreign Pensioners: Retiring to Cyprus
Housing & Rentals
- Introduction: An introduction to the rental market in Cyprus
- Rental Costs: How much does renting cost in Cyprus?
- Home exchange: Another housing alternative
Property
- Introduction: An introduction to buying property in Cyprus
- Advantages & Disadvantages: What to take into account
- Legal Advice: What you should know
- House Hunting: How to find your dream home in Cyprus?
- Estate Agents: All you need to know to deal with estate agents
- Cost of Property: Can you afford to buy property in Cyprus?
- Property Prices: How much does property cost in Cyprus?
- Permission to buy property: Application to the Council of Ministers
- Fees: Extra costs when buying property in Cyprus
- Inspections & Surveys: What you need to know
- Buying Off Plan: How to buy property off plan
- The purchase procedure: Buying a house step by step
- Payment: All you need to know about the payment process
- Sale Contract: The final step
- Transfer of Inmovable Property: How is it done?
- Letting: Restrictions to letting your home in Cyprus
- Letting Rates: Rental rates and how to increase your rental income
- Using an agent: All you need to know about letting agents
- Doing your own letting: All you need to know to do it yourself
- Information Packs: What they should include
Health
- Introduction: Health care in Cyprus
- Doctors, Chemists & Emergencies: Visits, fees & opening hours
- Residents Health Insurance: Social security in Cyprus
- Private Health Insurance: Private health care in Cyprus
- Visitors Health Insurance: If you are coming for a short period
Money
- Banks: Where to manage your finances
- Accounts: How to open a bank account in Cyprus
- Cash, Cheques & Credit Cards: How to use them
- Cost of Living: What is the cost of living in Cyprus?
- Importing & Exporting Money: How to receive and transfer money
- Taxes in Cyprus: An introduction to Cyprus' tax system
- Income Tax Liability: Who is liable to pay income tax?
- Taxable Income: What part of my income is taxable?
- Taxation of Foreign Pensions: How will your pension be taxed in Cyprus?
- Taxation of Property Income: How much is tax on property income?
- Income Tax Rates: Calculating your income tax
- Calculation & Tax Return: Filing and payment
- Immovable Property Tax: Who needs to pay it?
- Capital Gains Tax: Who needs to pay it?
- Value Added Tax: Rates & Exemptions
Language
Telephone & Internet
- Landlines: How to get a phone line in Cyprus
- Cellphones: Mobile phone networks and costs in Cyprus
- Making calls: Dialling codes and prefixes in Cyprus
- Calling abroad: How to save money on international calls
- Internet: How to get internet access in Cyprus
Business
- Business Formation: Cyprus Business Registration
- Cyprus Business Structures: Forms of company used
- Cyprus Foreigners in Business: Limitations on foreigners in business
- Cyprus Business Licensing: Licensing of business activity
- Business Taxation: Cyprus Value Added Tax (VAT)
- Taxation in Cyprus: Business Capital Gains Tax (CGT)
Northern Cyprus
- Introduction : An overview of Nothern Cyprus
- Visas: What papers do I need to go to Nothern Cyprus?
- Getting there: The difficulties of getting to Northern Cyprus
- Buying property: All there is to know to buy property in Nothern Cyprus
- Getting around: How to move within Northern Cyprus
- Moving between North & South: What are the restrictions?