UK help and services in Cyprus

Services if you're visiting, studying, working or living in Cyprus. Includes information about trading with and doing business in the UK and Cyprus, and your rights after the UK’s exit from the EU.

Emergency help for British nationals in Cyprus

Get help if you're the victim of crime, you've been arrested, or are affected by a crisis abroad.
  • The British High Commission in Cyprus maintains and develops relations between the UK and Cyprus. We work closely with the Cyprus government on a wide range of issues, including political, commercial, security and economic questions of interest to the UK and Cyprus.

  • Information on the Cypriot legal and prison systems for British prisoners, their family and friends.

  • Information for British nationals who are victims of rape and sexual assault in Cyprus.

  • Contact the nearest British embassy, high commission, consulate or the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London to get help if you're the victim of crime abroad

  • Advice to British people affected by crises abroad such as large-scale terrorist attacks, natural disasters and political unrest, and how the FCDO can help.

  • This page lists guidance on how you can help yourself stay safe abroad, and the help the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) can provide.

Passports and emergency travel documents in Cyprus

Includes how to cancel a lost passport, renew a passport and apply for an emergency travel document.

Travelling to Cyprus

Includes travel advice and how to get married abroad.

Coming to the UK from Cyprus

Get a visa to study, work or visit the UK.

Living in Cyprus

Guidance on your rights after the UK’s exit from the EU, accessing healthcare, getting a document legalised, English-speaking lawyers, how to vote abroad.

Tax, benefits, pensions and working abroad in Cyprus

Includes how to pay tax, claim State Pension and get tax credits abroad.
  • Benefits you can claim if you go abroad and countries with social security arrangements with the UK

  • What you need to know if you move or retire abroad - tax, pensions, voting and contacting your local council

  • Find out if you need to pay National Insurance in the UK or in the country you are visiting when you work abroad.

  • How to claim State Pension if you're overseas - payment, tax, change of circumstances - contact the International Pension Centre

  • Find out whether you need to pay UK tax on foreign income - residence and ‘non-dom’ status, tax returns, claiming relief if you’re taxed twice (including certificates of residence)

  • Find out whether you need to pay tax on your UK income while you're living abroad - non-resident landlord scheme, tax returns, claiming relief if you’re taxed twice, personal allowance of tax-free income, form R43

  • Where you can work, your rights, healthcare, tax and National Insurance payments.

Birth, death and marriage abroad in Cyprus

Includes how to get married, list of funeral directors and how to register a birth abroad.

News and events in Cyprus

Find out about the UK government's diplomatic, security and development work in Cyprus.

Trade and invest: Cyprus

Includes investing and setting up a business in the UK and doing business in Cyprus.
  • DBT provides trade and investment services and practical support. We help UK companies succeed in Cyprus, and Cypriot companies set up and invest in the UK.

  • Information on how UK companies can control risks when doing business in Cyprus.

  • Choosing a legal structure when you're starting a business: the differences between being a sole trader and a limited company, including legal risk, registration and taxes.

British embassy or high commission in Cyprus

Includes contact details, opening hours and consular fees and local services.
  • The British High Commission in Cyprus maintains and develops relations between the UK and Cyprus. We work closely with the Cyprus government on a wide range of issues, including political, commercial, security and economic questions of interest to the UK and Cyprus.

  • Credit and debit card payment authorisation slip for consular services.

  • How someone in Cyprus can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.

  • This page lists guidance on how you can help yourself stay safe abroad, and the help the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) can provide.