A Category F permit needs €9,568 a year in foreign income. Foreign pensions are taxed at a flat 5%. English is everywhere, and they drive on the left. Here's everything else — from official sources, checked and dated.
Category F, the €300k fast-track, the pink slip, the digital nomad visa — 2026 requirements and the 7-year citizenship path.
4 routes compared → Guide hubThe 2026 tax reform: 0% up to €22,000, the 5% pension election, non-dom status, no inheritance tax.
Read → Guide hubGeSY, the national health system: who qualifies, what it costs (2.65% of pension income), and the co-payments.
Read → Guide hubBuying as a non-EU citizen, transfer fees, the 5% VAT home rule — and why the north is a hard no.
Read → Guide hubRents by city, utilities, groceries — and what a couple actually spends per month in 2026.
Read → Guide hubWhich permits allow work (most retiree routes don't), the digital nomad visa, and the social-security gap for Americans.
Read → Guide hubSwapping your US or Canadian licence (no test), driving on the left, pets, plugs, and the island's division explained factually.
Read → Guide hubPaphos, Limassol, Larnaca, Nicosia — real prices and honest trade-offs.
Read →The permanent permit for the financially independent: income requirements, documents, fees, and realistic timelines from the US and Canada.
Read the guide → Tax & FinanceHow Cyprus taxes your Social Security, IRA, CPP or RRIF — and how 17 years of tax-free dividends and interest works.
Read the guide → HealthcareWho qualifies, what you pay (2.65% of pension income), the co-payments, and why pink-slip holders need private cover.
Read the guide →Fifty-five YouTube channels, Instagram and TikTok accounts, podcasts, references and communities covering Cyprus in English, both the Republic and the north. Subscriber and follower counts read off the platforms themselves, Reddit member counts exact from Reddit’s own API, the estate agency content filtered out and the gaps named rather than padded. Curated 17 September 2026.
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