Europe
Cyprus
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In Cyprus, criminal record checks, address checks and medical screening are all permissible for new candidates. However, there are some restrictions on these types of checks.
Background check summary
Criminal: some restrictions
Address: some restrictions
Identity: permissible
Medical: some restrictions
Credit/financial checks: permissible
Zinc's background check turnaround times
Please note these background check turnaround times are averages for the country. Actual check times may vary and depend on a number of factors including the resident country's process time as well as the candidate's document submission speed.
Financial (mins)
20
Criminal (days)
10
Media (mins)
14
Reference (days)
2
identity (mins)
140
Education (days)
12.57
Address (days)
2
Sanctions (mins)
25
Right-to-work rules
Rules apply for citizens as well as non-citizens working in the country
National ID Accepted?
Yes
Passport
Yes
Other passport accepted?
No
Any other routes (any type of citizen)
N/A
Body name
Ministry of the Interior
Foreign Citizens
N/A
Natural citizens: Alternative routes
Social Insurance Number
Country details
Birthrate
12.56
Population
1,207,359
capital
Nicosia
GDP ($/capita)
19200
TLD
.cy
developed/developing
Developed
Currency
Euro
Net migration
0.43
Literacy(%)
97.6
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