Neptune3
English expat in Cyprus
Forum posts
51
About me
English
Registration: 19 August 2024
Occupation
I am Retired.
My expat journey
Cyprus
England
Activity
Renewing driving licence at 70 years old by Neptune3
Has anyone tried to renew their driving licence at 70 years old? We have the eye test certificate and medical certificate. Dreading the department of transport because of its chaos.
@MacGeorge8035 We went to citizens advisory service. Wow, it is so efficient. If only the tax office located next door could be even half as good. Read More
Renewing driving licence at 70 years old by Neptune3
Has anyone tried to renew their driving licence at 70 years old? We have the eye test certificate and medical certificate. Dreading the department of transport because of its chaos.
@Toon Renewal Read More
Renewing driving licence at 70 years old by Neptune3
Has anyone tried to renew their driving licence at 70 years old? We have the eye test certificate and medical certificate. Dreading the department of transport because of its chaos.
Citizens office? That would make life easier. I find the dept of transport difficult. Read More
Renewing driving licence at 70 years old
Has anyone tried to renew their driving licence at 70 years old? We have the eye test certificate and medical certificate. Dreading the department of transport because of its chaos. Read More
Passport stamp may cause a problem? by Neptune3
I have a visa as spouse of EU member. Usually when I go through the airport, my UK passport is not stamped. But yesterday it was stamped. I expressed my horror and the passport lady dismissed my worry as nonsense.I am concerned that I am now being ...
@SimCityAT Thanks for your reassuring answer.I was losing sleep in my paranoia. Thinking I would be living at the airport like in that Tom Hanks film, Terminal! Read More
Passport stamp may cause a problem?
I have a visa as spouse of EU member. Usually when I go through the airport, my UK passport is not stamped. But yesterday it was stamped. I expressed my horror and the passport lady dismissed my worry as nonsense.I am concerned that I am now being ... Read More
Possible property scam? by Peter Koczkas
Hi all,I am in the process of buying a property and I am getting some red flags. My lawyer hasn’t been very helpful ad was recommended by the estate agent, so I am looking for independent advice.Here’s the situation:Before signing the ...
It sounds more remiss than deliberate to me. We had similar lack of data. We waited until the seller got his act together and produced the documents (which should have been prepared prior to the sale, as it was obvious they would be needed).Is there ... Read More
Possible property scam? by Peter Koczkas
Hi all,I am in the process of buying a property and I am getting some red flags. My lawyer hasn’t been very helpful ad was recommended by the estate agent, so I am looking for independent advice.Here’s the situation:Before signing the ...
It may not be a scam, just a relaxed 'oh it's fine, just sign' attitude.I had that with my solicitor too. We had to do a lot of the legal work research ourselves, because of this relaxed attitude of the solicitor.I would just say that I cannot ... Read More
Cyprus Tax Residency and UK Statutory Residence Test by 19kevin
Hi,I am in the process of buying a property in Cyprus and intend to become a Cyprus tax resident. I initially propose to be in Cyprus a minimum of 183 days per year. I intend to put my share of my UK house (we are tenants in common) in trust for ...
Yes. Did P85 form on HMRC website. Got Cyprus tax number online. Then went to tax office with a huge pack of photocopies of documents for the DT form (We were given a list of necessary documents). I completed online HMRC form to ask for overpaid tax ... Read More
Cyprus Tax Residency and UK Statutory Residence Test by 19kevin
Hi,I am in the process of buying a property in Cyprus and intend to become a Cyprus tax resident. I initially propose to be in Cyprus a minimum of 183 days per year. I intend to put my share of my UK house (we are tenants in common) in trust for ...
We applied for Cyprus tax residency. It was amazingly quick for my husband and within 4 weeks he got a letter from HMRC confirming it. My form went to a different lady....... but after I went to the tax office, it got processed and within 2 weeks I ... Read More
Appointment to arrange for a biometric card by angiexrd
Ive just emailed pafosetiseis@polce.gov.uk to request an appointment to arrange for a biometric card and had this reply :- Delivery has failed to these recipients or groups:pafosetiseis@polce.gov.ukA communication failure occurred during the ...
Larnaca is not too bad either. Driving licence within the week, DTI tax applied and got within the month.True, there is a lot of paperwork, but Larnaca doesn't seem to have long times to make appointments or get paperwork processed. Read More
Immigration info by karenselsea
Hoping someone an help with some info?if you have a current DBS check due to your job can you still use this when moving to Cyprus?How long does it generally take to sort a rental property out in Cyprus?thanks in advance
My husband has an Irish passport and he didn't need an ACRO. I have UK passport and needed one. Read More
GHS eligibility about to expire by phildraper
I have an email from Gesy notifying that my Gesy is about to expire and needs to be renewed. It doe not say how to perform the renewal! Does anyone know how to do this?
@telf Yes, i changed my immigration visa. I had the same visa number though. Read More
GHS eligibility about to expire by phildraper
I have an email from Gesy notifying that my Gesy is about to expire and needs to be renewed. It doe not say how to perform the renewal! Does anyone know how to do this?
I had the same email came to me about my GESY expiring. But S1 has no expiry date. I phoned GESY. They renewed my GESY. same email came again a month later, so I repeated my message to GESY and they renewed my GESY again. Read More
Waiting for ID cards by MacGeorge8035
Hi, it has now been over 4 months since we got our temporary residency sorted. But, we are still waiting for our ID cards. How long have people generally waited for ID cards after getting temporary residency.I have tried phoning immigration in ...
In Larnaca they have put a man at the front gate of immigration and he has boxes and boxes of ID cards waiting to be collected. I wasn't phoned about mine being ready. I just asked the man at the gate when I walked past immigration, and he gave it ... Read More