Invitation letter for a visa (Cyprus)
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The letter in which a resident of Cyprus invites a relative or friend from a country that needs a visa, addressed to the Cypriot embassy or consulate: the host's and the guest's details, the purpose and dates of the visit, where the guest will stay and the costs the host takes on. It does not replace the official assumption of responsibility for hosting form, signed with a certified signature and backed by a bank guarantee; the letter mentions that form and states that it will be submitted if asked for.
What you fill in
The details the document asks for.
- City
- Date
- Sender
- Sender's address
- Cypriot embassy or consulate
- Sender's identity card or ARC number
- Sender's occupation
- Phone
- Host's status: Cypriot citizen, citizen of another EU country or third-country national
- Person invited
- Invited person's date of birth
- Invited person's nationality
- Invited person's passport number
- Invited person's home address
- Relationship
- Purpose
- Travelling from
- Travelling until
- Costs the host takes on
- Attachments
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Common questions
- Does an invitation letter replace the assumption of responsibility for hosting form for a Cyprus visa?
- No. The assumption of responsibility for hosting is an official form of the Cypriot authorities: with it the host takes on the guest's accommodation, subsistence and medical costs, and the guest's departure before the visa expires. The signature is certified in Cyprus, by a certifying officer or at a citizen service centre (KEP), and the form is backed by a bank guarantee in favour of the Migration Department (formerly the Civil Registry and Migration Department), of an amount that depends on the guest's country, from €350 to €850, valid for ten years. The letter explains the visit; it does not stand in for the form.
- What does a visa invitation letter for Cyprus state, and what goes with it?
- The letter gives the host's details — identity card or ARC, occupation, phone and e-mail — the guest's passport details, the purpose and dates of the visit, where the guest will stay and which costs the host takes on. What goes with it is set by the document checklist of the embassy or visa centre handling the application, and differs from country to country; for visiting friends or family, the checklists ask for the assumption of responsibility for hosting form with the bank guarantee. Check the checklist before sending.
- Must the signature on a Cyprus visa invitation letter be certified?
- It is the official assumption of responsibility for hosting form that requires a certified signature: the host signs it before a certifying officer in Cyprus, and the original is sent from Cyprus. If the embassy asks for certification on the letter too, the signature is certified by a certifying officer or at a citizen service centre (KEP or KEPO), where signatures are now certified. The letter can also be signed with a qualified electronic signature, such as the Cyprus eID from JCC, which has the effect of a handwritten one.
How you can sign this document
- Print it and sign by hand. The signature lines in the document are left blank on purpose — sign on them in ink.
- Sign it yourself with a qualified electronic signature. If you already hold a QES — Evrotrust, B-Trust, StampIT, ZealiD or any qualified provider on the EU Trusted List, on a card, a USB token, in a mobile app or in the cloud — our signing guide explains step by step how to sign this exact file without invalidating it. Step-by-step help, and a way to check it worked
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