Special — Cyprus parallel framework

GR-SPC-02 ('Cyprus parallel') is a clarification/negative-finding route: as of June 2026 there is NO bilateral Greece-Cyprus citizenship treaty and no Greece-Cyprus 'common citizenship'. A Greek-Cypriot who wishes to also hold Hellenic (Greek) nationality must qualify under the ordinary Greek Nationality Code (Law 3284/2004) via jus sanguinis descent (Art 1) or facilitated co-ethnic (ομογενής) naturalisation abroad (Art 10). The route exists chiefly to forestall the common fabrication of a Greece-Cyprus citizenship-sharing instrument.

Channel A (descent, Art 1(1)): a parent (Greek mother OR father — gender-neutral since L.1438/1984 in force 8 May 1984) held Hellenic nationality at the applicant's birth, and the Greek-national chain is documentarily provable, with no statutory generational cap provided each ancestral link held Greek nationality. Acquisition is ipso jure at birth (declaratory registration, not a grant). As of 2026.

No language or civics test applies under either channel of this route. Channel A is acquisition by birth/registration. Channel B (Art 10 ομογενής) is exempt from the Art 5(2) integration test (the ΠΕΓΠ written exam / interview) by the article's own chapeau — a key distinction from ordinary αλλογενής naturalisation, which DOES require the Art 5(2) Greek-language/history/culture conditions. As of 2026.

Channel B (Art 10): declaration before the Greek consul of residence + two Greek-citizen witnesses; passport; birth/baptism certificate; foreign (Cypriot) criminal-record certificate; documentation evidencing the applicant's ομογενής (Greek-ethnic-origin) quality for the consular report to the Minister of Interior. Foreign documents require translation; apostille per the Hague Convention (both Cyprus and Greece are parties). As of 2026.

Practical sequence: (1) first test descent (Channel A) — if a parent held Hellenic nationality, you are Greek by birth; register, do not 'apply', and obtain the ancestor's Δημοτολόγιο/Μητρώο Αρρένων entry early as the linchpin. (2) If no Greek-national parent but Greek ethnic origin, use Art 10 ομογενής via the Greek consul in Cyprus (~€100 + ~€30, ~18 months, no residence/test). (3) Do not seek a Cyprus treaty shortcut — none exists. (4) Keep dual nationality. (5) Plan for Greek military liability if male. (6) Apostille + translate every Cypriot document. As of 2026.

Channel A (descent): variable, driven by document-gathering and verification of the Δημοτολόγιο/Μητρώο Αρρένων chain rather than a statutory clock; no fixed statutory deadline for διαπίστωση. Channel B (Art 10 ομογενής abroad): ~18 months typical processing reported. As of 2026.

Channel B (Art 10 ομογενής): €100 application fee (παράβολο) + ~€30 consular impost; ομογενείς pay the reduced/zero naturalisation-fee tier (vs €550 for αλλογενείς). Channel A (descent): standard civil-registry / certificate / translation / apostille costs, with no naturalisation παράβολο since descent is acquisition by birth. Verify the current e-paravolo code before filing. As of 2026.

The defining feature of this route is the ABSENCE of a bilateral treaty. The Lausanne (1923) framework and the Ankara (1930) Convention concern Greece-Turkey population/nationality questions, NOT Cyprus — they must not be conflated. The EU framework (TFEU Art 20; Greek accession 1 Jan 1981; Cyprus accession 2004) leaves nationality to each Member State (Maastricht Declaration No. 2); EU citizenship is not a Greek nationality-acquisition route. As of 2026.

Channel A: Greek consular authority (Cyprus) / competent Greek municipality (Δημοτολόγιο); Art 25(2) determinations by the competent Region authority; all citizenship matters under the Ministry of Interior (Art 25). Channel B: Greek Consul of residence → Minister of Interior (decision), with the oath under Art 9. As of 2026.

The headline trap is inventing a 'Greece-Cyprus common-citizenship treaty' — none exists. Other pitfalls: misreading 'single citizenship' as a Greece-Cyprus instrument (it is the internal principle of a reunified Republic of Cyprus); assuming a Greek-Cypriot is automatically a Hellenic national (they are a Republic-of-Cyprus national); treating Art 10 as residence-based (it is the abroad route with no Greece-residence requirement and no test); and confusing EU citizenship with Greek nationality. As of 2026.