A. Karitzis & Associates L.L.C

Our Law Firm

A. KARITZIS & ASSOCIATES L.L.C is a full-service, innovative and forward-thinking Law Firm headquartered in Limassol, the shipping and financial capital of Cyprus, with offices also in Athens, Greece. It is composed by an experienced, diligent and dedicated team of dynamic professional lawyers, who deal with most of the areas of common-law based Cypriot Law in its adapted form after the accession of Cyprus to the European Union in 2004.

The professionals of A. KARITZIS & ASSOCIATES L.L.C provide integrity, efficiency and trust to all clients, offering at the same time a comprehensive range of legal and administrative services. The firm offers all major practice area disciplines and boasts a diverse portfolio of clients ranging from local to global businesses and corporations and to non-profit organisations, to SMEs, large groups of companies and to private individuals of all levels of wealth, including some HNWI and UHNWI of them.

Our Immigration Department

Located in the southeastern Mediterranean Sea, Cyprus' geographical position has long been heralded as a "crossroads" of three continents; Europe, Asia, and Africa. Historically, Cyprus has been regarded as a particularly attractive tourist destination owing to, among others, the country's pleasant climate, high standard of living and low crime rate. Indeed, in the absence of heavy industry, the Cyprus economy relies heavily on tourism as a means of sustaining itself.

However, Cyprus' accession to the EU in 2004 coupled with its favorable tax and corporate framework, and unrivalled access to the EU and Middle Eastern markets, have elevated Cyprus to much more than just an appealing tourist proposition in the eyes of the outside world. In recent years there has been a significant flow of foreign nationals coming to Cyprus in search of employment opportunities, seeking to establish a permanent residency status or looking to exploit the benefits afforded to foreign investors by virtue of the Cyprus Investment Program currently in place. Immigration Law in Cyprus is regulated by a series of statutes and legal instruments the most prominent of which are the Aliens and Immigration Law, Cap. 105, and the Civil Registry Law L. 141(I)/2002.

The professionals of the Immigration Department of A. KARITZIS & ASSOCIATES L.L.C specialize in all aspects of Immigration Law in Cyprus, Greece and the European Union. Over the years, our Law Firm successfully represented various investors and their families, interested in migrating to Greece by acquiring the Golden Visa Permanent Residency status as well as to Cyprus by means of acquiring the permanent residency status, and/or investors taking an interest in the Cyprus Investment Program.

Our dedicated team is always eager to take on a new challenge, and our expertise in the field of immigration law, guarantees that we are the right people to trust for achieving the desirable outcome, irrespective of the nature and degree of difficulty of your case.

A. Karitzis & Associates L.L.C is a Registered Service Provider, with Registration Number (CIP) 002. Our Immigration Department deals with all types of immigration issues, relating to the various types of entries such as:

• Greece Golden Visa Scheme
• Cyprus Investment Program
• Investors’ Permanent Residence Permits (6.2)
• Registration of International Business Companies (IBC) / Companies of Foreign Interests
• Resident and Employment Permits for third country nationals by IBC
• Long Term Residence Permits and Immigration Permits (Categories A-F)
• Temporary Residence and Employment Permits for third country nationals
• Family Reunification for third country nationals
• Registration of EU Nationals and their family members
• Civil Registry Matters (eg naturalization, marriages etc)