Immigration

Am I correct in assuming that you are in the North.. I know they require blood tests but not heard this for the South

No I'm in Paralimni.

Solicitor said its new legislation?

Solicitor wrote:

"According to your appointment for pink slip, from 28/11/2022 the migration office requested a criminal record APOSTILLE and blood test for all applicants. The blood tests can be done few days before the appointment in any chemistry lab. About the criminal record unfortunately you must take it from your authorities, if you don't make it until the appointment date you can provide it few weeks later at the district migration office."

https://www.acro.police.uk/Police-Certificates for uk police check.

Blood tests can be done at any lab and are not expensive

Thanks Toon, so I guess it's correct about the new legislation

At least we now know . Thanks for the heads up

@Firehorse66 Hi , did your solicitor mention that apostille is required ? I thought that only the original copy and certified translation are enough.

Original Clear Criminal Record Certificate from the country of origin or residence, if the applicant resides in a country other than the country of origin, with a duly certified official translation in Greek or English ONLY for the 1st Permithttp://www.moi.gov.cy/moi/crmd/crmd.nsf … 2C00382AD7

As I understand it, you do need to get the ACRO certificate apostilled, but it's a fairly straightforward process. You don't have to use a notary public or any other third party, you can get it done officially by the FCDO, see:

https://www.gov.uk/get-document-legalised

    As I understand it, you do need to get the ACRO certificate apostilled, but it's a fairly straightforward process. You don't have to use a notary public or any other third party, you can get it done officially by the FCDO, see:
https://www.gov.uk/get-document-legalised
   

    -@Peter TyMy ACRO certificate has a sort of hologram thing like on a UK passport. Also it is printed on unique paper so it is almost impossible to forge. So I don't understand why it should need to be Apostilled given its unique metrics. The list from the immigration office does not say it needs any document to be Apostilled. Is the immigration office a bit erratic in its documents list?

"Unique metrics" are neither here nor there: an apostille is basically an official warranty from the authorities of the relevant country that the document is genuine.  There's no other way for the receiving country to ascertain that the document being presented isn't a fake, however impressive it may appear...

@Neptune3 All I can say is that I've been told  that all government documents (ACRO certificate, birth certificate, marriage certificate, etc.) need to be apostilled, no matter how "official" they look; but yes, the immigration offices are inconsistent: I've heard of people who turned up at the appointment with all the documents that they had been told were required, only to be told by the official on duty that day that they also required something else which had never been mentioned before!