The UK Home Office has expanded its eVisa rollout to travellers holding passports that London does not formally recognise—explicitly including “Cyprus (northern part)”—according to carrier guidance updated on 1 July 2026. From this date, successful visa applicants whose travel documents are issued by the unrecognised Turkish-Cypriot administration will no longer receive a physical vignette glued into a Form for Affixing a Visa (FAV).
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Travellers and global mobility coordinators who want extra help navigating the switch to digital permissions can turn to VisaHQ’s Cyprus portal (https://www.visahq.com/cyprus/). The agency offers end-to-end application support, real-time status tracking and downloadable copies of the new “Form for Accompanying an eVisa,” ensuring passengers meet airline verification rules without last-minute surprises.
Instead, they will be granted a fully digital eVisa plus a new “Form for Accompanying an eVisa” to present at airlines’ check-in desks. Existing vignettes remain valid until expiry. Airlines operating out of Larnaca, Ercan and Istanbul must update their document-verification systems to scan the QR code on the digital FAV and confirm status via the Home Office portal. Carriers that board passengers without valid eVisa evidence face civil penalties of up to £50,000. For Turkish-Cypriot students and business travellers headed to the UK, the move eliminates the need to courier passports to Ankara for sticker placement—cutting application timelines by roughly a week. However, applicants will need reliable internet access at departure airports to retrieve real-time status if airline staff request it. Global mobility managers should brief affected employees on printing or saving offline copies of the digital FAV and verify that their HR booking tools accept eVisa numbers in lieu of vignette reference codes.
Travellers and global mobility coordinators who want extra help navigating the switch to digital permissions can turn to VisaHQ’s Cyprus portal (https://www.visahq.com/cyprus/). The agency offers end-to-end application support, real-time status tracking and downloadable copies of the new “Form for Accompanying an eVisa,” ensuring passengers meet airline verification rules without last-minute surprises.
Instead, they will be granted a fully digital eVisa plus a new “Form for Accompanying an eVisa” to present at airlines’ check-in desks. Existing vignettes remain valid until expiry. Airlines operating out of Larnaca, Ercan and Istanbul must update their document-verification systems to scan the QR code on the digital FAV and confirm status via the Home Office portal. Carriers that board passengers without valid eVisa evidence face civil penalties of up to £50,000. For Turkish-Cypriot students and business travellers headed to the UK, the move eliminates the need to courier passports to Ankara for sticker placement—cutting application timelines by roughly a week. However, applicants will need reliable internet access at departure airports to retrieve real-time status if airline staff request it. Global mobility managers should brief affected employees on printing or saving offline copies of the digital FAV and verify that their HR booking tools accept eVisa numbers in lieu of vignette reference codes.
