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Editorial Policy: How Paphos Advisor Researches and Checks Facts

Every fee, tax band, day count and deadline on Paphos Advisor is checked against a stored source before it is published, and fast-changing facts are re-checked at least every 90 days. Here is exactly how that works, and how to tell us if we have got something wrong.

JJason 7 min read Last verified 27 September 2026

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Fact-checked27 September 2026

The short version

We rank every source in three tiers: government first, professional second, first-hand experience third.

Tier 3 sources (forums, expat groups, personal accounts) are never used for legal or tax numbers.

Every number is stored in our fact base with its source URL, the exact supporting text, the date retrieved and its tier. The published figure must match.

When sources conflict, we show the conflict on the page and explain which figure applies.

Fees, thresholds and processing times are flagged as volatile and re-verified at least every 90 days. Each page shows its last-verified date.

Referral relationships never influence what a guide says. See our referral disclosure.

The Paphos Advisor editorial policy: three source tiers

Not all sources deserve the same trust. Every source we use is given a tier, and the tier decides how we are allowed to use it.

Tier	What counts	Examples	How we use it
1: Government	Official government websites, legislation, regulations, forms and circulars	gov.cy (Migration Department), Cyprus Tax Department (mof.gov.cy), GeSY (gesy.org.cy), Department of Lands and Surveys, Registrar of Companies, Road Transport Department, gov.uk and HMRC	Stated as fact. We link to the source where it helps you check
2: Professional	Published guidance from organisations with expertise and a reputation to protect	Big Four tax guides (PwC, KPMG, Deloitte, EY), Cyprus-licensed law and accounting firms, the Central Bank of Cyprus, EURAXESS	Used to confirm and explain tier 1, and to fill gaps government does not publish. Attributed, usually to the type of firm rather than by name
3: Experience	First-hand accounts that reflect real life but cannot be verified	Our own experience, expat forums and groups, Reddit, YouTube, news reports of individual cases	Practical texture only, such as queues or typical waits. Always labelled and hedged. Never used for legal or tax numbers

How we verify every fact

Every factual claim that matters to a decision lives in our fact base before it reaches a page. Each record holds:

the claim, in one sentence;
the value (a fee, rate, threshold, day count or date);
the source URL and the source’s name;
the exact evidence text, quoted from the source;
the tier (1, 2 or 3);
the date we retrieved it and the date we last verified it;
a volatile flag for facts that change often.

When a page states a number, that number must match a stored record. We check the figure character for character: €9,568 is not rounded to “about €10,000”, and a tier 2 estimate is never presented as a government figure.

For tax and immigration topics we go to the primary document where one exists, such as the application form, the fee schedule or the law itself. Our record for the Category F permit, for example, is built from the Migration Department’s own permit page and the MIP2 application form, not from a summary of a summary.

How we handle conflicting sources

Cyprus government pages do not always keep up with the law, and professional firms do not always keep up with each other. When two sources disagree, we record both, work out which is current and tell you on the page. We do not quietly pick the more convenient number.

Village bread and halloumi on a wooden bakery counter in a Paphos hill village in morning light — A village bakery in the Paphos hills

Real examples from 2026:

The 60-day rule. The Tax Department’s residency page still lists five conditions, including not being tax resident anywhere else. Big Four and other professional guides report that the 2026 tax reform removed that condition from 1 January 2026. Our 60-day rule guide explains both.
Pension exemption. The Tax Department’s foreign pension form shows the 5% rate applying above €3,420. Professional sources report that the 2026 reform raised the exemption to €5,000. Our UK pensions guide shows both and says which applies from 2026.
The yellow slip fine. gov.cy and the English translation of the law say up to €2,500. Some firms quote €2,562.90, the euro conversion of an older Cyprus pound figure. We use the government figure and explain the difference.

Last-verified dates and re-verification

Every page that states a legal, tax or fee figure shows a last-verified date near the top. That is the date we last checked the page’s key facts against their sources, not just the date someone edited the wording.

Facts flagged as volatile, such as government fees, tax thresholds, processing times, insurance prices and rents, are re-verified at least every 90 days. Stable facts, such as the date a law came into force, are re-checked when the underlying law changes or when a reader tells us something looks wrong.

If you are reading a page with a last-verified date more than six months old, treat its numbers with extra care and check the linked source before acting.

First-hand experience

Some of the most useful detail, such as how long a Paphos appointment queue really is or which documents a bank asked for, only comes from doing it. We include that kind of detail because it helps, but we label it clearly as experience. You will see it in experience callouts or phrased as “applicants in Paphos report...”. It never replaces an official figure.

We do not invent case studies, client stories or testimonials. Testimonials only appear on the site if they come from real clients who have agreed to be quoted. Images on the site are illustrative and do not show real clients.

Two children cycling along the palm-lined seafront path in Kato Paphos on a sunny winter afternoon — The seafront path in Kato Paphos in winter

Who writes and reviews our guides

Jason sets the editorial standards and owns every page; our about Paphos Advisor page explains who he is and why the site exists. Pages are researched against the fact base and written to one house style: answer first, numbers instead of adjectives, and plain British English.

Pages that state a legal, tax or fee figure carry an internal fact review flag until the figures have been signed off. That flag is separate from the last-verified date you see on the page, and a page can be re-verified without its wording changing.

How we use software and AI

We use software, including AI tools, to help gather sources, draft and check pages for consistency, such as spotting a fee that differs between two guides. AI never decides a fact. Every figure has to match a stored source record with its quoted evidence, and a figure without a source is taken out rather than estimated.

Guides explain the rules; they don't replace advice on your own case. When you need that, our services page explains how introductions to licensed professionals work, and the Cyprus relocation glossary explains the terms our guides use.

We don't use AI to write testimonials, case studies or first-hand experience. Images on the site are illustrative, some are generated with AI, and none of them shows a real client.

Independence from referral relationships

Paphos Advisor earns referral fees when partner firms we introduce you to take you on as a client. That relationship stays separate from what we publish:

Guides explain the rules and the types of professional you need. They do not recommend a specific firm.
No firm can pay to be featured, ranked or mentioned in a guide.
We will say so when a common mistake is overpaying for professional services, whether or not we have partners in that field.
We link to government sources, not to competing law firms or consultants, so you can check facts yourself.

Full details are on our referral disclosure page.

Disclaimers

Pages with legal, tax, immigration or property content carry a disclaimer. We mean it: the content is general information, not advice on your situation. Rules change, and a professional who can see your circumstances will spot things a general guide cannot. Our terms of use set out the legal position.

Fisherman seen from behind mending yellow nets on the quay at Paphos harbour in early morning — Mending nets at Paphos harbour

How corrections work

We would rather know. If you have spotted an out-of-date figure or a mistake, this is what happens next.

1
You tell us
Email us through the contact page with the page address, what you think is wrong and, if you have one, a link to the source. Put “Correction” in the subject line.
2
We check the source
We re-check the fact against its stored source and against the primary document. If a newer source exists, we add it to the fact base.
3
We fix the page
If we were wrong, we correct the page and update its last-verified date. The same fact is corrected everywhere it appears across the site.
4
We record the change
Where an error could have affected someone’s decision, such as a wrong fee or deadline, we add a dated correction note to the page so readers can see what changed.
5
We reply to you
We tell you what we found, including when we decide the original figure was right, and why.

Spotted something we should check?

Tell us the page and the fact. If you have a link to the source, even better. Every correction request gets a reply.

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Sources checked for this page

1.Cyprus Tax Department — Tax residency of individualsGovernment
2.Migration Department — Registration of EU citizens (MEU1)Government
3.PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries — Cyprus, individualProfessional

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Jason

Founder, Paphos Advisor

British founder who moved his family from the UK to Paphos in 2025. I write down what I learned doing it properly — the tax, the residency and the living-here detail — and introduce people to the specialists I’d use myself.

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Editorial Policy: How Paphos Advisor Researches and Checks Facts

The Paphos Advisor editorial policy: three source tiers

How we verify every fact

How we handle conflicting sources

Last-verified dates and re-verification

First-hand experience

Who writes and reviews our guides

How we use software and AI

Independence from referral relationships

Disclaimers

How corrections work

You tell us

We check the source

We fix the page

We record the change

We reply to you

Sources checked for this page

Keep reading

The Paphos Advisor editorial policy: three source tiers

How we verify every fact

How we handle conflicting sources

Last-verified dates and re-verification

First-hand experience

Who writes and reviews our guides

How we use software and AI

Independence from referral relationships

Disclaimers

How corrections work

You tell us

We check the source

We fix the page

We record the change

We reply to you