The family members of a researcher have the right to family reunification with the researcher in Cyprus, if the Republic of Cyprus is:   
(a)  the First member state, or 
(b) the Second member state, in case the researcher was granted authorization to stay and work in the Republic of Cyprus.

The granting of a residence permit to family members shall not be made dependent on the requirement of the researcher having reasonable prospects of obtaining the right of permanent residence and having a minimum period of residence.

The residence permits for family members shall be grante, if the conditions for family reunification are fulfilled, within 90 days from the date on which the complete application was submitted. The application for the family members is processed at the same time as the application for admission or for long-term mobility of the researcher, in case where the application for the family members is submitted at the same time.

The residence permit for family members shall be granted only if the researcher is issued a residence permit. The duration of validity of the residence permit of family members shall end, as a general rule, on the date of expiry of the residence permit or for long-term mobility of the researcher. This shall include, where applicable, residence permits issued to the researcher for the purpose of job-searching or entrepreneurship. The period of validity of the travel documents of family members must cover at least the duration of the planned stay.

The family members of researchers do not have any time limit in respect of access to the labour market.