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RE: Cyprus no longer admitting RSOs ?

AB2014 — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 11:24:03 GMT

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[b]punter99 - 3 Mar 26 10:59 AM[/b]

Its not really clear how Cyprus would know about the conviction. if the ppu are saying they did not place any notices on the passport, that is suggesting there is no interpol green notice in place, but the ppu would not necessarily know, because they do not have access to the interpol database, it is a different officer within the force who handles that.

might be worth taking a day trip to france for example, to see if there are any issues there

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Any notices are requested by the National Crime Agency in consultation with the chief of police at the relevant force, so the local plod might not know. If the person had travelled before, while British nationals were still on the Schengen Information System, that information might have been kept locally after British nationals were removed from the central records.

As for travel to France, if you're not near the Channel coast, you could try a cheap Eurostar ticket from London, as the French passport control is there, not in France. Might be cheaper than a return flight.

Cyprus no longer admitting RSOs ?

CB Root — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 11:24:03 GMT

I heard from a usually reliable source that Cyprus (the EU bit) are now turning away RSOs.

Can't find anything online about it, just wondering if anyone had more info ?

RE: Cyprus no longer admitting RSOs ?

punter99 — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 10:59:47 GMT

RE: Cyprus no longer admitting RSOs ?

AB2014 — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:58:49 GMT

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[b]xDanx - 2 Mar 26 6:02 PM[/b]

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[b]Movingon93 - 1 Mar 26 11:24 PM[/b]

I have first hand experience of this. Due to travel March 2025 and I turned up and was taken into a room with multiple border control agents shouting loudly in their own language with each other. It took a while for them to effectively say ‘we don’t allow sex offenders into Cyprus’ and I was then put in a room with a bench for several hours until I was put on a flight home. They didn’t tell me what they knew or what paperwork they had. Fairly sure I saw a picture of myself (likely police paperwork from UK).The police were aware of my travel. When I got back I contacted my offender manager who had confirmed they had not put any notices on my passport and had no issue with me travelling. He asked around and in the several years’ experience in his office he had never had someone turned away from Cyprus. Seems I was the first. I’m now 5 years into my 10 year order and terrified to go abroad again. Even to Europe especially when the ETIAS is introduced. Be careful with Cyprus if you’re currently on the register. I don’t think they have a set procedure - at times it felt like it could’ve gone either way.

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Since you are at the 5 year mark of your order, ( I am assuing it is a SHPO?)
Have you considered applying to have the order discharged?

I do not travel so I do not know fully if a discharged SHPO would help prevent instances such as this. But something worth looking into if you ever felt the need

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Having to notify foreign travel comes from being on the Register, not the SHPO. So, if you successfully apply to have the SHPO discharged, it won't change anything technically, but it might annoy the police if they oppose the discharge and it is discharged anyway.

RE: Cyprus no longer admitting RSOs ?

xDanx — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 18:02:51 GMT

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[b]Movingon93 - 1 Mar 26 11:24 PM[/b]

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RE: Cyprus no longer admitting RSOs ?

Movingon93 — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 23:24:22 GMT

I have first hand experience of this. Due to travel March 2025 and I turned up and was taken into a room with multiple border control agents shouting loudly in their own language with each other. It took a while for them to effectively say ‘we don’t allow sex offenders into Cyprus’ and I was then put in a room with a bench for several hours until I was put on a flight home. They didn’t tell me what they knew or what paperwork they had. Fairly sure I saw a picture of myself (likely police paperwork from UK). The police were aware of my travel. When I got back I contacted my offender manager who had confirmed they had not put any notices on my passport and had no issue with me travelling. He asked around and in the several years’ experience in his office he had never had someone turned away from Cyprus. Seems I was the first. I’m now 5 years into my 10 year order and terrified to go abroad again. Even to Europe especially when the ETIAS is introduced. Be careful with Cyprus if you’re currently on the register. I don’t think they have a set procedure - at times it felt like it could’ve gone either way.

RE: Cyprus no longer admitting RSOs ?

Evan Davis — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 09:26:19 GMT

We are not aware of any changes to information sharing agreements between UK law enforcement agencies and we have not heard of any issues for people travelling to/from Cyprus specifically.

We are also not aware of any policy of police forces to make routine interpol notifications to Cyprus, which might account for this. As per our usual advice, anybody subject to Notification Requirements will almost certainly be issued with an Interpol notice if they travel to any Section 172 countries. Cyprus is of course not a Section 172 country. Outside of this, unless the individual is suspected to be travelling with the intention of committing sexual offences, or the individual is managed at higher levels (Level 2 or 3) of MAPPA, Interpol notices (or flags, as some refer to them) would not be issued and travel should be relatively hassle-free.

RE: Cyprus no longer admitting RSOs ?

CB Root — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 12:48:22 GMT

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[b]punter99 - 10 Oct 25 11:23 AM[/b]

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[b]CB Root - 9 Oct 25 9:28 PM[/b]

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[b]JGUK68 - 8 Oct 25 2:15 PM[/b]

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[b]CB Root - 8 Oct 25 1:23 PM[/b]

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[b]punter99 - 8 Oct 25 11:07 AM[/b]

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[b]CB Root - 6 Oct 25 11:20 AM[/b]

I heard from a usually reliable source that Cyprus (the EU bit) are now turning away RSOs.

Can't find anything online about it, just wondering if anyone had more info ?

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I suppose the obvious question is how would they find out? Unless they have access to the PNC, they will not know about your conviction or being on the SOR.

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Well, I also understand (this from a slightly less reliable source) that the pre-Brexit cooperation is gradually coming back, so for example there is now limited data exchange between SIS (Schengen Information System) and the UK's own systems. So "discreet alerts" will likely become more common at Schengen borders...

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can you share this source,please?

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Sadly not, it's 2 private individuals whom I know personally and who are not employed in any official capacity but do have their fingers on the pulse of border issues...)

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There is no indication in the College of policing guidance to say that UK police have access to the Shengen database again.

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I'm due to have a beer with one of them over the weekend so I'll see if I can get any more info !

RE: Cyprus no longer admitting RSOs ?

punter99 — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 11:23:19 GMT

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[b]CB Root - 9 Oct 25 9:28 PM[/b]

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[b]JGUK68 - 8 Oct 25 2:15 PM[/b]

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[b]CB Root - 8 Oct 25 1:23 PM[/b]

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[b]punter99 - 8 Oct 25 11:07 AM[/b]

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[b]CB Root - 6 Oct 25 11:20 AM[/b]

I heard from a usually reliable source that Cyprus (the EU bit) are now turning away RSOs.

Can't find anything online about it, just wondering if anyone had more info ?

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I suppose the obvious question is how would they find out? Unless they have access to the PNC, they will not know about your conviction or being on the SOR.

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can you share this source,please?

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Sadly not, it's 2 private individuals whom I know personally and who are not employed in any official capacity but do have their fingers on the pulse of border issues...)

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There is no indication in the College of policing guidance to say that UK police have access to the Shengen database again.

RE: Cyprus no longer admitting RSOs ?

CB Root — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 21:28:29 GMT

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[b]JGUK68 - 8 Oct 25 2:15 PM[/b]

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[b]CB Root - 8 Oct 25 1:23 PM[/b]

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[b]punter99 - 8 Oct 25 11:07 AM[/b]

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[b]CB Root - 6 Oct 25 11:20 AM[/b]

I heard from a usually reliable source that Cyprus (the EU bit) are now turning away RSOs.

Can't find anything online about it, just wondering if anyone had more info ?

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I suppose the obvious question is how would they find out? Unless they have access to the PNC, they will not know about your conviction or being on the SOR.

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can you share this source,please?

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Sadly not, it's 2 private individuals whom I know personally and who are not employed in any official capacity but do have their fingers on the pulse of border issues...)

RE: Cyprus no longer admitting RSOs ?

JGUK68 — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 14:15:26 GMT

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[b]CB Root - 8 Oct 25 1:23 PM[/b]

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[b]punter99 - 8 Oct 25 11:07 AM[/b]

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[b]CB Root - 6 Oct 25 11:20 AM[/b]

I heard from a usually reliable source that Cyprus (the EU bit) are now turning away RSOs.

Can't find anything online about it, just wondering if anyone had more info ?

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I suppose the obvious question is how would they find out? Unless they have access to the PNC, they will not know about your conviction or being on the SOR.

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can you share this source,please?

RE: Cyprus no longer admitting RSOs ?

CB Root — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:23:00 GMT

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[b]punter99 - 8 Oct 25 11:07 AM[/b]

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[b]CB Root - 6 Oct 25 11:20 AM[/b]

I heard from a usually reliable source that Cyprus (the EU bit) are now turning away RSOs.

Can't find anything online about it, just wondering if anyone had more info ?

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I suppose the obvious question is how would they find out? Unless they have access to the PNC, they will not know about your conviction or being on the SOR.

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RE: Cyprus no longer admitting RSOs ?

punter99 — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 11:07:22 GMT

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[b]CB Root - 6 Oct 25 11:20 AM[/b]

I heard from a usually reliable source that Cyprus (the EU bit) are now turning away RSOs.

Can't find anything online about it, just wondering if anyone had more info ?

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I suppose the obvious question is how would they find out? Unless they have access to the PNC, they will not know about your conviction or being on the SOR.