Reference metadata describe statistical concepts and methodologies used for the collection and generation of data. They provide information on data quality and, since they are strongly content-oriented, assist users in interpreting the data. Reference metadata, unlike structural metadata, can be decoupled from the data.
Migration Department, Ministry of Migration and International Protection.
1.2. Contact organisation unit
Not applicable
1.3. Contact name
Confidential because of GDPR
1.4. Contact person function
Confidential because of GDPR
1.5. Contact mail address
1.6. Contact email address
Confidential because of GDPR
1.7. Contact phone number
Confidential because of GDPR
1.8. Contact fax number
Confidential because of GDPR
2.1. Metadata last certified
31 July 2025
2.2. Metadata last posted
31 July 2025
2.3. Metadata last update
31 July 2025
3.1. Data description
Data collection on Single Permits statistics based on Article 15 of Directive 2011/98/EU on a single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State.
The following dataset is collected under this framework:
Single Permits issued by type of decision, reason and length of validity (migr_ressing)
See table 3.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
3.3. Coverage - sector
Migration and asylum – Residence permits statistics, Single Permits.
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
3.5. Statistical unit
Single Permits.
3.6. Statistical population
See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
3.7. Reference area
Cyprus.
3.8. Coverage - Time
See table 3.8. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
3.9. Base period
Not applicable.
Number of persons.
Calendar year.
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
The compilation of statistics on residence permits(single permits) is based on Regulation (EC) No 862/2007, including amendments to Regulation (EU) 2020/851, which depicts in detail the data provisions Member States are bound to supply Eurostat with.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
Not applicable.
7.1. Confidentiality - policy
The General Data Protection Regulation applies in Cyprus and therefore in Migration Department. In addition, the Official Statistics Law of 2021 (Law No. 25(I)/ 2021) ensures that confidential data are used exclusively for statistical purposes and prevents their unlawful disclosure.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
No rounding or concealment is applied to the tables of statistical data on residence permits, as Eurostat ensures the confidentiality of the data.
8.1. Release calendar
Not applicable.
8.2. Release calendar access
Not applicable.
8.3. Release policy - user access
Not applicable.
Yearly.
10.1. Dissemination format - News release
No press releases are made.
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications
No publications are made in regards to the data submitted to Eurostat.
10.3. Dissemination format - online database
No publications are made in regards to the data submitted to Eurostat.
10.3.1. Data tables - consultations
No consulations.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access
Not applicable.
10.5. Dissemination format - other
No other data dissemination is done.
10.5.1. Metadata - consultations
Not applicable.
10.6. Documentation on methodology
Simplified statistical methodology available for internal use within the Civil Registry and Migration Department. The purpose of it is to describe in national level terms the data that should be reported in each table.
10.6.1. Metadata completeness - rate
Not applicable.
10.7. Quality management - documentation
Not applicable.
11.1. Quality assurance
The quality of statistical products and processes is ensured by checking the integrity of the data at all stages of processing, finding and removing duplicates, producing statistical data at regular intervals so that the flow and consistency of the data can be monitored.
11.2. Quality management - assessment
Good.
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
The statistics collected under Regulation (EC) No. 862/2007 are used by a wide range of users at national, European and international level to cover various user needs.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
Not applicable.
12.3. Completeness
See table 12.3. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate
Fully completed.
13.1. Accuracy - overall
High accurancy.
13.2. Sampling error
Not applicable.
13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators
Not applicable.
13.3. Non-sampling error
There are no coverage errors and no nonresponse errors.
13.3.1. Coverage error
There is no difference between the frame population and the target population.
13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion
Not applicable.
13.3.2. Measurement error
Not applicable.
13.3.3. Non response error
Not applicable.
13.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.4. Processing error
Not applicable.
13.3.5. Model assumption error
Not applicable.
14.1. Timeliness
Data supply to Eurostat is in accordance with the Regulation and the Technical Guidelines, also concerning the timeframe of sending data to Eurostat.
14.1.1. Time lag - first result
Not applicable.
14.1.2. Time lag - final result
Not applicable.
14.2. Punctuality
See table 14.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication
The data was delivered on time.
15.1. Comparability - geographical
Fully Compliance. No exceptions involved.
15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient
Not applicable.
15.2. Comparability - over time
See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
15.2.1. Length of comparable time series
Not applicable.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
There are no coherence issues with other data sets.
15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics
Not applicable.
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts
Not applicable.
15.4. Coherence - internal
Each set of outputs are internally consistent.
Administrative cost of extracting and processing data so as to comply with the guidelines.
17.1. Data revision - policy
Not applicable.
17.2. Data revision - practice
See table 17.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
17.2.1. Data revision - average size
Not applicable.
18.1. Source data
See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables Single Permits’.
18.2. Frequency of data collection
All source data are collected and processed continuously by Aliens Registration System/Database.
18.3. Data collection
The data for Residence permits Statistics is collected from the Alien Registration System/ Database of Cyprus in Excel format which is processed in order to produce the required datasets.
18.4. Data validation
Checks of totals consistency, checks of magnitude of changes over time, using visual validation (visual verification of the tables or the graph resulted), checking the data integrity over each processing step, checking the consistency between statistics by "reason" and statistics by "age" and "sex" categories.
18.5. Data compilation
Pivot tables are used according to the given set of rules to procedure the final reports in order to satisfy all possible statistics requests.
Data collection on Single Permits statistics based on Article 15 of Directive 2011/98/EU on a single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State.
The following dataset is collected under this framework:
Single Permits issued by type of decision, reason and length of validity (migr_ressing)
