Originally Posted by johnirvine (Post 29157715)

You are unfortunately not correct. The Foreign Ministry of Cyprus has recently tightened up checks and groups of tourists from Lebanon, Israel and Russia have been denied entry to the ROC when it became evident that they were intending to travel to the TRNC. Passport checks at the Green Line in Nicosia have also been tightened recently and the ROC police are even examining the identity documents of passengers in Cyprus-registered cars which was not done previously. Anyone not holding an EU passport is subject to special checks and, if the police find recent Turkish entry stamps, the result will be certain denial of entry. As someone who has crossed the border around 500 times to visit relatives, I know what I am talking about.

Originally Posted by siberslava (Post 29158832)

The problem for you is the fact that you are leaving the island from an unrecognized point of entry/departure. You are going to have issues on your reentry even if you try to return via Athens; when you land again in RoC they will see you don't have an exit stamp and questions will arise. It sucks, but I don't think there is anyway around this issue in your case. You will need to find a way to make the trip in a proper way, as inconvenient as it is.

Originally Posted by lax.sea.jnu (Post 29158904)

Thanks, but to clarify, I've changed my plans so I wouldn't have to reenter the RoC. My new itinerary is as follows:

SFO-LHR-LCA//ECN-HTY-IST-ATH-LHR-SFO

So I won't be reentering the RoC anytime soon, but foresee the following risks:

1) Being questioned about a Turkish visa in my passport.

2) Being asked to show a return flight. I can show my flight leaving the EU from ATH via LHR, and suppose I could say I hadn't yet decided when I'm leaving Cyprus? I could also book a refundable ticket to ATH if need be.

Thanks for letting know if you believe the above itinerary poses any risk.