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Disability Parking Card Scheme – Blue Badge Cyprus : Ministry of Labour Welfare & Social Insurance

Name of the Organization : Ministry of Labour, Welfare & Social Insurance
Type of Facility : Disability Parking Card Scheme – Blue Badge
Country : Cyprus

Official Website : https://www.mlsi.gov.cy/mlsi/mlsi.nsf/home-el/home-el?OpenForm

Disability Parking Card Scheme – Blue Badge :

Beneficiaries:
** Persons with disabilities receiving a severe motor disability allowance by the Department for Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (Disabled Welfare Service);

Related / Similar Service : MLSI Social Insurance Scheme Cyprus

Provided that beneficiaries of the parking card are also persons with disabilities who would have been entitled to receive the said allowance if they had completed the age limit provided for in the relevant scheme.
** Persons with a visual disability (the visual acuity of both eyes is such that it does not exceed 6/60 even with the use of corrective lenses);
** Persons with disabilities receiving financial assistance to by a car by the Ministry of Finance according to the relevant scheme of Financial Assistance to Persons with Disabilities for Purchasing a Car;

Provided that beneficiaries of the parking card are also persons with disabilities who would have been entitled to receive the said allowance if they had completed the age limit provided for in the relevant scheme
** Persons with intellectual disabilities, provided that these persons also have motor disabilities.

Blue Badge User Guidelines:
** The Blue Badge should be placed on the upper part of the vehicle’s dashboard and the front side with the international disabled sign should be visible.
** The Blue Badge should only be used when its holder makes use of the parking right in the areas listed below:

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Areas where privileged parking is allowed:
** Streets with parking meters, where parking for the holders of the Blue Badge is free and for unlimited time.
** Streets with single or double yellow line for three hours provided that these streets have been predetermined as privileged parking areas for disabled persons by the Technical Committee of the Central Agency for Road Traffic Problems. In these cases the right to privileged parking should be indicated on special signs.

Obligations of the holders of the Blue Badge:
** The holder should be liable for the correct and reasonable use of the Blue Badge.
** The Blue Badge may not be used by third persons not entitled to use it.
** The Blue Badge should be removed from the vehicle’s dashboard in case the vehicle does not transport the disabled person.
** The holder should maintain the Blue Badge in a good condition so that all information to be visible.

The following is required for the issue of a Parking Card:
** Recent medical certificate describing your disability.

Please note that persons receiving severe motor disability allowance are not requested to submit a medical certificate:
** Two recent photographs signed at the back by the applicant.
** The application must be signed by the applicant. In case the applicant is not able to sign his/her fingerprints should be identified

Submission Of Applications:
Be submitted to:
Department for Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities. 67, Archbishop Makarios III Avenue, 2220 Latsia, Nicosia

Be sent to:
Department for Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities, 1430 Nicosia

Be faxed to:
22 482310

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