Summary
The Malta Global Residence Programme is available to non-EU citizens wishing to acquire residency status in Malta.
key contacts
Dr. Jean-Philippe Chetcuti
Managing Partner
Dr. Priscilla Mifsud Parker
Senior Partner
Dr. Antoine Saliba Haig
Senior Associate, Head of Immigration & Global Mobility
Magdalena Velkovska
Head of Personal Tax
country highlights
benefits
Residency Rights
- Permanent Residence: the right to reside indefinitely in Malta;
- EU Residence Card gives Visa-free travel within Schengen Area;
legal basis
The Global Residence Programme Rules, 2013 grants permanent residency rights to economically self-sufficient applicants keeping a permanent address in Malta in the form of residential property purchased or rented in any of the islands of Malta or Gozo.
ELIGIBILITY
- Open to non-EU nationals
- Family applications allows, including:
- spouse, life partner;
- parents & grandparents of main applicant and spouse;
- brothers/sisters;
- dependent children up to 25 yrs;
- domestic staff.
- Economically self-sufficient;
- An application fee of €6.000
- Applicants have to purchase or rent a property;
- Applicants should have valid travel document;
- Applicants should have all-covering EU health insurance;
- Annual cost: €15,000 tax
- this covers the whole family for the first €100,000 foreign income remitted to Malta without further tax.)
PROCESS & TIMELINE
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