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MaltaFree movement

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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Which citizenship, status or regional agreement creates the person's right to move/reside?

EEA nationals may reside in Malta when exercising treaty rights as students. The official source does not state the terms for Swiss nationals.

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Limits of the record
  • Swiss-national conditions for this route are not established by the captured page.

Under which circumstances can the person reside: worker, self-employed, student, jobseeker, self-funded person or another recognised basis?

EEA nationals may reside in Malta when exercising treaty rights as students. The official source does not state the terms for Swiss nationals.

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Limits of the record
  • Swiss-national conditions for this route are not established by the captured page.

What entry, registration or residence-document formalities remain?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the entry, registration and residence-document formalities.

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  • This detail is not established in the evidence recorded here. Confirm the applicable requirement with the responsible authority.

Which non-member-country family members can accompany or join, and what broad rights do they receive?

EU nationals exercising free movement in Malta who are studying may have immediate family members join and accompany them: a spouse, a durable partner in a relationship with the EU national for at least two (2) years, and children under twenty-one (21). Children over twenty-one, parents and parents-in-law may be granted facilitation if fully dependent on the EU national due to serious health reasons. The official source does not state the family members' rights, such as access to work.

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Limits of the record
  • The page concerns EU nationals and does not state the terms for EEA or Swiss sponsors.
  • The family members' rights, such as access to work, are not stated.
  • Recorded source · identita.gov.mt
    EU nationals who are exercising their right of free movement in Malta, and are either employed, self-employed, economically self-sufficient, or studying, may have their immediate family members join and accompany them in Malta.
  • Recorded source · identita.gov.mt
    The family members who may join the EU national include the immediate family members, which would include a spouse, a durable partner with whom the EU national has been in a relationship for at least two (2) years, and any children under the age of twenty-one (21).
  • Recorded source · identita.gov.mt
    Children over the age of twenty-one (21), parents and parents-in-law of the EU national, may also be granted facilitation to join the EU national in Malta provided it can be proven to the satisfaction of Identità that such family member is fully dependent on the EU national due to serious health reasons.

When do permanent/long-term rights arise and what continuity, absence or retention conditions matter?

EU nationals who have had actual and real residence in Malta for at least five (5) consecutive years may be entitled to permanent residence, provided they were exercising free-movement rights during that five-year period; evidence of residence for at least six (6) months in a twelve (12) month period throughout the five (5) years is required. The permanent-residence document is issued for ten (10) years. Once acquired, the status is only lost through absence from Malta for a period exceeding two consecutive years. Swiss nationals and their family members cannot apply under the Permanent Basis (per the Swiss Agreement).

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  • Recorded source · identita.gov.mt
    EU nationals who have been legally residing in Malta for more than five (5) years, may be entitled to permanent residence when they have had actual and real residence in Malta for at least five (5) consecutive years.
  • Recorded source · identita.gov.mt
    A residence document reflecting the applicant’s permanent right of residence will be issued for ten (10) years.
  • Recorded source · identita.gov.mt
    For EU nationals to be considered as having acquired the right of permanent residence, it is imperative that the EU nationals were exercising their freedom of movement rights during such (5) five-year period.
  • Recorded source · identita.gov.mt
    Swiss Agreement , Swiss nationals and their family members cannot apply under the Permanent Basis.
  • Recorded source · identita.gov.mt
    Applicant must submit sufficient evidence on their own name, that s/he has resided in Malta for at least six (6) months in a twelve (12) month period throughout the five (5) years.
  • Recorded source · identita.gov.mt
    Once permanent residence is acquired, the Union citizen and his family members shall only lose such status of permanent residence through absence from Malta for a period exceeding two consecutive years.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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