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MALTESE CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT
Key facts about Individual Investor Programme
Main benefits:
1. Official approvment: MIIP programme is the only citizenship programme in Europe approved by the European commission.
2. An opportunity to get a Maltese passport and to become a citizey of European Union and Commonwealth for all members of the family ;
3. Inheritance of the citizenship;
4. Free acess to over 160 countries worldwide;
5. Oppotunity to permanently reside in Europe;
6. Taxation optimisation;
7. Confiditiality of the citizenship approvment;
8. High standards of living in Malta;
9. Social, economical and political safety of Malta.
Main conditions:
1. Financial stability and prospertity;
2. Good health;
3. Good reputation.
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Main investments:
1. Contribution to the National Development and Social Fund- €650,00o for the main applicant- non refundable;
2. In Stocks, Bonds or Debentures- €150,000- refundable and profitable;
3. Acquistion or Lease of an Immovable Property- €350,000 for the purchase or €16,000 for the Lease (minumum for 5 years).
Main stages and periods of acquiring a citizenship of Malta:
1. Signing a contract with an accredited agent and getting a residency identity card (1-4 days). The card is given for 18 months;
2. Handing the documents for the patcipation in the programme and documents revision (120 days);
3. Remiting the remaining contributions, the oath of allegiance, naturalisation and emission of passport (approximately 2 months).
The total length of the period to acquire citizenship of Malta by the "Individual Investor" programme is that of, according to the law of Malta, minimum six (6) and not more than twenty four (24) months, with a condtion that all the requirment are met. However, the passport and a certificate of naturalisation could issued at least in 12 months after issuance of a residency card.
In our personal experience, from the moment of handing in the documents to participate in the programme to the Indentity Malta- governmental organisation in charge of issuing the citizenship- to the issuance of the passport, there are about 12-14 months.
Official sources regarding the programme:
1) Official annex to the Citizenship Act number 47, 2014;
2) Guidance to registration of citenship to Indentity Malta;
3) Press release of the European Commision regarding approvment of MIIP programme.
Information on the fact of obtaining Maltese Citizenship is not dicslosed to the third parties;
Condtions of obtaining citizenship of Malta by investment
A health certificate can be obtained in Maltese hospital or coudl be filled by and official medician in the place of residency (read more on "Docs").
At the stage of applying, the main applicant should demonstrate the avaliablity of funds or assets, covering all payments required to participate in MIIP programme (obtaining citizenship of Malta by investments).
Those payment include refundable and not refundable investments, namely:
1. Contribution to the National Development and Social Fund:
2. An Investment in Stocks, Bonds or Debentures (refundable and profitable investment): not less than €150,000.
3. Investments in property:
More about payments and calculation could be seen here.
Procedure of obtaining Citizenship of Malta by investments
According to the rules of IIP, the process of application is carried out through a Concessionaire, Accredited Persons or Approved Agent
Attention: prices may vary among the Approved Agents from 40,000 t0 80,000 for the main applicant.
Always make sure about the prices for the Agent services (processing fees), that are not usually published in the leaflets and initial pricelists, what sometimes comes out as a surprise for the citizenship applicant at the moment when it is very hard to refuse from the further obtaining of the citizenship.
The applicant for the citizenship of Malta and members of his family may undercone medical examination in one of the hospitals in Malta, or outside the island: this examination should be perfomed by a licensed doctor or official medical organisation, by filling and signing the required form.
После получения от Identity Malta формального подтверждения того, что они получили все необходимые документы, они выставляют счет на сборы due diligence, оформление паспортов и на остаток депозита.
После оплаты этого счета ответственные лица Identity Malta начинают проверку всех документов и участников программы. В процессе этой проверки, они могут требовать дополнительные документы.
В течение 90 дней с момента получения заявления на приобретение гражданства Мальты и всех сопровождающих документов Мальтийские власти проверяют:
Meanwhile, Maltese registry shall receive originals of Birth, Marriage or Divorce certificates for approval. The original documents will be held at the local registry office. In order to leave the originals, it would be necessary to order in advance copies of the originals.
After receiving all the necessary documents and applications, but not sooner than in 1 months, IM would issue an official inventation to bring the Oath and collection of the passport. The passport/s would be issued in approx. 5 days after the Oath.
After receiving the Approvment in Principal, it would be necessary to make all essential installments and remaining fees within 20 days.
List of documents, required to obtain the citizenship of Malta
Required for submitting the documents and forms
Originals and certified copies of all the pages
or their analogues, with an address of permanent residence indication- originals and certified copies.
Originals, or the original copies, issued by the same municipal agency. Non-returnable after the Citizenship issuance.
It is essential to provide all marriage, divorce and change of the name certificats, that took place during the life of each of the applicants.
If there are any. Identification documents from all the countries in which an applicant has resided for more than 6 months during the last 10 days are needed.
3x4, 8 for each member of the family, on the white background, printed on matte paper.
The bank statement from the account of the main Applicant about the avaliable funds to pay the contribution to the National Development Fund and obtaining of securities. The account required is the one from which all the contributions would be made.
It is also essential to provide evidence of the source of those funds.
Insurance policy with an international coverage with an insurance premium of not less than 50,000 euros per each of the applicants (could be made in Malta).
For dependants, who do not have an opportunity to visit Malta before submitting an application for the citizenship of Malta, a medical certificate should be filled (ask your AM or MaltaVIP assistant). The form has to be filled in English (or translated) and certified by the seal of a medical worker, who must attach a certified document upon the qualification о своей квалификации, либо печатью медицинского учреждения, содержащую сведения о названии, лицензии и адресе учреждения. Может быть оформлена как на Мальте, так и по месту жительства.
If there are any. The certified copies of the main page and pages with the information regarding periods of service, rank, type of military service and type of troops.
Depending on the employement type- statutory documents of the сompany; working contract, reference.
For the Main Applicant and for every adult 18 years and over.
Have to issued for every applicant 18+ not later than 6 months after submitting the application.
Have to be made by an Approved Agent and signed by dependants in the presence of notary.
If the dependant is a minor child (under 18 years), being under a guardiaship of the Main Applicant or a dependant- an applicant for the citizenship of Malta- the according documents have to be provided.
If parents of a minor child (under 18 years), who is a dependant willing to participate in the program for the citizenship of Malta, are divorced or one of the parents does not apply for the citizenship of Malta, the notary certified letter should be provided, stating that the parent does not raise objection against his/her child application for citizenship of Malta.
Prepared by an Approved Agent on the basis of candidates wishes. This letter is needed if the Main Applicant doesn not plan to live in Malta 12 months after getting a residency card.
Are filled by an Approved Agent in accordance to the date provided by an Applicant.
All documents, provided by applicants for the citizenship of Malta, issued outside Malta, have to be be apostilled in accordance with the Hague Convention of 1961, or certified in the embassy / consulate of Malta by place of residence or by an official diplomatic representative of the Republic of Malta. All documents provided NOT in English have to be translated with an official certification.
Thus, each of the documents has to include an original (if possible) or a notary certified copy.
Certified translation of the document and Apostile stamp. The certification has to be made by an approved international agency or by a translator with such credentials.
How can we help you?
We can advise you about all the details of the programme and provide you with professional assistance in preparation and subumitting the documents. Also we can organise all the necessary meetings and help you with choosing and purchasing or renting the property in Malta.
Dealing wtih Identity Malta, we are working under the license Num IIP088, issued on the name of Stephen Balzan, who is our long-term partner and one of the best tax consultants in Malta.
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Citizenship of Malta: Frequently Asked Questions
Citizenship of Malta is processed for a minimum of 6 months and maximum of two years. At the moment of obtaining a passport of Malta the Applicant has to demonstrate that he/she has been a resident of Malta for at least one year (the actual stay in the premisese of Malta should be at least that of 30 days).
In our personal experience, if an applicant provides a full list of documents, essential to obtain citizenship of Malta by investments, and has a perfect reputation- the whole process takes 12-14 months.
You would be informed upon a fact of approvment within one hundred twenty days after your documents would be accepted by Identity Malta.
The total cost of citizenship of Malta by investments depends on the number of people in the family and their age. You can see a step by step calculation on our website, or send us a form with DOB of all your family members, applying for the Maltese passport, mentioning their relation to the main Applicant and we will provide you with the prices.
This is just a "marketing trick", based on the confusion between "citizenship" and "residency".
In one-two weeks only an e-card (residency card) could be made. According to the experience of our clients this process takes from 1 day to a week.
Residency card gives its owner an opportunity to reside in Malta (and Schengen) during a citizenship registration process- but this card allows it owner just to reside, but is not a citizenship. The process of citizenship registration (Maltese Passport), according to the Legal Notice 47 of 2014 , p.7 (9) takes from 6 months to 2 years. It is impossible to make it faster, Eurocomission pays strong attention to the process- Europe hardly accepted this program (citizenship of Malta by investments) and controls it on all levels. And those, who try to convince you in the opposite, most probably, would make you just a residence card. But, because all deposits would be already payed, you will be bound to stay their clients for the whole period of registration of the Maltese citizenship.
Once issued, the citizenship of Malta lasts forever and is inhereted by your children and grandchildren, apart from the cases, when a citizen does not fulfill the promises given during the Oath.
The most profitable is the investition to the property. In the last years the prices for the property in Malta grow stably, while to sell a flat or house in a good district is usually possible within 1-2 months. The property prices rised by 13,4% during 2016, while in the first quarter of 2017 they increased by 5,4%.
Obligations, obtained for minimum of 150,000 euros after receiving Letter of Confirmation, are emissed by National Bank of Malta and bring around 2-4% annualy.
In the frames of one application, citizenship of Malta could be registered for children (under 18 years of age), for unmarried chidren, who are financialy dependant on the main applicant (below 25 years) and for parents of the main applicant (older than 55 years). The extra costs could be seen in the according document on our website.
Yes, it is. Regardless of naturalisation type, your ancestors have all rights to become citizens of Malta.
Children, born after passports were issued to parents will automatically become citizens of Malta. For already existing children the citizenship is registered with the main applicant. . The only exclusion are children older than 25 years: they are considered as independent and have to make a separate application.
No, there are no any language conditions.
Identity Malta (IM) - is an official government agency, created by Government of Malta to deal with the cases regarding registration of people in Malta via different programs, such as citizenship of Malta by "Individual Investor" program.
AM - are legal and auditory firms or private consultants, authorized by Identity Malta to work with candidates on citizenship of Malta or residency of Malta. According to law, the examination of correspondance of documents and submission of documents for citizenship of Malta could only by made by an Approved Agent. Our company works with the license issued to one of our partners- Mr. Stephen Balzan- who was one of the first accredited agents (license number IIP088).
You may get a refusal only in case of concealment or not providing any essential information or not fulfilling conditions of the program. An Approved Agent would anyway make the full list of work, including examination and supervision of all the documents, linked to your application.
The cost of services of Approved Agent varies from 30,000 to 85,000 euros for the Main Applicant.
No. All main payments made to the National Development Fund (650,000 for the main applicant), contributions to the securities (150,000 euros) are payed after receiving the Letter of Approval in Principal for citizenship of Malta, what is a state gurantee that the citizenship of Malta would be deligated. Moreover, the agreement for purchase of property could be signed after receiving Letter of Approval and even mention in the preliminary agreement that the property would be purchased after receiving of such a letter. Than, even in hypothetical chance of refusal, you want loose your money spend on property.
A refusal to issue a Maltese passport is possible if the Main Applicant or member of the family:
The examination of certification of translation has to be made by a proffesional translator, who is oficially accredited by court, municipal agency, international organisation or an other official estate.
Other EU countries provide a residency card, that only provide a right to reside in EU; Malta provides a citizenship, with a full passport of Malta and all the rights and tax beneifits of a European citizen.
In comparison, citizenship of Bulgaria costs around 2,000,000 euros Cyprus- 5,000,000 euros. And that is considering a fact that Malta is a full member of the European Union and Commonwealth.
The numbers you mentioned refer to the Global Residence Program, that allows to get a residency permit in Malta. This page is dedicated to the Citizenship of Malta. All information provided here is based on the official sources from the Government of Malta, namely:
1) Official annex to the Citizenship of Malta act number 47 of the year 2014 ;
2) Guide to the citizenship of Malta from Identity Malta,
as well as on the information provided to us from the official representatives during the process of registration of Citizenship of Malta for our clients.
No. An applicant should be a resident of Malta: owner of residency card/permit issued during registration of documents for citizenship of Malta. According to the information from the officials and experiences of our clients- it is more than enough to spend 30 days in 12 months, at any convenient time for you.
Citizens of Malta, like all other citizens of the EU, have a right to live in any country that is a part of the Union, as well as in Switzerland, Norwey, Iceland and Liechtenstein
No, if your country allows double citizenship or has such an agreement with Malta. .
You become a tax resident of Malta only if you spend more than 183 days in the country. Ask us: one of our partners is one of the major tax consultants in Malta and we will find the best solution for you.