Five Years Out of Seven, a Language You Probably Already Speak, and an Investor Route the Act No Longer Has a Power to Make Regulations For
Answer
The general rule applies to you
No exception is recorded for citizens of Dominican Republic on this topic. That is the answer, not a gap - everything below is the rule you get, unchanged.
172 exceptions recorded across 63 countries · none match Dominican Republic to Malta · Becoming a citizen
Ordinary naturalisation under article 10(1) of the Maltese Citizenship Act asks for residence in Malta throughout the twelve months immediately before the application, and four years in the aggregate during the six years before that twelve-month period - five out of seven, with the Minister able to reach back further in special circumstances. The language test is the unusual part: "adequate knowledge of the Maltese or the English language", and English is an official language of Malta, so for most applicants there is no language to learn. Good character and being "a suitable citizen of Malta" complete the list, and article 7 says plainly that it is lawful to be a citizen of Malta and of another country at the same time. Marriage is a separate route under article 6: registration as of right after five years married to and living with a Maltese citizen, with no residence or language requirement of its own. Descent is a third, and it reaches further than most. The route that made Malta famous is the one that is no longer there. Act XXI of 2025 deleted the definition of "individual investor programme" from article 2 of the Act and deleted article 24(1)(i), the regulation-making power it rested on - the consolidated Act now prints "(i) Deleted by Act XXI.2025.7." where it stood. What article 10(9) now provides is naturalisation by merit: exceptional services, an exceptional contribution including through job creation, or exceptional interest to the Republic. The regulations under it were renamed accordingly, their fee regulation was deleted, and a transitory provision cut off every application not already approved before 29 April 2025.
At a glance
- Residence immediately before applying
- 12 months
Article 10(1)(a) of the Maltese Citizenship Act.
- Further residence required
- 4 years in the aggregate, in the 6 years before that twelve-month period
Article 10(1)(b) of the Maltese Citizenship Act; the Minister may allow periods earlier than seven years before the application to be counted in special circumstances.
- Language
- Adequate knowledge of Maltese or the English language
Article 10(1)(c) of the Maltese Citizenship Act. Both are official languages of Malta under article 5(2) of the Constitution, so the condition can be satisfied in English.
- Dual citizenship
- Lawful
Article 7 of the Maltese Citizenship Act, which states it in terms rather than by silence.
- By marriage
- 5 years married and living together
Article 6(2)(b) of the Maltese Citizenship Act, tested on the date of application and again on the date of registration.
- Citizenship by investment
- The enabling power was deleted from the Act by Act XXI of 2025
Article 24(1)(i) of the Maltese Citizenship Act now reads "Deleted by Act XXI.2025.7.", and article 2 no longer defines "individual investor programme".
- What article 10(9) provides instead
- Naturalisation by merit
Article 10(9), as substituted by article 5 of Act XXI of 2025: exceptional services, an exceptional contribution including through job creation, or exceptional interest to the Republic of Malta.
- Residence required for naturalisation by merit
- At least 8 months in the period preceding the application
Regulation 11B(1)(a) of S.L. 188.06, added by Legal Notice 159 of 2025.
Requirements
- Twelve months' residence in Malta immediately before applying, and four years in the aggregate in the six years before that
- Adequate knowledge of Maltese or English
- Good character, and that the Minister finds you would be a suitable citizen of Malta
- The oath of allegiance
- Or, by marriage: five years married to and living with a Maltese citizen, on both the date of application and the date of registration
What applies to you
Nothing changes for a citizen of Dominican Republic
We have no rule recorded that treats your citizenship differently here, so the general rule above is the one that applies to you. That is an answer, not a gap.
What the law says
«that he has resided in Malta throughout the period of Renumbered by: IV. 2000.4. twelve months immediately preceding the date of Amended by: application; and IV. 2000.6; X. 2007.4; (b) that, during the six years immediately preceding the XV. 2013.3; said period of twelve months, he has resided in Malta XXIV. 2017.2; XXVI. 2017.2; for periods amounting in the aggregate to not less than XV.2020.6; four years; and XXXVIII.2020.3; XXI.2025.5. (c) that he has an adequate knowledge of the Maltese or the English language; and (d) that he is of good character; and (e) that he would be a suitable citizen of Malta:»The whole test for ordinary naturalisation. The amendment references running through it are the margin notes of the consolidated chapter, which the extraction interleaves with the text; they are part of the stored reading and are not edited out.
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«Any person who on or after the appointed day marries a Marriage to person who is or becomes a citizen of Malta shall be entitled, upon citizens of Malta. Amended by: making application in such manner as may be prescribed and upon XV.2020.5. taking the oath of allegiance, to be registered as a citizen of Malta.»An entitlement rather than a discretion, subject to article 6(2). The interleaved words are the chapter's margin notes.
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Cannot be cited for: It is not the authentic text. Under article 10(2) of the Statute Law Revision Act, 2021 the authentic text is the revised edition itself, which is the sole and only proper text in all Courts of Justice; the internet publication carries only the rebuttable presumption in article 12(4), so the site is official but defeasible. Two consequences follow for citation. First, the presumption runs only up to the date indicated on the site, and that date appears on the HTML page rather than inside the PDF, so a PDF taken on its own states no cut-off and none should be invented for it. Second, where the Maltese and English texts conflict the Maltese prevails - article 74 of the Constitution for any law, article 10(3) of the 2021 Act for a revised edition - so an English quotation here is the subordinate text and should not be relied on against a Maltese one. It cannot be cited for administrative practice at all: who may apply, what documents are wanted and what a programme currently charges in processing terms are matters for Identita, the Residency Malta Agency and the Commissioner for Revenue, and the instruments repeatedly delegate them to guidelines those bodies may issue.
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«(b) on the date of the application and on the date of registration, such person is still married to a citizen of Malta and still living with him and had been, on the date of application, so married and living with that citizen for at least five years:»The five-year condition. The same words appear in article 4(6)(b), which is the transitional provision for marriages before the 2000 amendment.
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Cannot be cited for: It is not the authentic text. Under article 10(2) of the Statute Law Revision Act, 2021 the authentic text is the revised edition itself, which is the sole and only proper text in all Courts of Justice; the internet publication carries only the rebuttable presumption in article 12(4), so the site is official but defeasible. Two consequences follow for citation. First, the presumption runs only up to the date indicated on the site, and that date appears on the HTML page rather than inside the PDF, so a PDF taken on its own states no cut-off and none should be invented for it. Second, where the Maltese and English texts conflict the Maltese prevails - article 74 of the Constitution for any law, article 10(3) of the 2021 Act for a revised edition - so an English quotation here is the subordinate text and should not be relied on against a Maltese one. It cannot be cited for administrative practice at all: who may apply, what documents are wanted and what a programme currently charges in processing terms are matters for Identita, the Residency Malta Agency and the Commissioner for Revenue, and the instruments repeatedly delegate them to guidelines those bodies may issue.
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«(i) Deleted by Act XXI.2025.7. (j) for prescribing the requirements for and administration of the grant of citizenship under article 10(9) and for the granting of a certificate of naturalisation as a citizen of Malta to an applicant meeting such requirements as may be prescribed;»The deletion as the consolidated Act prints it, with the power that remains beside it. What remains is a power to make regulations for naturalisation by merit.
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«Notwithstanding the provisions of this Act or any other Act, the Minister may grant a certificate of naturalisation as a citizen of Malta by merit to an alien or stateless person, namely to a person who renders exceptional services or who makes an exceptional contribution, including through job creation, to the Republic of Malta or to humanity, or whose naturalisation is of exceptional interest to the Republic of Malta:»The test is what the applicant does or is, not what they pay. The provisos that follow define "exceptional" as manifestly superior or adding value and list scientists, researchers, athletes, artists, entrepreneurs, philanthropists and technologists.
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Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: It is not the authentic text. Under article 10(2) of the Statute Law Revision Act, 2021 the authentic text is the revised edition itself, which is the sole and only proper text in all Courts of Justice; the internet publication carries only the rebuttable presumption in article 12(4), so the site is official but defeasible. Two consequences follow for citation. First, the presumption runs only up to the date indicated on the site, and that date appears on the HTML page rather than inside the PDF, so a PDF taken on its own states no cut-off and none should be invented for it. Second, where the Maltese and English texts conflict the Maltese prevails - article 74 of the Constitution for any law, article 10(3) of the 2021 Act for a revised edition - so an English quotation here is the subordinate text and should not be relied on against a Maltese one. It cannot be cited for administrative practice at all: who may apply, what documents are wanted and what a programme currently charges in processing terms are matters for Identita, the Residency Malta Agency and the Commissioner for Revenue, and the instruments repeatedly delegate them to guidelines those bodies may issue.
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«In article 2 of the principal Act the definition "individual article 2 of the principal Act. investor programme" shall be deleted.»The Act as enacted, which has no consolidation cut-off. The interleaved words are its own margin note.
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Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: It is not the authentic text. Under article 10(2) of the Statute Law Revision Act, 2021 the authentic text is the revised edition itself, which is the sole and only proper text in all Courts of Justice; the internet publication carries only the rebuttable presumption in article 12(4), so the site is official but defeasible. Two consequences follow for citation. First, the presumption runs only up to the date indicated on the site, and that date appears on the HTML page rather than inside the PDF, so a PDF taken on its own states no cut-off and none should be invented for it. Second, where the Maltese and English texts conflict the Maltese prevails - article 74 of the Constitution for any law, article 10(3) of the 2021 Act for a revised edition - so an English quotation here is the subordinate text and should not be relied on against a Maltese one. It cannot be cited for administrative practice at all: who may apply, what documents are wanted and what a programme currently charges in processing terms are matters for Identita, the Residency Malta Agency and the Commissioner for Revenue, and the instruments repeatedly delegate them to guidelines those bodies may issue.
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«eight (8) months or more in the period preceding the date of application; (b) in the case of an applicant who has submitted a proposal letter, proof of title to adequate residential property in Malta, except in the case of an applicant who is a minor:»Residence and property survive from the old programme; the contribution does not.
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Cannot be cited for: It is not the authentic text. Under article 10(2) of the Statute Law Revision Act, 2021 the authentic text is the revised edition itself, which is the sole and only proper text in all Courts of Justice; the internet publication carries only the rebuttable presumption in article 12(4), so the site is official but defeasible. Two consequences follow for citation. First, the presumption runs only up to the date indicated on the site, and that date appears on the HTML page rather than inside the PDF, so a PDF taken on its own states no cut-off and none should be invented for it. Second, where the Maltese and English texts conflict the Maltese prevails - article 74 of the Constitution for any law, article 10(3) of the 2021 Act for a revised edition - so an English quotation here is the subordinate text and should not be relied on against a Maltese one. It cannot be cited for administrative practice at all: who may apply, what documents are wanted and what a programme currently charges in processing terms are matters for Identita, the Residency Malta Agency and the Commissioner for Revenue, and the instruments repeatedly delegate them to guidelines those bodies may issue.
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«Fees. 30.* Deleted by Legal Notice 159 of 2025.»The fee regulation of the old programme, printed as deleted. The Second Schedule it referred to is printed as deleted too.
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Cannot be cited for: It is not the authentic text. Under article 10(2) of the Statute Law Revision Act, 2021 the authentic text is the revised edition itself, which is the sole and only proper text in all Courts of Justice; the internet publication carries only the rebuttable presumption in article 12(4), so the site is official but defeasible. Two consequences follow for citation. First, the presumption runs only up to the date indicated on the site, and that date appears on the HTML page rather than inside the PDF, so a PDF taken on its own states no cut-off and none should be invented for it. Second, where the Maltese and English texts conflict the Maltese prevails - article 74 of the Constitution for any law, article 10(3) of the 2021 Act for a revised edition - so an English quotation here is the subordinate text and should not be relied on against a Maltese one. It cannot be cited for administrative practice at all: who may apply, what documents are wanted and what a programme currently charges in processing terms are matters for Identita, the Residency Malta Agency and the Commissioner for Revenue, and the instruments repeatedly delegate them to guidelines those bodies may issue.
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«The acquisition, deprivation or retention of Maltese provision. citizenship by naturalisation regulated by the respective law or L.N. 159 of regulations in force prior to the coming into force of the Granting of 2025. Citizenship for Exceptional Services (Amendment) Regulations, 2025 shall continue to be regulated by, and shall remain valid under, the respective law or regulations applicable thereto: Provided that any applications submitted under Part IV of the S.L. 188.06. Granting of Citizenship for Exceptional Services Regulations which had not been approved for naturalisation by the Minister under the said Part IV prior to 29 April 2025, shall cease to have effect.»Citizenship already granted stands; a pending application under the old Part IV does not, and the cut-off is 29 April 2025. The legal notice states the date and does not say what happened on it. The interleaved words are its margin notes.
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Practical notes
Article 10(9) and the merit regulations give the Minister a discretion that is explicitly unreviewable on the merits: under regulation 11A(4) of S.L. 188.06 the Minister "shall not be obliged to provide any reason in support of his decision, which decision shall be final". A separate Regulator appointed under article 25 may investigate complaints about the process.
Article 24(1)(h) of the Act, which Act XXI of 2025 did not touch, still carries a power to prescribe "any contributions or investments or other fees of whatever nature in respect of the granting of citizenship by naturalisation". No regulation read for this record exercises it, and the fee regulation that did was deleted.
This record rests on the Act, the merit regulations, the 2025 amending Act and the 2025 legal notice. The Court of Justice judgment usually associated with the end of the programme was not read for it, and nothing here states what any court decided.
- consolidatesMaltese Citizenship Act, Chapter 188 of the Laws of Malta
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- consolidatesMaltese Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2025, Act No. XXI of 2025
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- consolidatesGranting of Citizenship by Naturalisation on the basis of Merit Regulations, S.L. 188.06
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The Government of Malta's statute book, published on the internet by the Minister responsible for the Law Commission under article 12 of the Statute Law Revision Act, 2021 (Act XL of 2021). It carries the Constitution, every Chapter of the revised edition with amendments incorporated, every piece of subsidiary legislation under them, and Acts and Legal Notices as enacted. Addresses follow a stable ELI shape: /eli/cap/<n>/<lang>/pdf for a Chapter, /eli/sl/<chapter>.<n>/<lang>/pdf for subsidiary legislation, /eli/act/<year>/<n>/<lang>/pdf and /eli/ln/<year>/<n>/<lang>/pdf for instruments as made, and /eli/const/<lang>/pdf for the Constitution. Both official languages are served at the same address with eng or mlt substituted. Article 12(4) of the 2021 Act gives the text on this site a statutory presumption: unless proof is brought to the contrary it is deemed to be a true representation of the law, incorporating all amendments up to the date indicated on the site.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: It is not the authentic text. Under article 10(2) of the Statute Law Revision Act, 2021 the authentic text is the revised edition itself, which is the sole and only proper text in all Courts of Justice; the internet publication carries only the rebuttable presumption in article 12(4), so the site is official but defeasible. Two consequences follow for citation. First, the presumption runs only up to the date indicated on the site, and that date appears on the HTML page rather than inside the PDF, so a PDF taken on its own states no cut-off and none should be invented for it. Second, where the Maltese and English texts conflict the Maltese prevails - article 74 of the Constitution for any law, article 10(3) of the 2021 Act for a revised edition - so an English quotation here is the subordinate text and should not be relied on against a Maltese one. It cannot be cited for administrative practice at all: who may apply, what documents are wanted and what a programme currently charges in processing terms are matters for Identita, the Residency Malta Agency and the Commissioner for Revenue, and the instruments repeatedly delegate them to guidelines those bodies may issue.
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Laws of Malta
About this source
The Government of Malta's statute book, published on the internet by the Minister responsible for the Law Commission under article 12 of the Statute Law Revision Act, 2021 (Act XL of 2021). It carries the Constitution, every Chapter of the revised edition with amendments incorporated, every piece of subsidiary legislation under them, and Acts and Legal Notices as enacted. Addresses follow a stable ELI shape: /eli/cap/<n>/<lang>/pdf for a Chapter, /eli/sl/<chapter>.<n>/<lang>/pdf for subsidiary legislation, /eli/act/<year>/<n>/<lang>/pdf and /eli/ln/<year>/<n>/<lang>/pdf for instruments as made, and /eli/const/<lang>/pdf for the Constitution. Both official languages are served at the same address with eng or mlt substituted. Article 12(4) of the 2021 Act gives the text on this site a statutory presumption: unless proof is brought to the contrary it is deemed to be a true representation of the law, incorporating all amendments up to the date indicated on the site.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: It is not the authentic text. Under article 10(2) of the Statute Law Revision Act, 2021 the authentic text is the revised edition itself, which is the sole and only proper text in all Courts of Justice; the internet publication carries only the rebuttable presumption in article 12(4), so the site is official but defeasible. Two consequences follow for citation. First, the presumption runs only up to the date indicated on the site, and that date appears on the HTML page rather than inside the PDF, so a PDF taken on its own states no cut-off and none should be invented for it. Second, where the Maltese and English texts conflict the Maltese prevails - article 74 of the Constitution for any law, article 10(3) of the 2021 Act for a revised edition - so an English quotation here is the subordinate text and should not be relied on against a Maltese one. It cannot be cited for administrative practice at all: who may apply, what documents are wanted and what a programme currently charges in processing terms are matters for Identita, the Residency Malta Agency and the Commissioner for Revenue, and the instruments repeatedly delegate them to guidelines those bodies may issue.
We re-read it every 90 days. More about this source