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Union Free Movement, With a Registration Malta Made Compulsory and a Duty to Report Yourself to the Police

Answer

The general rule applies to you

No exception is recorded for citizens of Germany 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 Germany to Malta · Residency under a regional treaty

A citizen of the Union may reside and move freely in Malta for three months on the same conditions as a Maltese national, without any conditions or any formalities, and the three months stretch to six for someone looking for work. Beyond three months the Order attaches conditions by category: employment, self-employment, study, or - for everyone else - sufficient resources and comprehensive sickness insurance cover. Five years of continuous legal residence gives a right of permanent residence, and that right, once acquired, stops being conditional on anything. Two things in the Maltese version are worth knowing before arrival. Registration is not optional here: article 7(2) says that upon the expiry of three months a Union citizen shall apply for a registration certificate, and a non-Union family member shall apply for a residence card. And article 3(6) puts a reporting duty on a Union citizen who is not staying in paid accommodation - within one month of arrival, report your presence to the Principal Immigration Officer at a designated office and take the written acknowledgement. The duty exists because the Immigration Act's register of guests, which otherwise does the recording, only reaches premises where lodging is provided for reward: stay with family or in a flat you own and nobody is keeping that register, so you keep it yourself.

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At a glance

Residence with no conditions and no formalities
3 months

Article 3(3) of S.L. 460.17, running from the date of entry.

Extended for a jobseeker
6 months

Article 3(4) of S.L. 460.17.

Registration certificate
Required once three months have passed - not optional

Article 7(2) of S.L. 460.17 says a Union citizen shall apply for one; article 7(4) says a family member who is not a Union citizen shall apply for a residence card.

Report of presence to the Principal Immigration Officer
Within 1 month of arrival, if you are not in paid accommodation

Article 3(6) of S.L. 460.17. The exemption is for people covered by article 31 of the Immigration Act, which reaches any premises where lodging or sleeping accommodation is provided for reward.

Condition for a Union citizen who is not working or studying
Sufficient resources, and comprehensive sickness insurance cover in Malta

Article 11(1) of S.L. 460.17. The Order sets no amount: the test is that the person does not become a burden on the social assistance system in Malta.

Permanent residence
5 years of continuous legal residence

Article 6(1) of S.L. 460.17, for the Union citizen and for family members who are not Union nationals and have legally resided with him for the same five years.

Absences that do not break continuity
Up to 6 months in total in each year, or one absence of up to 12 consecutive months for an important reason

Article 6(3) of S.L. 460.17; the twelve-month absence is for reasons including pregnancy and childbirth, serious illness, study or vocational training, or a posting abroad.

Requirements

  • Be a citizen of the Union, or a family member of one
  • For the first three months: nothing, beyond not becoming an unreasonable burden on the social assistance system
  • Beyond three months: be a worker, a self-employed person, a student, or have sufficient resources and comprehensive sickness insurance cover
  • Apply to the Director for a registration certificate once three months have passed; a non-Union family member applies for a residence card
  • Report your presence to the Principal Immigration Officer within one month of arrival if you are not staying in accommodation provided for reward

What applies to you

Nothing changes for a citizen of Germany

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

Text layer - verbatim verifiedFree Movement of European Union Nationals and their Family Members Order · Article 3(3)
«a Union citizen and his family members accompanying or joining him may reside and move freely within Malta on the same conditions as Maltese nationals for a period of three months without any conditions or any formalities, commencing on the date of entry or such other period as may be prescribed by subarticle (4): Provided that a Union citizen and his family members shall so reside as long as they do not become an unreasonable burden on the social assistance system of Malta.»

The unconditional period, and the one condition attached to it.

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Text layer - verbatim verifiedFree Movement of European Union Nationals and their Family Members Order · Article 3(4)
«The period of three months referred to in subarticle (3) is extendable to a six-month period, in the case of a person who is seeking employment.»
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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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Text layer - verbatim verifiedFree Movement of European Union Nationals and their Family Members Order · Article 3(6)
«(6) A Union citizen or a person referred to in subarticle (1), who arrives in Malta and who is not covered by the provisions of article 31 of the Act applicable to places of accommodation for reward shall, within one month of his arrival, report his presence in Malta to the Principal Immigration Officer by reporting at any office designated by the Principal Immigration Officer , and shall be issued with an acknowledgement in writing of such report.»

The space before the comma after the second "Principal Immigration Officer" is the publisher's and is kept. The sub-article that follows imposes a fine of €232.94 for failing to comply with "the provisions of subarticle (1)" rather than with this one.

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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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Text layer - verbatim verifiedFree Movement of European Union Nationals and their Family Members Order · Article 4(1)
«may take up residence than three months. Amended by: in Malta for a period longer than three months subject to the L.N. 107 of 2012. provisions of articles 3(4), 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 as applicable.»

The words "Residence for more than three months. Amended by: L.N. 107 of 2012." are the margin note of the article, which the extraction interleaves with the text.

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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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Text layer - verbatim verifiedFree Movement of European Union Nationals and their Family Members Order · Article 7(2)
«(2) Upon the expiry of three months from the date of their residence cards. Amended by: arrival in Malta, the persons referred to in subarticle (1), who are L.N. 427 of 2007. citizens of the Union, shall apply for a registration certificate to the Director.»

"Registration certificates, residence cards, permanent residence certificates and permanent residence cards. Amended by: L.N. 427 of 2007." is the margin note, interleaved by the extraction.

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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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Text layer - verbatim verifiedFree Movement of European Union Nationals and their Family Members Order · Article 11(1)
«any citizen of the Union may reside in Malta if he: (a) has sufficient resources for himself and his family members and other family members, ensuring that they do not become a burden on the social assistance system in Malta; and (b) has comprehensive sickness insurance cover in Malta for himself and his family members.»

The residual category: a Union citizen who is neither working nor studying. No sum is stated anywhere in the Order.

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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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Text layer - verbatim verifiedFree Movement of European Union Nationals and their Family Members Order · Article 6(1)
«6. (1) Subject to the provisions of this article, a Union citizen residence. who has resided legally for a continuous period of five years in Malta and his family members who are not nationals of a Member State and who have legally resided with him in Malta for a continuous period of five years and persons referred to in article 5 as applicable, may reside permanently in Malta»

The word "residence." inside the quotation is the tail of the margin note "Right of permanent residence.", which the extraction places inside the sentence.

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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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Text layer - verbatim verifiedFree Movement of European Union Nationals and their Family Members Order · Article 6(3)
«(3) Continuity of residence shall not be affected by: (a) temporary absences not exceeding a total of six months in each year; or (b) absences of a longer duration for compulsory military service; or (c) one absence of a maximum of twelve consecutive months for important reasons including pregnancy and childbirth, serious illness, study or vocational training, or a posting in another Member State or a third country.»
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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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Practical notes

Nothing in this Order is a Maltese policy choice about who may come: it is Malta's transposition of the Union's free movement directive, and the obligations it creates fall on the Director and on the Principal Immigration Officer as much as on the person arriving.

The reporting duty in article 3(6) and the guest register in article 31 of the Immigration Act are two halves of one scheme. If you are in a hotel or any other paid accommodation the keeper records you; if you are not, you report yourself. A Union citizen staying with family in Malta is in the second half and most guidance does not mention it.

The Order makes registration compulsory rather than available. A reader who has lived in a Member State where a registration certificate is optional should not assume the same here.

This record rests on the Order itself. The amendment line on its first page ends at Act XXIX of 2019, and the consolidated text states no date to which it has been swept.

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    Free Movement of European Union Nationals and their Family Members Order, S.L. 460.17

    Laws of Malta

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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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    Immigration Act, Chapter 217 of the Laws of Malta

    Laws of Malta

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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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