Malta's Retirement Route Is a Tax Status, and the Residence Permit That Goes With It Is Only Issued to People Who Already Hold One
Answer
The general rule applies to you
No exception is recorded for citizens of Slovenia 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 Slovenia to Malta · Residency as a retiree
Malta has no retirement residence permit. What it has is the Malta Retirement Programme, made under the Income Tax Act as S.L. 123.134, which confers a special tax status, and an Economically Self-Sufficient residence permit which Identità issues to the people who hold one. The order matters: the agency states that it accepts self-sufficiency applications only from beneficiaries of a local residence investment or tax programme, so a retiree with savings and no programme behind them has no door to knock on. The programme's own conditions are specific. The beneficiary must not be in an employment relationship, though a non-executive seat on a Maltese board is allowed, and must not be a Maltese national. A pension, all of it received in Malta, must make up at least 75% of chargeable income. There must be a qualifying property: bought for at least €275,000 in Malta or €220,000 in Gozo or the south of Malta, or rented at €9,600 a year in Malta or €8,750 in Gozo or the south. The applicant must not be domiciled in Malta and must not intend to become domiciled there within five years - the programme is explicitly for people who do not mean to make Malta their permanent legal home. Tax is 15% on foreign income received in Malta, with a floor of €7,500 a year plus €500 for each dependant and each special carer, and anything else at 35%. And the status carries a presence rule in both directions: lose it by living in Malta less than ninety days a year averaged over five years, or by spending more than 183 days in any single other jurisdiction in a calendar year.
At a glance
- What the programme actually grants
- A special tax status, not a residence permit
S.L. 123.134 is made under the Income Tax Act and the determination is made by the Commissioner for Revenue. The residence permit is applied for separately from Identità.
- Who may hold the self-sufficiency residence permit
- Only beneficiaries of a residence investment or tax programme
Identità's own statement on its frequently asked questions for the Economically Self-Sufficient permit. Nothing in the Immigration Act or the Immigration Regulations read for this record says so, and no instrument read for this record states it.
- Share of chargeable income that must be pension
- At least 75%, all of it received in Malta
Rule 4(d) of S.L. 123.134. "Pension" is defined in rule 2 and excludes a lump sum without periodic payments.
- Qualifying owned property
- €275,000 in Malta, or €220,000 in Gozo or the south of Malta
Rule 2 of S.L. 123.134, for a purchase on or after 1 July 2013. A property bought earlier for less can qualify on an independent architect's valuation at the same figures.
- Qualifying rented property
- €9,600 a year in Malta, or €8,750 in Gozo or the south of Malta
Rule 2 of S.L. 123.134.
- Tax rate on foreign income received in Malta
- 15%
Rule 5(1) of S.L. 123.134, with relief for double taxation available under article 74(a) and (b) of the Income Tax Act.
- Minimum tax
- €7,500 a year, plus €500 for each dependant and each special carer
Proviso to rule 5(1) of S.L. 123.134, payable in full in the year the status is granted and in the year it ends.
- Rate on everything else
- 35%
Rule 5(2) of S.L. 123.134, charged as separate income.
- Application fee for the tax status
- €2,500
Rule 3(1) of S.L. 123.134, paid to the Commissioner on application.
- Minimum presence in Malta
- 90 days a year, averaged over any five-year period
Rule 6(1)(h) of S.L. 123.134: falling below it is a ground on which the status ceases.
- Maximum presence anywhere else
- 183 days in a calendar year, in any single other jurisdiction
Rule 6(1)(i) of S.L. 123.134. The two rules together are a floor on Malta and a ceiling on each other country, not a single residence test.
- Fee for the residence permit
- €100
Item 2(a) of regulation 2 of L.N. 164 of 2025 for an application on the basis of economic self-sufficiency; Identità states the same figure and that renewals are currently issued for two years.
- Health insurance Identità requires for the permit
- Minimum coverage of €100,000, outpatient and inpatient
Identità's frequently asked questions for the Economically Self-Sufficient permit. The rules themselves require sickness insurance across the whole European Union and state no sum.
- Time to appeal a refusal
- 3 working days
Article 25A(7) of the Immigration Act; Identità states the same period. Fifteen days applies instead to the refusal, annulment or revocation of a visa.
Requirements
- Not be a Maltese national, and not be in an employment relationship
- A pension, received in Malta, making up at least 75% of your chargeable income
- A qualifying property owned or rented at the threshold for its location
- Sickness insurance covering all risks across the whole of the European Union normally covered for Maltese nationals
- Not be domiciled in Malta, and not intend to become domiciled there within five years
- Be a fit and proper person, and apply through an authorised registered mandatary
- Then a separate Economically Self-Sufficient residence permit from Identità, with health insurance of at least €100,000
What applies to you
Nothing changes for a citizen of Slovenia
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
«"beneficiary" means an individual, who is not in an employment relationship and who has been granted special tax status in terms of these rules: Provided that a beneficiary may hold a non-executive post on the board of a company resident in Malta»The proviso continues to activities with public-character institutions engaged in philanthropic, educational or research and development work in Malta.
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«(c) he is not a Maltese national; (d) he is in receipt of a pension, as supported by documentary evidence, all of which is received in Malta and constitutes at least 75% of the beneficiary’s chargeable income; (e) he is in possession of a valid travel document;»Two conditions in one limb: the pension must be received in Malta and must be most of what you are taxed on.
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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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«(g) he is not domiciled in Malta and that he does not, within five years from the date of application, intend to establish his domicile in Malta; and (h) he is a fit and proper person.»A condition about intention, which is unusual and is worth reading before applying: the programme is built for a resident who is not making Malta their permanent legal home.
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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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«two hundred and seventy-five thousand euro (€275,000) for a property situated in Malta; or (ii) two hundred and twenty thousand euro (€220,000) for a property situated in Gozo or in the south of Malta»The figures for a purchase on or after 1 July 2013. The same amounts appear a second time in the definition as the valuation an earlier and cheaper purchase must reach.
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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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«nine thousand and six hundred euro (€9,600) per annum for a property situated in Malta; or (b) eight thousand and seven hundred and fifty euro (€8,750) per annum for a property situated in Gozo or in the south of Malta;»About this source
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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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«by paying an administrative fee of two thousand and five hundred euro (€2,500) upon application.»About this source
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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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«the rate of fifteen cents (0.15) on every Amended by: euro shall apply on any income arising outside Malta which is L.N. 269 of 2014; L.N. 69 of 2020. received in Malta bythe beneficiary»"bythe" without a space is the publisher's. "Amended by: L.N. 269 of 2014; L.N. 69 of 2020." is the margin note, which the extraction interleaves with 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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«and five hundred euro (€500) per year of assessment for every dependent and every special carer.»The €7,500 floor that precedes this phrase is printed with a letter space inside every word - "seven t h o u s a n d a n d f i v e h u n d r e d eu r o ( € 7 ,5 0 0 )" - which is the PDF's letter spacing defeating the extraction. The amount itself is not in doubt; only the characters between the letters are ours to quote around.
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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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«Income of a beneficiary or dependent that is not chargeable to tax under these rules at the rate referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be charged as separate income at the rate of thirty-five cents (0.35) on every euro.»About this source
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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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«(h) if the individual resides in Malta for less than ninety days a year averaged over any five year period; or (i) if the individual stays in any other jurisdiction for 8 [ S.L.123.134 MALTA RETIREMENT PROGRAMME more than one hundred and eighty-three days in a calendar year.»"8 [ S.L.123.134 MALTA RETIREMENT PROGRAMME" is the running head of page 8, which the extraction places inside the sentence. Both limbs are grounds on which the status ceases.
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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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«(7) Any appeal has to be filed in the Registry of the Board within three working days from the decision subject to appeal: Provided that the period applicable for the filing of an appeal from the refusal, annulment or revocation of a visa shall be of fifteen days.»Three working days from the decision, not from receiving it. The agency's own guidance states the same period.
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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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«Identità accepts applications for Economic Self-Sufficiency **only** from individuals who are beneficiaries of a **local residence investment or tax programme**, such as the **Global Residence Programme, Malta Residence and Visa Programme, Malta Retirement Programme**, or the **Acquisition of Citizenship**.»The agency describing its own practice. The asterisks are the page's own emphasis as stored. No instrument read for this record imposes this restriction, which is why it is quoted from the agency and attributed to the agency.
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The Maltese agency that issues identity documents and residence permits and runs the public registry. Its frequently asked questions pages describe, route by route, what it will accept and what it requires: forms, document lists, insurance minimums, fees and renewal lengths. It is the body that decides a residence application, so what it says about its own practice is primary about that practice.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: It must not be cited for the law. Its pages state requirements that no instrument read for this corpus contains - that economic self-sufficiency applications are accepted only from beneficiaries of a residence investment or tax programme, that health insurance must cover at least 100,000 euro, that renewals are currently issued for two years - and those are administrative practice rather than enacted rules, which means they can change without any Legal Notice and without notice to anyone. The pages are undated and carry no version, so a reading is evidence of what the site said on the day it was read and nothing more. Where the agency and an instrument agree, cite the instrument; where they differ, the difference is the fact and both have to be quoted.
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«**Health Insurance:** Health insurance must provide minimum coverage of €100,000 and include outpatient and inpatient medical treatment, including hospitalisation in Malta and other European countries.»A figure the agency states and the rules do not.
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The Maltese agency that issues identity documents and residence permits and runs the public registry. Its frequently asked questions pages describe, route by route, what it will accept and what it requires: forms, document lists, insurance minimums, fees and renewal lengths. It is the body that decides a residence application, so what it says about its own practice is primary about that practice.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: It must not be cited for the law. Its pages state requirements that no instrument read for this corpus contains - that economic self-sufficiency applications are accepted only from beneficiaries of a residence investment or tax programme, that health insurance must cover at least 100,000 euro, that renewals are currently issued for two years - and those are administrative practice rather than enacted rules, which means they can change without any Legal Notice and without notice to anyone. The pages are undated and carry no version, so a reading is evidence of what the site said on the day it was read and nothing more. Where the agency and an instrument agree, cite the instrument; where they differ, the difference is the fact and both have to be quoted.
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«**Fee:** The residence permit application fee is currently €100 per year. Renewals are currently issued for **2 years**.»Agrees with item 2(a) of L.N. 164 of 2025. The two-year renewal is the agency's practice; no instrument read for this record fixes the length of the permit.
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The Maltese agency that issues identity documents and residence permits and runs the public registry. Its frequently asked questions pages describe, route by route, what it will accept and what it requires: forms, document lists, insurance minimums, fees and renewal lengths. It is the body that decides a residence application, so what it says about its own practice is primary about that practice.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: It must not be cited for the law. Its pages state requirements that no instrument read for this corpus contains - that economic self-sufficiency applications are accepted only from beneficiaries of a residence investment or tax programme, that health insurance must cover at least 100,000 euro, that renewals are currently issued for two years - and those are administrative practice rather than enacted rules, which means they can change without any Legal Notice and without notice to anyone. The pages are undated and carry no version, so a reading is evidence of what the site said on the day it was read and nothing more. Where the agency and an instrument agree, cite the instrument; where they differ, the difference is the fact and both have to be quoted.
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Practical notes
The tax status and the residence permit are two decisions by two bodies. The Commissioner for Revenue grants the special tax status under S.L. 123.134; Identità issues the Economically Self-Sufficient residence permit, and its own guidance says it will not do so for anyone who is not already on a programme. Budgeting for the €2,500 application fee and forgetting the second application is the usual mistake.
The 183-day rule is about each other jurisdiction separately, not about time spent outside Malta in total. Someone splitting a year between two other countries can breach the ninety-day Maltese floor without ever breaching the 183-day ceiling anywhere.
Three working days is the time to appeal a refusal, and it runs from the decision. That is short enough that the appeal has to be planned before the answer arrives.
The qualifying property thresholds here are not the Malta Permanent Residence Programme's: that scheme requires €375,000 to buy or €14,000 a year to rent, with no Gozo discount. The two programmes have different property tests and the figures do not travel between them.
This record rests on the Malta Retirement Programme Rules, the Immigration Act, the 2025 fees legal notice and Identità's published guidance on the self-sufficiency permit. No guidance from the Commissioner for Revenue was read for it.
- consolidatesMalta Retirement Programme Rules, S.L. 123.134
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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- consolidatesImmigration 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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- consolidatesFees payable for Residence Permits and Employment Licences Regulations, 2025, L.N. 164 of 2025
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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- administersExpatriates - Non-EU Non-Employment - Economically Self-Sufficient Residence Permits
Identità
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The Maltese agency that issues identity documents and residence permits and runs the public registry. Its frequently asked questions pages describe, route by route, what it will accept and what it requires: forms, document lists, insurance minimums, fees and renewal lengths. It is the body that decides a residence application, so what it says about its own practice is primary about that practice.
Standing: Applies the rule
Cannot be cited for: It must not be cited for the law. Its pages state requirements that no instrument read for this corpus contains - that economic self-sufficiency applications are accepted only from beneficiaries of a residence investment or tax programme, that health insurance must cover at least 100,000 euro, that renewals are currently issued for two years - and those are administrative practice rather than enacted rules, which means they can change without any Legal Notice and without notice to anyone. The pages are undated and carry no version, so a reading is evidence of what the site said on the day it was read and nothing more. Where the agency and an instrument agree, cite the instrument; where they differ, the difference is the fact and both have to be quoted.
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