Grant Of Citizenship For Exceptional Services Regulations

By means of Legal Notice 335 of 2017, the Government of Malta has published the Grant of Citizenship for Exceptional Services Regulations.

Through these Regulations one may be granted Maltese Citizenship for exceptional services to the Republic of Malta or to humanity. Exceptional has been defined within the Regulations as "unusually excellent or manifestly superior at a local level, and refers primarily to contributions by scientists, researchers, athletes, sports people, artists and cultural performers."

In order to be eligible, the applicant would need to satisfy the following:

1. That he  resided  in  Malta  for  at least  eight  months  in  the  period  preceding  the  date  of application;