Malta

Why Malta

Malta issues a permanent certificate at the first grant rather than a temporary permit that must be earned into permanence, which removes renewal risk from the family's planning horizon. Four-tier vetting makes the file heavier to build, and that same rigour is what keeps the status defensible.

Benefits

• Permanent residence for the whole family, including dependent parents and grandparents
• Visa-free Schengen travel for 90 days in any 180
• No minimum physical presence requirement
• English-language administration, courts and schooling
• Stable, well-regulated banking and corporate environment

Qualifications

Every adult applicant is screened to private-banking standard. The points below are the statutory floor; the desk may ask for more depending on the source of wealth.

• Assets of at least €500,000, of which €150,000 financial assets
• Clean criminal record and comprehensive health insurance
• Government administrative and contribution fees
• Qualifying property held for a minimum of five years

Investment requirements

Thresholds below are the statutory minimum for a single applicant unless stated. Family composition changes the figure.

Application fees & costs

The headline threshold is one of four layers. We set all four out in writing before an engagement is signed.

Programme status

Hampton & Kent and Malta

Our Malta desk files through licensed local counsel and owns the mandate from the first conversation to the document in hand. We do not hold client investment capital, and government contributions are paid directly to the relevant state account. Where Malta is not the right instrument for a family, we say so before any fee is discussed.

Programme terms are set by the government of Malta and change without notice. Nothing on this page constitutes legal or tax advice.