Moving to Malta is mostly a sequence problem. Each step needs a document from the step before it. If you do them out of order, two weeks of work can turn into three months. The route also depends entirely on your nationality, so the first thing to establish is which of the two paths you are on.
EU, EEA and Swiss citizens have the right to be here and are mostly registering that fact. Everyone else needs permission before the rest of it can begin. The pages below split along that line and then follow the order the offices expect.
- Your first 30 days in MaltaThe order to do things in: residence, ID, bank, tax, health.
- Moving to Malta: EU citizensRights, registration and the paperwork EU citizens still have to file.
- Moving to Malta: non-EU citizensVisas, permits and the sequence that works from outside the EU.
- The single permitThe employer-tied permit: who it suits, and what happens if you change job.
- The eResidence cardWhat the card is, when it arrives, and what you cannot do without it.
- Nomad residence permitWorking remotely from Malta legally, and who qualifies.
- Bringing pets to MaltaPet passports, microchips, rabies rules and flying an animal in.
- Residence programmesThe residence-by-investment routes, plainly, with the real thresholds.
- Family reunificationBringing a spouse, children or dependants, and the evidence required.
- Removals and shippingShipping a household here: containers, customs and what to leave behind.
Immigration rules, thresholds and fees change, and they turn on details specific to you. These pages explain how each route generally works and name the authority that decides. They are not a substitute for advice on your own case, and nothing here should be relied on for a deadline without checking it first.