Malta — Nomad Residence Permit
Malta's permit for third-country nationals working remotely for a foreign employer or their own foreign-registered company, administered by Residency Malta.
Requirements
- Third-country (non-EU) nationality
- Employment contract, service contracts or shareholding in a company registered outside Malta
- Annual income threshold met
- Property lease or purchase in Malta
- Health insurance covering Malta
- Clean police conduct certificate and successful Agency due diligence
- Income test
- Gross annual remote income of at least €42,000, evidenced over the preceding months.
- Permit length
- Issued for 1 year, renewable at the Agency's discretion up to a maximum of 4 years.
- Typical timeframe
- 2–4 months from a complete file
- Government charges
- Residency Malta administrative fee per applicant and per dependant, plus the residence card fee, paid at cost.
Document checklist
You upload these once you have placed the order. Nothing identifying is requested before then.
- Passport bio-data page, valid for the whole requested stay
- Recent passport-specification photographs
- Police clearance certificate from every country lived in over the last 5 years
- Proof of remote work: employment contract, client contracts or company registration
- Income evidence: 6 months of payslips, invoices or company distributions
- Personal bank statements for the last 6 months
- Proof of accommodation in the destination country
- Private health insurance covering the destination country
- Curriculum vitae
- Marriage certificate and birth certificates, where family members are included
- Maltese lease agreement or property purchase deed
- Letter of intent explaining the remote role and expected stay
- Company incorporation documents, where you work through your own company
Stages you are emailed about
- 1File opened and lawyer assigned
- 2Document collection and certified translation
- 3Maltese accommodation and insurance confirmed
- 4Application submitted to Residency Malta
- 5Agency due diligence and clarifications
- 6Approval in principle issued
- 7Biometrics and residence card collection
- 8Permit issued
Every stage change sends you an email and is written to the audit log in your portal. You can change what you receive at any time in your email preferences.
Official government forms
Download the current application forms directly from the official government source, so you always have the latest version.
The legal work on your application is carried out by an independent, locally licensed law firm in the destination country, engaged for your file. PermitDirect prepares, certifies and coordinates the documents and keeps you updated. We are not a law firm and we do not give immigration advice. No residence permit or visa outcome is guaranteed — the decision belongs solely to the competent authority.
Requirement and income figures shown here are the thresholds published by each authority and change without notice. Your instructing lawyer confirms the exact figures and document list that apply to your file before anything is lodged.