Your second Home in Malta

Option 1: Get a Malta Residency Permit

If you want to stay in Malta for more than three months, you will need a permit from the immigration authorities which is granted on specific grounds. Below is a residency program available for South Africans:

• The Malta Permanent Residence Programme is a residency-by-investment program which entitles a beneficiary to the right to reside in Malta permanently. It is by far one of the most attractive residence programmes available to individuals looking at obtaining permanent residence in an EU country that also forms part of the Schengen Zone.

• Malta Global Residence Programme allows people who buy or rent a property in Malta and direct their income to Malta to qualify from a residence permit. In order to qualify for residency, under the new Global Residence Programme, one needs to buy a property of €220,000 or over (if the property is in the South of Malta or in Gozo) or of a minimum value of €275,000 for properties in Central and Northern Malta.

• Malta Citizenship by Direct Investment allow South African citizens, along with their family dependants to obtain citizenship by making a direct investment in the country. This will also grant applicants a Maltese and EU Passport.