Commonwealth Citizenship
As a Commonwealth member, citizens of Malta are Commonwealth citizens and hence have certain rights in the United Kingdom
- access to the UK Ancestry Entry Clearance (no longer relevant since Malta joined the European Union)
- access to the UK Working Holiday Visa scheme (no longer relevant to Maltese citizens)
- entitlement to UK Right of abode for Maltese citizens born before 1983 with British born mothers. This offers effectively full citizenship rights in the UK (with a simpler route to naturalisation) compared to the standard arrangements for citizens of other EU/EEA member states in the UK.
- full rights to vote and stand for public office in the United Kingdom.
- the option of joining Her Majesty's Armed Forces.
Read more about this topic: Maltese Nationality Law
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