Naturalisation As A Maltese Citizen
Prior to 1 August 1989, the residence period for naturalisation was 6 years (5 years for citizens of Commonwealth countries). This period is now 5 years.
Since the reforms of 2000, persons acquiring Maltese citizenship by naturalisation or registration are no longer obliged to prove they had lost or renounced any other citizenship they held. The same reforms also allowed all former citizens of Malta (who were not automatically given Maltese citizenship back) to re-acquire Maltese citizenship by registration.
Read more about this topic: Maltese Nationality Law
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