Malta citizenship: required documents
The documents you'll gather for Malta citizenship by descent, by route and by ancestor. Your exact list is generated from your lineage in the wizard.
By descent (Art. 5)
For a child of a Maltese citizen: document your parent's citizenship and the chain, then register with the Community Malta Agency.
You
- •Birth certificate
Each ancestor in the chain
- •Birth certificate
- •Marriage certificate — if_married
- •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes
Your qualifying ancestor
- •Birth certificate
- •Marriage certificate — if_married
- •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes
- •Full Naturalization Packet — if_immigrated
Registration by descent
For descent through two consecutive Malta-born ascendants (or the pre-1989 maternal sub-path): document the Malta-born ascendant chain and register with the Community Malta Agency.
You
- •Birth certificate
- •Registration by descent form
Each ancestor in the chain
- •Birth certificate
- •Marriage certificate — if_married
- •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes
Your qualifying ancestor
- •Birth certificate
- •Proof of your ancestor's citizenship
- •Marriage certificate — if_married
- •Adoption certificate / order (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Amended birth certificate (if applicable) — if_adopted
- •Name connection / spelling-variation proof (if applicable) — if_has_name_changes
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