Living in Malta

Malta is an EU country where English is an official language, and almost a third of its residents are foreign citizens. Moving there is simple for EU, EEA and Swiss citizens and depends on the right permit for everyone else – including Britons since Brexit.

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• Moving to Malta – the requirements by passport, every residence route compared, how much money you need and what to sort out in your first month.
• Cost of living in Malta – rent, bills and monthly budgets for a single person, a couple and a family, and how Malta compares with the UK.

Permits and residence

• Malta work permit – the Single Permit for non-EU workers: the €600 fee, the Pre-Departure Course, documents and processing times.
• Malta permanent residence – long-term residence after five years, and the MPRP investment route.

Money

• Malta tax for expats – the 2026 income tax bands, the non-dom remittance basis and the 15% and 10% flat-rate regimes.

Every guide is written for all nationalities and checked against the official sources – Identità, the Residency Malta Agency, the Commissioner for Revenue and the laws on legislation.mt. Rules change with each Budget, so each page shows the date it was last updated.