Regulations, 2024

L.N. 56 of 2024

IMMIGRATION ACT

(CAP. 217)

Malta Residence and Visa Programme (Amendment)

Regulations, 2024

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 7, 7A, 8 and

36 of the Immigration Act, the Minister responsible for immigration

has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Malta Residence and Citation.

Visa Programme (Amendment) Regulations, 2024 and these

regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Malta S.L. 217.18.

Residence and Visa Programme Regulations hereinafter referred to as

the "principal regulations".

In sub-regulation (3C) of regulation 5 of the principal Amends

regulations, immediately after the words "National Development and regulation

the principal

Social Fund" there shall be added the words "after deducting the regulations.

portion of the contribution payable to an approved agent and, or

accredited person in accordance with regulation 12(7) and any value

added tax payable thereon.".

Regulation 8 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends

regulation 8 of

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a)

sub-regulation (2) thereof shall be amended as

follows

(i) in paragraph (a) thereof, immediately after the

word "national;" there shall be added the word "and"; and

(ii) in paragraph (b) thereof, the words "Highly

Qualified Rules;" shall be substituted by the words "Highly

Qualified Rules."; and

(iii) paragraph (c) thereof shall be deleted;

(b) immediately after sub-regulation (2) thereof, as

amended, there shall be added the following new sub-regulation

"(3) An approved dependant included on a certificate

shall not be issued with a residence card unless he proves to

the satisfaction of the Malta Residence and Visa Agency

that he is in possession of sickness insurance in respect of

all risks normally covered for Maltese nationals across the

whole of the Schengen Area and States associated with the

Schengen activities of the European Union. An approved

dependant issued with a residence card shall at all times

maintain such sickness insurance to the satisfaction of the

Malta Residence and Visa Agency for the entire duration of

the residence card, and in default the Malta Residence and

Visa Agency shall remove the approved dependant from the

certificate issued in accordance with these regulations.".

Immediately after sub-regulation (2) of regulation 11 of the

principal regulations there shall be added the following new sub-

regulations

"(3) The Malta Residence and Visa Agency may, in its

discretion, extend any time-limit established by these regulations

upon a valid reason.

(4) Certificates issued by the Malta Residence and Visa

Agency in respect of applications which were concluded after

the lapse of the time-limits established in sub-regulations (3A)

and (3B) of regulation 5, shall be valid for all purposes of the

law.".

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