The Department for Citizenship and Expatriate Affairs wishes to announce that the foreign spouses of Maltese nationals who intend to apply to be registered as Citizens of Malta under article 6 of the Maltese Citizenship Act (Cap 188), may, following the completion of four and a half years of marriage, send a Letter of Intent to the said Department signifying their intention to submit such application after completing five years of marriage.
The said letter of intent which is intended to eventually expedite the application process is to contain details of the spouses, date and place of marriage, the Identity Card number of the spouses (if available) and is to be signed by the person concerned and his/her spouse. A copy of the details page of the passport of the foreign spouse is also to be attached to the said letter.
The said letter of intent is without prejudice to the provisions of the Maltese Citizenship Act (Cap 188) which need to be to be satisfied by the applicant in order to be eligible to submit the application as prescribed by law.
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Id-Dipartiment taċ-Ċittadinanza u ta’ l-Expatriates jixtieq jinforma lill-pubbliku li dawk il-konjuġi barranin ta’ ċittadini Maltin li għandhom il-ħsieb li jagħmlu applikazzjoni biex ikunu reġistrati bħala ċittadini ta’ Malta taħt l-artiklu 6 ta’ l-Att Dwar iċ-Ċittadinanza Maltija (Kap 188), jistgħu jibgħatu Ittra ta’ Interess lid-Dipartiment wara li jkunu għalqu erba’ snin u nofs miżżewġin u li fiha jesprimu l-intenzjoni tagħhom li jagħmlu din l-applikazzjoni ma’ l-għeluq ta’ ħames snin mid-data taż-żwieġ.
Din l-Ittra ta’ Interess, li hija maħsuba biex eventwalment tħaffef il-proċess ta’ l-applikazzjoni, għandu jkun fiha d-dettalji tal-konjuġi, id-data u l-post fejn ġie ċċelebrat iż-żwieġ, in-numru tal-karta ta’ l-identita tal-konjuġi (jekk għandu jew għandha karta tal-identita) u għandha tiġi ffirmata mill-persuna kkonċernata u mir-raġel/mara tagħha jew tiegħu. Kopja tal-paġna bid-dettalji mill-passaport tar-raġel/mara għandha tiġi wkoll mhemuża ma l-istess Ittra.
Din l-Ittra ta’ Interess hija mingħajr preġudizzju għall-provvedimenti ta’ l-Att Dwar iċ-Ċittadinanza Maltija (Kap.188) li għandhom jiġu sodisfatti mill-applikant biex ikun eliġibbli li jagħmel l-applikazzjoni kif preskritta mil-liġi.
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