This article presents the most popular foreign country representations in Malta. This list includes as much as possible embassies, consulates and when available additional services offered by foreign countries in Malta. We provide information on how to contact them depending on your need in Malta.

You can obtain a Maltese ID card if you are a Maltese national, an EU citizen, or a non-EU citizen holding a Maltese residence permit, working permit, or freedom of movement permit. Information on how to get (and renew) your ID card is provided in our article.

Malta is a Schengen Member State and EU/EEA nationals do not require a visa to enter Malta. Non-EU/EEA nationals require a visa to enter Malta (visas are valid for a maximum of 90 days). Non-EU/EEA nationals cannot stay in Malta longer than 90 days in any 180 day period.

Residence permits are issued by the Department for Citizenship and Expatriate Affairs. This office is located in the Castille Place building, between Upper Barrakka Gardens and the Auberge de Castille, in Valletta. Go early in the day as the office is only open 830hrs/8:30am to 1130hrs/11:30am and lineups/queues can be long.

EEA nationals do not require a residence permit to reside in Malta. EEA nationals (EU nationals and nationals of Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein) have the right to reside in Malta if they are exercising their Treaty rights as workers, self-employed persons, economically self-sufficient persons, or students.