Sources and methodology

Last reviewed 31 October 2026

Where the facts come from

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the MPRP amounts (€375,000, €14,000, €37,000, €60,000 in two parts, €2,000, €7,500, the asset test) and the 6 to 8 month timeline come from BRIDGES; I did not check them against the current Residency Malta fee schedule for this run;
the suspension of MPRP applications from citizens of Russia and Belarus is reported by BRIDGES;
the naturalisation rule of four out of seven years, the language requirement and the five-year rule for spouses come from the Wikipedia summary, not from the text of Cap. 188;
the GRP treatment of foreign capital gains and the details of the nomad tax rules under S.L. 123.210 come from BRIDGES;
the statement of Community Malta Agency on citizenship by merit is quoted by BRIDGES;
the visa-free count: 184 in the BRIDGES Passport Index of 4 October 2026; the BRIDGES citizenship page gives 173 of 223, and other indexes give other numbers.

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