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Citizenship by marriage

julieta71

Hi!
I have recently adquired my Maltese citizenship by descent and so did my daughter. My husband has applied for his citizenship by marriage in November.
Any recent experiences on how long does it take to finish the process?

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Cheryl

Hello julieta71,

I hope that someone will be able to share his/her own experience with you soon. ;)

Cheers,

Cheryl
做厙輦⑹ team

julieta71

Thank you Cheryl!
it seems there is very little information on this topic...仄潑儭

F0xgl0ve

Although there are topics on here regarding Citizenship by decent, there is not a lot of information for the simple reason it is a forum for 做厙輦⑹s, who if they had access to citizenship would not go down the 做厙輦⑹ route in there respective adopted countries in the first place.
The rules and timing for acquiring citizenship by marriage are laid down in law and information is best obtained from Identity Malta.

Evreham

F0xgl0ve wrote:

Although there are topics on here regarding Citizenship by decent, there is not a lot of information for the simple reason it is a forum for 做厙輦⑹s, who if they had access to citizenship would not go down the 做厙輦⑹ route in there respective adopted countries in the first place.
The rules and timing for acquiring citizenship by marriage are laid down in law and information is best obtained from Identity Malta.


Since December 2020, Identity Malta no longer deal with citizenship applications, this falls under the responsibility of Community Malta Agency.

The timescales for obtaining citizenship through marriage (known as citizenship by registration) vary on a case by case basis and also according to work load at the agency. When I personally applied in 2007, this was a swift process, however since Brexit, there has been an increase in the number of applications submitted. From what I have heard recently, a rough estimate would be between 6 - 12 months, but the officer processing the case would be able to provide you with some guidance.

If you applied from a Maltese Embassy or High Commission, try to enquire there, alternatively you could contact Community Malta Agency directly by email on citizenship@gov.mt or telephone +356 2122 5232.

The postal address is:
Community Malta Agency
Mediterranean Conference Centre,
Old Hospital Street,
Valletta, Malta. VLT 1645

Office Hours
Monday Friday, 07:30 11:30
Wednesdays closed.

It is worth contacting for a status update, in case of document/s missing from your application pack. Quote your own citizenship number found on your certificate and your Maltese ID card number (if you have one) in any correspondence.

julieta71

Thank you very much for your response !
A lot of useful information.
My husband has applied through Washingtons embassy. As you say, it is worth to make contact with them in case there is something missing.

luxmlt

They seem to be approved within about three months at the moment, although it can take a little longer to be notified.

Do email them - they are responsive and helpful.

When your husband applied, did he also sign the additional oath that is not in the application form?

julieta71

Thank you!

I have emailed them and got a very quick response. It seems that it is not ready yet but they were very helpful as you said.

Yes, my husband has signed the oath along with the application form.

julieta71

Today we received the confirmation of my husbands citizenship. That was fast! Thank you all for taking your time and sharing experiences.

Priscilla

@ Julieta71 : Congratulations :):top:

MBrock

I just wanted to add my experience to this topic, I am a Maltese citizen and a passport holder, in July 2024 we applied for citizenship for my husband, we used a solicitor for this process as we live in the UK, and felt that it would be better to have a solicitor based in Malta that could keep an eye on everything for us, to this point we are 9 months into the process and even with a Maltese solicitor the agency have stated he is in the final stages of the process but wont be tied down to a timescale, so could be weeks or months, so if you are thinking about going through this process, dont delay as it could take some time due to everyone trying to get dual nationality because of brexit.

SimCityAT

@MBrock

Solicitors are never fast moving or even country officials. Roughly takes a good year anyway.

MBrock

@MBrock
Solicitors are never fast moving or even country officials. Roughly takes a good year anyway. - @SimCityAT

We are expecting that time scale now, but when we applied we were told it would be 4-6 months,

looks like you should double the time they quoted and add a bit more on...