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#1
Hello everyone -

Curious if anyone knows if Malta has a minimum stay requirement to maintain their residency. I know many countries require you to be present within their country to keep their healthcare benefits, among other things.

As a side note; I hold an EU Passport and my wife is non-eu.

Thank you for your help
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V
#2
the usual 190ish days as per all EU countries
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#3

d7882 wrote:

Hello everyone -

Curious if anyone knows if Malta has a minimum stay requirement to maintain their residency. I know many countries require you to be present within their country to keep their healthcare benefits, among other things.

As a side note; I hold an EU Passport and my wife is non-eu.

Thank you for your help


As advice by immigration consultant 6 month is the minimum time period to be present in other country it can be more or less depending on your scenario

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