volcane
English expat in Malta
Forum posts
1096
About me
English
Lives in Is-Siggiewi, Malta
Registration: 03 November 2015
Activity
Newly Relocated To Malta- Advice and Hello! by Lamby736
Hello Fellow Expats, and community! My partner and I have officially relocated in Malta now, and its been about a month in. We are in Mellieha, and we are really enjoying the community. After living in many many countries all over the world, we ...
Rules for e-scooters here https://www.transport.gov.mt/land/vehicles/registering-and-licensing-a-motor-vehicle/registering-and-licensing-an-e-kickscooter-4345 e-bikes dont have similar rules. Also research the grants you can get for buying one. ... Read More
Foreigners' access to HIV treatment in Malta by Varsha manohar
Do foreigners living in Malta have free access to HIV treatment, including medication and monitoring, or does it depend on their nationality or employment status?
Details here https://www.hivmalta.com/treatment Read More
How to Deal With Medication Prescriptions by edcampanaro
We are soon to be moving to Malta (from the US), and curious how others have gone about having prescriptions for medications handled. Thanks community in advance for any advice/tips you may have
We use laferla, they cover us really for anything and most of it is just straight "full refund for any reasonable costs" no stated limits - except quite poor dental care cover. It costs me 1k/year and its global (excluding US) cover. Read More
How to Deal With Medication Prescriptions by edcampanaro
We are soon to be moving to Malta (from the US), and curious how others have gone about having prescriptions for medications handled. Thanks community in advance for any advice/tips you may have
We dont need an “Affordable Care Act” because its already affordable. good medical insurwnce will cost 1000 a YEAR instead of one month. If you pay into the nationnal insurance system healthcare is FREE (not sure how that is for retirees ... Read More
US Expat Trying To Navigate Res-Non-Dom Tax Scheme by edcampanaro
Hello Expat Community - We are a few weeks away form arriving to Malta to start our Expat journey living there - at least for a good part of the year. As a US and Irish citizen, I'll be filing for "Ordinary Residence" as an EU National. The ...
Again you have to study the double taxation agreement in addition to what you are saying above.And given the severe consequences of getting this wrong, well, again speak to a professional.Especially as Americans it's even worse since you are charged ... Read More
US Expat Trying To Navigate Res-Non-Dom Tax Scheme by edcampanaro
Hello Expat Community - We are a few weeks away form arriving to Malta to start our Expat journey living there - at least for a good part of the year. As a US and Irish citizen, I'll be filing for "Ordinary Residence" as an EU National. The ...
Sounds like you should maybe speak to a specialist because you are quite confused, but its nuanced and situation specific.There is also quite an extensive double taxation treaty in place between Malta and US. The tax they refer to wrt remittence is ... Read More
Car Importation by gareth24
I brought my EU registered in Spain Toyota to Malta with the knowledge that I meet their criteria to be exempt from importation tax as I have owned the car more than 2 years and lived outside of Malta for 2 years. But as is normal here the Tax ...
Taking the car to Sicily will only get you in trouble TM stands at the departure/arrival and note number plates.You have to pay or not bring the car or take them to the EU Read More
Residency Agency recommendation by Jotch
Hello. We are new residents to Malta. We moved here in early December 2024, pre-approved by Malta's tax authority and presumed to be approved by Identita [Immigration] within three months. Time went on and on, and despite frequent requests to our ...
I was happy with services offered by John Huber Read More
Mobile Phone Options by edcampanaro
We move to Malta late Sept-2025, and do not want to give up our US mobile #s, which we will need for various transactions like 2FA. Our US plans via AT&T do not offer a good monthly plan - we would have to pay $12.00-15.00 USD/day to use our ...
@volcane If you don't mind me asking, you mentioned you have "Go" for your home internet, do you use IPTV by any chance? I currently use Melita for home internet and whilst I find this is good for my work from home needs (financial analyst work ... Read More
Mobile Phone Options by edcampanaro
We move to Malta late Sept-2025, and do not want to give up our US mobile #s, which we will need for various transactions like 2FA. Our US plans via AT&T do not offer a good monthly plan - we would have to pay $12.00-15.00 USD/day to use our ...
The reason Epic seems better is when Vodafone pulled out recently Epic was forced to replace all the infrastructure. They had a rough time during the works but now have the only ground-up native 5G network in Malta.However, for internet access at ... Read More
Mobile Phone Options by edcampanaro
We move to Malta late Sept-2025, and do not want to give up our US mobile #s, which we will need for various transactions like 2FA. Our US plans via AT&T do not offer a good monthly plan - we would have to pay $12.00-15.00 USD/day to use our ...
Epic has a modern 5G network, recently re-built and good Europe wide roaming. Just go into a store and get one.For your US numbers, several online VOIP services like Google Voice lets you port your numbers to them for much more favourable rates. Read More
Death certificate by rosedunphy
People born in malta and deceased in other countries now have to be registeted in Malta and if a death certificate is needed from the country where they passed away it has to be apostille
> Luckily people on here are not born in Malta.Am aware of many expat kids born in Malta, including mine. Hopefully not needed for them, but this is good information. Read More
Moving to Malta, have couple questions by Marlene Ferber
Hi everyone, I am moving to Malta soon I have couple questions: How can I get free healthcare if there is such ? What do I need to do to get it ?Is it easy to find a nanny in Malta ?Thank you!
@volcaneShe is from Lithuania, an EU citizen. - @SimCityATAh indeed, guess I got my lines crossed!Then scratch the private insurance bit, working here will be enough Read More
Moving to Malta, have couple questions by Marlene Ferber
Hi everyone, I am moving to Malta soon I have couple questions: How can I get free healthcare if there is such ? What do I need to do to get it ?Is it easy to find a nanny in Malta ?Thank you!
Cleaners are hard to find, but there's a vast cash-in-hand industry for this, you ask your neighbours cleaners and they recommend a friend if they can't take you on. Read More
Moving to Malta, have couple questions by Marlene Ferber
Hi everyone, I am moving to Malta soon I have couple questions: How can I get free healthcare if there is such ? What do I need to do to get it ?Is it easy to find a nanny in Malta ?Thank you!
If you are a TCN you are required to hold medical insurance, so then you can claim most things from there when going to private healthcare.Once you work and have a Payslip showing NI contributions you are entitled to free healthcare in addition Read More