Hi!
I wish here to ask a difficult question which I have read the answers varied.
I am in Malta for over six months now with a car registered in France, I hold the ID card.
I know now in complete illegality about foreign cars locally after a little research, I would like to know more things because I want to stay a little longer.
- I heard that I could not keep my car longer than six months over a period of twelve months on pain of confiscation of the vehicle. But I have also heard that a return to Sicily for a weekend for example, solved all the problems of legality, is it true? Can we renew the period of six months in that way, or six months is permanent?
- Is it profitable to register the car on Malta because I intend to stay only a few more months before leaving the country?
- Finally, forgive me in advance, it has happened a few times to make me flash for speeding during the six months I have also received a parking fine that I have not paid all beginning of my trip (not really knowing the procedure to do at the time), I have not received any fine home or elsewhere in France, probably because of my French registration. HOWEVER, if I take the ferry for a short trip to Sicily, I risk being faced with a control of my car, and ultimately to be found and forced to pay the violations made in recent months?
I am a small student very stressed about my situation . I intend to you to bring me an answer to my worries expatriate.
Regards.