Click here for
information on whether you need to apply for a visa for your travel to Malta.
Embassies
and Consulates of Malta process Schengen short-stay (C) visas for stays of 90
days or less.
National long-stay (D) visas are
processed by Identità. Click here for more information.
Click here to
download an application form for a Schengen Short-Stay Visas (C-Visa, i.e., 90
days within any 180-days).
Visa
application forms must be wholly and legibly completed and signed by the
applicant. Please refer to the website of the respective location for
additional documentation requirements. The Consulate may ask applicants for any
other supporting documents it deems necessary.
Where
Malta has no Diplomatic Mission or Consular post, third-country nationals are
obliged to apply for a visa at the following EU (European Union) Diplomatic
Missions and Consular posts, which issue visas in representation of Malta. Click
here for more
information.
Click here for information
on visa requirements for non-EU nationals who are family members of mobile EU
nationals.
Applications
shall be lodged no more than 6 months, and for seafarers in the performance of
their duties no more than 9 months, before the start of the intended visit, and
no later than 15 calendar days before the start of the intended visit. Due to
seasonal large number of applications, an
appointment may not be available for several weeks.
The Embassy
will not be liable to loss of travel expenses due to late submission of
applications.
Applications
shall be decided on within 15 calendar days of the date of the lodging of an
application which is admissible. That period may be extended up to a maximum of
45 calendar days in individual cases, notably when further scrutiny of the
application is needed.
Biometric
data will be collected during the appointment using a quick, discreet, and
non-intrusive process that captures a facial image with a digital camera and a
fingerprint scan with a digital finger scanner. Your face must be clearly
visible for a photograph to be taken.
Some
Schengen States require that they be consulted on visa applications submitted
to other Schengen States by citizens of certain countries. The consultation
process may take up to 7 calendar days. Such consultation is currently required
for nationals of countries on this list.
Passports
must be valid for at least 3 months after the intended date of departure from
Malta and must have at least two blank pages. Only passports that have been
issued during the past ten years can be endorsed with a visa. Travel documents
(passports) issued more than 10 years prior to the visa application, will not
be accepted, and applications based on such travel documents (passports) will
be considered inadmissible.
Click here for Visa
fees. Visa fees are not refundable.
Mere
possession of a visa does not confer an automatic right of entry to the
Schengen zone. Visa holders are requested to present proof that they fulfil the
entry conditions at the external border.
In case of
a Refusal/Annulment/Revocation, full information may be found in the notification
letter delivered to the applicant. Click here for
further information.
Information
about the European Commission’s Visa Information System (VIS) can be obtained
by click here.
For further information relating to Data Protection rights, please click on the following:
For country specific information, see below documents: