Comments on: Somebody has raised an important point: are we going to define ‘spouse’ under Maltese law or the law of country of origin? https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/somebody-has-raised-an-important-point-are-we-going-to-define-spouse-under-maltese-law-or-the-law-of-country-of-origin/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Tue, 08 Oct 2013 22:24:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Josette https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/somebody-has-raised-an-important-point-are-we-going-to-define-spouse-under-maltese-law-or-the-law-of-country-of-origin/#comment-1310699 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 22:24:49 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=38704#comment-1310699 In reply to Josette.

Probably a nice Faberge egg would do the trick.

]]> By: Bubu https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/somebody-has-raised-an-important-point-are-we-going-to-define-spouse-under-maltese-law-or-the-law-of-country-of-origin/#comment-1310692 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 22:20:02 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=38704#comment-1310692 Daphne, the one child polocy of China doesn’t apply for those who can pay for exemptions.

Obviously if they can afford to pay hundreds of thousands for a Maltese passport, they can pay to have more children.

]]> By: Josette https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/somebody-has-raised-an-important-point-are-we-going-to-define-spouse-under-maltese-law-or-the-law-of-country-of-origin/#comment-1310635 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 21:36:16 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=38704#comment-1310635 In the definition of dependent, there is a reference to a spouse in “a monogamous marriage or in another relationship having the same or a similar status to marriage, unless the Minister authorises otherwise on a case by case basis”.

[Daphne – There you go then. Give Manuel Mallia a ring and he’ll find passports for all your 10 wives and 90 children.]

]]> By: curious https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/somebody-has-raised-an-important-point-are-we-going-to-define-spouse-under-maltese-law-or-the-law-of-country-of-origin/#comment-1310606 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 21:18:49 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=38704#comment-1310606 Are we going to know who the applicants are or will information be given after the fait accompli, if that?

]]> By: Antonio https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/somebody-has-raised-an-important-point-are-we-going-to-define-spouse-under-maltese-law-or-the-law-of-country-of-origin/#comment-1310594 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 21:14:08 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=38704#comment-1310594 So our PM will push back illegal immigrants but he would gladly give them a Maltese passport if they pay €650,000 for it?

]]> By: La Redoute https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2013/10/somebody-has-raised-an-important-point-are-we-going-to-define-spouse-under-maltese-law-or-the-law-of-country-of-origin/#comment-1310593 Tue, 08 Oct 2013 21:12:26 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=38704#comment-1310593 Labour’s idea of due diligence, as Muscat has amply demonstrated, is as slack as old knicker elastic. It’s just as well Usama Bin Laden’s gone, or he might have picked up a Maltese-EU passport.

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