Here’s one to re-read in the context of what is happening now

Published: November 8, 2013 at 10:53am

Bertrand Borg’s piece on becoming a naturalised Maltese citizen, published in Times of Malta in May this year – you really have to put it into the context of:-

1. what hell people have to go through if they can’t buy their way past the barriers with hard cash, and isn’t that payment really just a form of legalised palm-greasing, when you boil it down;

2. stuff the rules, regulations, due diligence and safeguards – Manuel Mallia (a man who made his money off defending crooks, criminals, cocaine dealers and murderers) has total, complete discretion and can do what he pleases.

Murky process of becoming a citizen




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  1. admin says:
    November 8, 2013 at 10:54 am

    http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20130506/local/Report-shines-light-on-murky-process-of-becoming-a-citizen.468507#.UnvIDBG9KSM

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  2. admin says:
    November 8, 2013 at 10:55 am

    From the government’s service charter:

    Your attention is drawn to the fact that we cannot deal with your complaint if:
    • you do not qualify for a service
    • your application for Maltese citizenship has been refused. It is to be noted in this respect that Section 14 of the Maltese Citizenship Act (Cap 188) stipulates that ‘the Minister (responsible for citizenship matters) shall not be required to assign any reason for the grant or refusal of any application under this Act and the decision of the Minister on any such application shall not be subject to appeal to or review in any court’.
    • Your application for a uniform residence permit has not been fully supported by the requested documents.
    • You do not satisfy the conditions for long-term residence status, particularly if you exceeded the allowable periods of absences from Malta.

    http://www.servicecharters.gov.mt/depts/citizenship/index_e.asp

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  3. admin says:
    November 8, 2013 at 10:57 am

    http://www.malteseabroad.org/index.php/blog/81-the-value-of-a-maltese-passport-to-a-maltese-living-abroad

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  4. Jozef says:
    November 8, 2013 at 11:08 am

    The latest from the switcher/neutral/AD brigade; yes, the passport scheme is horrible, but the PN was as bad to the environment.

    Of this, is our Malta Today-weaned intelligentsia made.

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