Daphne, Could you delve into the “other requirements” and whether these can be amended, accommodated or facilitated to suit a wish to link the aspiring New Citizens to a vote? After all, the big hurdle is the first. Living in Malta, applying for an Identity Card etc., surely those are secondary, but minor hurdles?

I envision the necessary paperwork for all conditions to be met, being made available and expected in before the passport is actually handed over.

Verifying residence would be a joke.

I believe that although voting rights shouldn’t be automatic, in effect, they will be.

[Daphne – Citizenship is a prerequisite for voting, but in and of itself it does not give you the right to vote in Maltese general elections. There are other requirements.]