Malta residency by investment: rules, amounts and sources

Routes and amounts

Qualifying routes, Malta. Amounts in euros, before government fees and professional costs.
Route	Type	Minimum	Low-density territory	What qualifies
Buy property plus contribution	property	EUR 375,000	Same	Property in Malta or Gozo held for 5 years, plus EUR 37,000 government contribution, EUR 60,000 administration fee and EUR 2,000 donation
Rent property plus contribution	property	EUR 14,000	Same	Annual rent of at least EUR 14,000 for 5 years, plus EUR 37,000 government contribution, EUR 60,000 administration fee and EUR 2,000 donation

Figures under Legal Notice 121 of 2021 as amended¹.

Key facts

Programme: Malta Permanent Residence Programme (MPRP)
Status: open
Authority: Residency Malta Agency
Legal basis: Legal Notice 121 of 2021 as amended (2025 rules)
Permit: Permanent residence certificate; card renewed every 5 years
Minimum stay: None
Permanent residence: Permanent from the start
Citizenship: No direct route; naturalisation is discretionary after long residence
Family included: Spouse, dependent children, dependent parents and grandparents
Property route: Yes
Last verified: 3 September 2026

What the amounts mean

The table shows the property figure, and the property is only part of the outlay. Adding the fixed sums in the rules, the purchase route requires at least EUR 474,000: EUR 375,000 for the property, EUR 37,000 contribution, EUR 60,000 administration fee and EUR 2,000 donation, before stamp duty, agent and legal fees¹. The rental route requires the same EUR 99,000 of non-recoverable payments plus at least EUR 70,000 of rent over the five years, EUR 169,000 in total, of which nothing is an asset the applicant keeps¹. The homepage table therefore shows EUR 99,000 for Malta, the fixed payments both routes carry, rather than the EUR 14,000 rent, which on its own would make the cheapest-looking route one of the more expensive in cash that does not come back.

Applicants must also show assets of EUR 500,000, of which EUR 150,000 in financial assets, or EUR 650,000, of which EUR 75,000 financial¹. The asset test is a condition of eligibility; nothing is paid under it. Applications must be made through a licensed agent¹.

Stay rules and renewal

The MPRP grants permanent residence from the day the certificate is issued; the residence card is renewed every five years and no minimum stay applies¹. The property or the lease must be kept for five years¹. Of the open programmes in the dataset only Cyprus also grants a permanent status at the outset, and Cyprus requires a visit every two years.

Family

The spouse, dependent children, dependent parents and dependent grandparents may be included¹. Four generations is the widest family scope of any programme in the dataset.

Citizenship position

The MPRP does not lead to citizenship. Naturalisation in Malta is discretionary after long residence and is not connected to the programme¹. A reader whose aim is a passport should not read "permanent residence" in the table as a step on the way to one.

What changed on 1 January 2025

Amended rules took effect on 1 January 2025, and every figure on this page is the figure in force since that date¹. The Residency Malta Agency publishes the programme on its site without a single consolidated rules page, so the amounts are also cross-checked against secondary statements that agree with each other, as the methodology sets out.

Sources

Malta Permanent Residence Programme. Residency Malta Agency. Accessed 3 September 2026.