New I.D. card rules

Thanks Ricky

Any idea if the office will be open tomorrow? I mean Castille office?

The office should be open - tomorrow is a normal day officially, but you might find many of the staff don't turn up.

Hi ,

my (non-EU) partner was called up by a language school director to work free-lance tomorrow as the Maltese teacher was not going to turn up !

What would they do without us EU or even non-EU citizens -)))

Cheers
Ricky

ricky wrote:

Hi ,

my (non-EU) partner was called up by a language school director to work free-lance tomorrow as the Maltese teacher was not going to turn up !

What would they do without us EU or even non-EU citizens -)))

Cheers
Ricky

Wow....agree
Any news about the cards? I called last friday and the lady told me " if you have your acknowledgement , the car will be issued" but my worry is when?  ....

I heard that the new ID cards will be issued at Gozo Offices too. Is that true? I really hope so!

Fingerprints are for Maltese and non-EU

Okay, thankyou george, does that include non EU partners of EU citizens?

rainbow3 wrote:

Okay, thankyou george, does that include non EU partners of EU citizens?

Yes it does...my case was lke that...they took fingerprints of the Non -EU spouse.

Thanks Popova didnt know that

rainbow3 wrote:

Thanks Popova didnt know that

You are wekcome.....if you need anything else let me know

No, expatriates are not being fingerprinted.

Okay, thankyou tennis, two different answers to the question, now I am really confused, lol!

My wife, non eu but applied as family member of eu citizen didn't do fingerprints

Okay, thankyou george

georgeingozo wrote:

My wife, non eu but applied as family member of eu citizen didn't do fingerprints

...hmmm i dont know then.....my mum husband also applied as a family member of an EU citizen but they took his fingerprints...and when i asked why...they said TCN we require fingerprints....in any case i suggest that you call The dept for clarification.

Maybe it depends on the nationality of the EU citizen who is applying or maybe the person dealt with their application incorrectly?  Thanks again for your answer though Popova, I will just wait and see what happens and report back, we have received no reply to our email for an appointment yet so there is no rush

What is the problem of giving fingerprints? I dont really understand.

There is no problem, I was just enquiring about the procedure and other people's experiences so I know what to expect when we go to our appointment

Hi

I am moving to Malta in may with my husband. We are both EU nationals from Uk and I am looking to work as a teacher. however, I need an id card in oreer to apply for my police conduct certificate and permit for teaching. Is there any way of getting the id card.quicker so i can start working as soon as possible?

You can apply for an appointment now, but say you want it in early June.

georgeingozo wrote:

My wife, non eu but applied as family member of eu citizen didn't do fingerprints

Same here. My partner is non-EU(US) and fingerprints were not taken.

Her status on the receipt is : Family Member of an EU National/NON-EU

There was a long discussion on her classification between our clerk and the director about the way to process the application.

Cheers
Ricky

rainbow3 wrote:

Maybe it depends on the nationality of the EU citizen who is applying or maybe the person dealt with their application incorrectly?  Thanks again for your answer though Popova, I will just wait and see what happens and report back, we have received no reply to our email for an appointment yet so there is no rush

Certainly when we applied the staff did not know the correct procedure (or they had different ideas about what the correct procedure was), all down to lack of staff training.

As for fingerprinting I have no problem other than it should be for all or no one, otherwise its discrimination!

Terry

My understanding is that it's against EU regulations for Malta to ask for the fingerprints from a non Maltese EU citizen for the purpose of a residence document

Of course my non-EU partner is not an EU citizen but it seems that on the grounds of her existing residence document she was seen to be entitled to the same rights as an EU citizen ie - no finger prints!

So maybe they make a difference between re-applying and new applications.

Cheers
Ricky

Am i right in thinking that you cannot apply for an id card for working unless you have been offered work? The form I have seen to apply for an id card for purposes of working has a section to put employers details. Not sure how this would work though as I want to be a TEFL teacher and I am not going to get offers of work without the EFL permit which requires me to get an ID card.

Any advice?

Today, I have emailed to request an appointment so fingers crossed I get one for May/June time.

ID cards no longer exist for foreigners, but have been replaced by the eresidence document

We have sent 3 emails (since February) from the UK requesting an appointment for residency - no success. The last two emails were returned as 'email box full.' We have resigned ourselves to applying for an appointment in person after we arrive on 13 April

georgeingozo wrote:

ID cards no longer exist for foreigners, but have been replaced by the eresidence document

I meant the eresidence document, sorry.

Thankyou to everyone who has replied in response to my question, its helpful to hear other people's experiences so we have an idea of what to expect.

rainbow3 wrote:

Thankyou to everyone who has replied in response to my question, its helpful to hear other people's experiences so we have an idea of what to expect.

expect the unexpected

georgeingozo wrote:

rainbow3 wrote:

Thankyou to everyone who has replied in response to my question, its helpful to hear other people's experiences so we have an idea of what to expect.

expect the unexpected

Unless of course the unexpected is what you expected and then it becomes not unexpected (otherwise known as Maltese).

Terry

tearnet wrote:

georgeingozo wrote:

rainbow3 wrote:

Thankyou to everyone who has replied in response to my question, its helpful to hear other people's experiences so we have an idea of what to expect.

expect the unexpected

Unless of course the unexpected is what you expected and then it becomes not unexpected (otherwise known as Maltese).

Terry

nobody expects the Maltese inquisition

georgeingozo wrote:

nobody expects the Maltese inquisition

I think I should watch the series again

for those who doesn't know what is this about - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WJXHY2OXGE (the quality is not great though)

sorry for being completely off topic

ricky wrote:

georgeingozo wrote:

My wife, non eu but applied as family member of eu citizen didn't do fingerprints

Same here. My partner is non-EU(US) and fingerprints were not taken.

Her status on the receipt is : Family Member of an EU National/NON-EU

There was a long discussion on her classification between our clerk and the director about the way to process the application.

Cheers
Ricky

In my case they did take .... So i dont know...perhaps depend on the non EU ...dont know really...

Ricky...you got any news about the card?

Does anyone know if there is any secret to getting in touch with DCEA?  I have emailed twice with no response and they do not answer the phone.

Go in person at7am

georgeingozo wrote:

Go in person at7am

What from New york? they'll have to get the early ferry! 

Terry

Is going in person the only way now, are no emails being answered?

Emails are not being answered - 'box full'! Refer my previous post.