Relocating to Malta

Dear unsure,
I have lived and worked in Malta for 32 years and originate from Edinburgh. Its very easy to settle here as English is the 2nd language in the Constitution and the ties with GB go back many, many years. The best thing you can do is come for a fact finding holiday between now and the year end,  as just now is a good time with hotels etc much cheaper.
Your husband's skills are well needed here but the wages are much less than UK. I am sure if you visit Mater Dei and talk to the CEO Celia Falzon, a former colleague of mine, she would love to have your Project management skills.
I shall be back home in November and am happy to help with any other queries you may have.
Good luck,
Prof  Stephen J Newton

Despite previous positive reply, I would say its more complicated for UK nationals now after Brexit, you need to apply for working visa as third countries nationals on job positions where employer couldn't get anyone else maltese or EU nationals, once its comfirmed then employer is able to offer you job. You need to private health insurance. I recently relocated from uk to Malta, and as Slovak national I was lucky have Slovak passport, but one employer refused to consider my application as he was considering me as uk nationals because I was living in uk for 15 years before relocated to Malta, another employer wanted to tax my income 35%, even my british driving licence caused me trouble to signed car over me on Transport of Malta. It hassle but worth it, Malta is nice country. Good luck.

Whilst there may be a few hurdles they are normal in most countries and a little patience helps :-)
Brits don't need private health insurance as we have maintained a reciprocal health agreement since before Malta joined the EU.
All in all I am sure this couple could do well in Malta. They have skills that are in short supply.
There are Serbs, Egyptians, Arabs, Chinese etc all non EU and its worth remembering  that Malta was always cosmopolitan. The influx of illegal African Muslims has presented social and cultural issues but all will be resolved in time.
Ciao for now.

shelljo100 wrote:

Myself and my husband have been considering relocating to Malta for several years however with Covid we couldn’t pursue.  My husband is a wall & floor tiler and I am a Project Coordinator NHS.  Any advice on relocating would be appreciated as I am not sure how easy this would now be due to Brexit!!

With regards to working as a project coordinator in a hospital here I would assume you need to be able to speak Maltese.

Quite simply, it does not matter what everyone says on here you will have to follow the rules set for TCNs by the Maltese Government as interpreted by Identity Malta. For accurate information as to what is possible for you, look on their website. Unless you opt to spend a lot of money on one of the schemes you will be restricted to a year by year basis for at least the next 5 years.
The officials vary on the interpretation of the rules, for instance just this week, friend went to collect her 10 year ID card after waiting almost a year for it only to be told that she could not have it as the address had been changed on the envelope because of redirection, having just moved. Next day a different official said no problem and handed over the card.!

Not necessarily.

Don't be put off by the negative folk here.  If you visit in November I will help you.
Prof Stephen John Newton

Thank you all for your comments there is a lot of information to take in.  We usually visit Malta in January as it’s my favourite time as not as busy.  Travel restrictions permitting we hope to visit in January and will do some more fact finding.  I would not necessarily be looking for project work and would consider a variety of employment

sjan wrote:

Don't be put off by the negative folk here.  If you visit in November I will help you.
Prof Stephen John Newton

Not being negative but realistic.

sjan wrote:

Don't be put off by the negative folk here.  If you visit in November I will help you.
Prof Stephen John Newton

I am sorry but it is not plain sailing as you might think.

shelljo100 wrote:

Thank you all for your comments there is a lot of information to take in.  We usually visit Malta in January as it’s my favourite time as not as busy.  Travel restrictions permitting we hope to visit in January and will do some more fact finding.  I would not necessarily be looking for project work and would consider a variety of employment

The building industry is still booming here in Malta and it would have been a solution that your husbands starts his own business over here. This might be a solution to settle down. In this case it would have been helpful if he has an existing business in the UK which he is just relocating. Good luck for your venture. Just bear in mind Malta is a business friendly society, but not without administrative barriers.