Source agency: Identita Malta
Primary route
Single Permit through Identita
Applicant trigger
first-time third-country national employment in Malta
Official check
employer application, skills and English pre-departure course, job evidence, fees and biometrics
Who should pay attention
- Employees relocating to Malta for a local job.
- Employers managing work authorization and residence for non-EU hires.
What to do next
- Check whether the first-time applicant must complete the January 2026 pre-departure course requirement.
- Confirm role documents, application responsibility, skills or English evidence, fees and biometrics timing.
Latest verified update
Identita Malta's single permit guidance now highlights a pre-departure course for first-time third-country national applicants, introduced in January 2026. That makes the Malta update different from a generic employer-permit checklist: first-time applicants may need to account for skills, English-language and cultural-awareness requirements before the work-residence filing is complete.
Who may be affected
Applicants with Maltese job offers and employers hiring non-EU workers should verify whether the filing is a first-time Single Permit case, what pre-departure evidence is required, and how the employer-side application, supporting documents, fees, biometrics and renewals work.
What to check next
- Confirm whether the job and applicant fit the Single Permit process.
- Check pre-departure course, employer, identity, document, fee, biometric, and renewal requirements.
- Verify the official source: Identita Malta, Single Permit.
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