Malta Residency: Case Studies

I got married a second time, and I want my wife and her children to have visa-free access to the European countries that I have. Because my life is full of travelling to Europe on business issues and I spend much time in Malta, I want them to travel with me. Malta permanent residence cards would make our life easier and release us from visas.

On October 28 Immigrant Invest’s lawyers reminded me that our Maltese residence permits needed to be extended as they were due to expire in two months. It was a good thing that they called me in good time. It took me two months to notify my tax agent and collect all the documents required without being in a rush. By the New Year, with Immigrant Invest’s guidance and support, we managed to extend our residence permit cards.

Traveling to Europe is not a luxury, but a necessity. If you want a big and profitable business, be ready to meet with suppliers and partners on their territory. If you want to provide a future for your children, make sure that they have a quality education that is quoted in the world. I decided that my family and I would have it all: prosperity, freedom and a bright future.

I’m tired of constantly adapting to the "90 out of 180" rule of staying in Europe and planning all my trips. Okay, I can plan my vacation, but my business involves spontaneous travel to Europe. What should I tell my business partners and clients who need me now? Please, wait three months until my Schengen visa-free entry is reset?

Together with my husband, we are the owners of an IT software development company in Islamabad. When he passed away, the business was taken over by my control. So, I often need to travel to Europe on company business. My business trips alternate with personal visits to Paris, where my daughter is studying. Sometimes my travel plans were ruined because of Schengen visa denials or flight cancellations. Therefore, following the example of my friends, I thought about obtaining a second citizenship or residency in Europe by investment.

As a businessman, I’m used to looking for opportunities. So obtaining status in the European Union sounds like an excellent opportunity to provide a better life for my family.

We are IT people: mobile, flexible, diverse. When the pandemic started, we managed to run the business online so that our clients got everything we promised them. Yet, the travelling restrictions deprived us of meeting new partners and expanding our business. We felt we could just maintain what we already had but found it very difficult to develop our companies. That’s why we have obtained Maltese residency. We hope it will give us much more freedom of movement.

We do not plan to register the marriage as we are already a family: we have us, the child, the house and everyday life together. We want to move to Europe as a family, so we decided to get permanent residence by investment. We were afraid that nothing would come of it without a marriage stamp on the passport. But everything worked out, although additional documents had to be collected.

With Malta residence permit we feel like real citizens of the world. Moreover, visiting our children in Europe isn’t a problem anymore — now we can do it in anytime!

I have long wanted to live in a warm place by the sea. After retirement, I can finally implement this into life. I dreamed of Italy and Spain, but these countries’ investment programs did not suit me. Malta, a small and pretty island with a pleasantly mild climate, has become a perfect place to move to, and I had not even known about this country before. I’m grateful to Immigrant Invest for broadening the list of options for me.

I was attracting more and more European customers but had to work with all of them through a partner. I didn’t like the fact that my business depended on someone else too much. I needed a solution. I wanted to work with all the clients directly. So I decided to get a residence permit in Europe.

My wife and I can not sit in one place. One day we might choose to dine at home in Beijing, and the next day row a boat on Lake Como. Furthermore, our son is growing up and he would like to study in Europe. But the red tape with visas got the best of us. So we thought; why not get permanent residence in the European Union? And the Maltese residence suited us perfectly.

After the divorce, I got left with a dog and an apartment in Minneapolis. I decided to sell the condo and move from the city, which kept reminding me of my ex-wife. At first, I thought about moving to another state but then chose to relocate to Europe. I have been working remotely for a European pharmaceutical company for several years and got tired of the difference in time zones. I turned to Immigrant Invest on the advice of a colleague. He said it was a company with an individual approach to clients that could even help with the transportation of a dog.

I attended an Immigrant Invest event dedicated to European real estate investments. Before I had not thought about moving to Europe — it seemed to me to be a highly complex process. If you ask for help from real professionals, you can settle in Europe in less than a year.

My wife Irene has a severe autoimmune disorder, and she needs to have checkups in a hospital in Vienna twice a year. Every time she has to apply for a Schengen visa in advance, providing an invitation for medical treatment. Our daughters Kaya and Andre are studying in Germany. We wanted to visit them more often without additional permits and paperwork. So, I searched for an option and realised we needed to obtain a second residency with the opportunity to travel freely to Europe.