Services

Consular Services

The High Commission of Malta in Canada provides the following consular services:

If you are interested in acquiring Maltese citizenship, kindly refer to Agenzija Komunita’ Malta’s website for eligibility and application guidelines. Citizenship can be acquired either by Birth, by Registration, by Naturalisation, by Dual/Multiple Citizenship and through Direct Investment. You may also find the updated citizenship fees at the end of the respective application form.​

Please contact the Mission for information on legalization services.

The apostille service is only provided by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Tourism in Malta. If you require an apostille please write to [email protected]. For further information and details about apostilles please click here.

Birth, marriage, divorce and death certificates may be registered through this Mission. Only original and apostilled/legalised certificates can be registered. Applications for registration of documents are processed by the Public Registry in Malta and hence the process can take up to a few weeks. The original certificates are kept by the Public Registry in Malta and will not be returned.

The certifikati.gov.mt website provides all relative information about how to obtain Maltese life status certificates. Birth, Marriage, Death and Free Status certificates can be ordered online.

For information on residence schemes offered by Residency Malta please go to the residencymalta.gov.mt website.

For information on residence schemes offered by the Commissioner for Revenue please go to the cfr.gov.mt website.

Applicants wishing to apply under a Residence Scheme may also contact the Mission.

This Mission may also administer Oaths.

This Mission may also administer Affidavits.

This Mission may also administer Power of Attorney.

This Mission may authenticate official stamps or seals issued by the Maltese Government.

This Mission may also certify true copies of Maltese documents.

This Mission may also Witness Signatures.

Please contact the Mission if you have a request that does not fall into any of the above categories.

For service fees please see the Service Fees​ page.

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Please call or email the mission to book an appointment for a consular service, particularly if the Consul’s presence is deemed necessary. Communication with the visa section is strictly only in writing.