Your Address in Malta
In Malta, your address is linked to your student residence permit (the card that lets you live in Malta as a student). Here is how to register it and what to do when you move. Fees are in euro (EUR).
Address Registration in Malta
Students from outside the European Union (EU) register their address through their residence permit at Identità (the Maltese government office for residence permits). Your rental contract must be registered with the Housing Authority (the office that registers rental contracts).
Leases must be registered with the Housing Authority within 30 days. Report any move to Identità.
Identità (Expatriates Unit)
Records your address on your residence permit.
Housing Authority
Registers rental contracts. Your landlord does this.
Your university or college
Update your address in your student records.
- Your bank: So your cards and letters reach you.
- Your health insurer: So your policy shows your current address.
- Your employer: If you work part time.
How Your Address Is Registered
From signing a lease to having your address on record.
Sign a lease (rental contract)
The lease must show the full address, your name as on your passport, and the landlord's full name and ID card number.
Lease registered
Your landlord registers the lease with the Housing Authority within 30 days. You get an approval email.
Attestation form
Your landlord and a lawyer, notary or legal procurator (legal officials who check and stamp papers) sign the Lease Agreement Attestation Form. It confirms the lease is real.
Give the papers to Identità
First time: with your residence permit application. When you move: as a change of address.
| Institution | Deadline | Method | Consequences of Missing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Housing Authority | Within 30 days of a new lease | Your landlord registers it online | Identità asks for the approval email; without it your application can be refused. |
| Identità (Expatriates Unit) | When you move | Apply online on the Expatriates Unit Portal, then book an appointment | Your permit can be taken away. |
| Police, then Identità | Within 3 days | Report it to the police in Malta | You need the police report to get a new card. |
Qogent Tip
Papers for a Change of Address
What students from outside the EU bring to Identità.
- Changes to Application form.
- Your current residence card (Identità keeps it) and a copy of the front and back.
- Valid passport and a copy of the photo page.
- Valid lease agreement.
- Housing Authority approval email.
- Lease Agreement Attestation Form.
- Police report from Malta, made within 3 days.
- Valid passport and a copy of the photo page.
Special Cases
Some students do not rent a flat. Here is what changes.
If you live in housing run by your university or college, you do not need a lease. Give the Declaration of Accommodation Form from them instead.
If you pay a host family, give a copy of the host's Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) licence.
Do not skip this
Address Questions
Short answers about your address in Malta.
Frequently Asked Questions
Myth: I can tell Identità about my move at my next renewal.
Reality: No. Report it when you move.
Myth: Any rental agreement is enough.
Reality: Identità asks for the Housing Authority approval of your lease and an attestation form signed by a lawyer or notary.
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