On the 20^th November, by virtue of Legal Notice 437 of 2020, the Maltese Government issued new rules regulating the acquisition of Maltese Citizenship by Direct Investment formally referred to as ‘Maltese Citizenship by Naturalisation for Exceptional Services by Direct Investment, commonly referred to as the Maltese Exceptional Investor Naturalisation (MEIN)’ and regulated by Article 10(9) of the Maltese Citizenship Act, Chapter 188 of the Laws of Malta.

A new governmental agency, Community Malta has been established to administer the Maltese citizenship applications in terms of these Regulations and it has been determined that applications shall not exceed 400 yearly and 1,500 in total.