svale
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UK Bank accounts post Brexit by svale
I have seen in the news that Lloyds and Barclays are closing some expat accounts in the EU. However, Malta isn't one of the countries mentioned. I have kept an HSBC and Nationwide account whilst my husband still has a Lloyds account. I'm ...
I already have a Bov account but my husbands pension goes directly into his Lloyd account and I do use my Nationwide account for various UK expenses. Ideally I would like to keep both. It seems that closure of UK bank accounts depends on the UK ... Read More
UK Bank accounts post Brexit
I have seen in the news that Lloyds and Barclays are closing some expat accounts in the EU. However, Malta isn't one of the countries mentioned. I have kept an HSBC and Nationwide account whilst my husband still has a Lloyds account. I'm ... Read More
Application for residency after Brexit stalled? by MaltaCommando
Hello, my father which is a british national and resident here in Malta applied for the new residency post-brexit when he was told to do so, about in February. From then on, we haven't received any communication. It was said that everything ...
I was told last week when I applied that the new cards haven't been designed yet and no one has got them Read More
ID Malta residency by Gooner75
Has any UK expat recently been to ID Malta to register to become a resident? Now we are in the transition of Brexit are there different forms to fill in? Or do you still have to fill in Form J, Form A etc
I was posted an application form to submit within a specific week. The evidence was much the same as before but no health information / proof required. A better experience than when I went went to Valletta - Air conditioning and plenty of seats but ... Read More
UK Residents - Ten Year Residency Status by BlueOctupus
Hi, Back in late June on the ID Malta website it stated that their working arrangements were returning to normal. Also for UK residents the following was stated : "The process of issuing new residency documents to UK nationals residing ...
Finally been called next week to Identity Malta (I live in St Pauls Bay). Can anyone who has been tell me how long it takes to give in your application in Identity Malta, When my husband applied (it was in the bottom of Valletta), it took hours ... Read More
Medication in Malta by Lo茂c
Good morning everyone, Whether it's a simple cold or a chronic illness, medication and medicine use vary from country to country and culture to culture. When you are used to certain brands or types of drugs, being in a country like Malta with ...
I must admit that my treatment for bronchiectasis and asthma in Malta has been better than the UK and I've had no trouble getting my free inhalers at all. A 5* Read More
Cost of Living in Malta in 2020 by Lo茂c
Hi everyone, Every year, we invite expats who are living in Malta to share their experience and tell us more about the average price of products and services in their town, city or area, so that we can help future expats planning to settle in ...
As a postscript, I would agree that in general, going out is less expensive than the UK. Certainly a coffee, tea, beer, wine and snack of some sort in a cafe is much less expensive. At the top end of the scale, I would budget 鈧�50-鈧�70 per ... Read More
Cost of Living in Malta in 2020 by Lo茂c
Hi everyone, Every year, we invite expats who are living in Malta to share their experience and tell us more about the average price of products and services in their town, city or area, so that we can help future expats planning to settle in ...
I'm lucky as I inherited 2 maisonettes from my father in 1972 so don't have to pay rent. That said, some friends have commented just how much they have gone up in 2 years with a 2 bedroom flat in Qawra being advertised for 800 ... Read More
Banking methods for non euro expats by Bikal Shrestha
For non euro expat which cards ..i mean banking method is usefull for transcation..withdraw ..paying bills like households .. or any online problems . Well i am from Nepal .. i hope there is nothing like nationality problems included
I use Transfer wise and have found it good. Although I do have a Bov account, it is really for my direct debits. Read More
Payment methods in Malta by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Once you聮re settled in Malta, you will need to make some basic purchases, like groceries or pay bills. Hence, it is essential to know the payment methods available in your host country. Which are the most common payment methods ...
I've set up direct debits for all my utilities (Arm, Melita) . However they will accept both Visa and Mastercard. All the small local shops and cafes will only accept cash with the exception of my local chemist. That said, Visa and Mastercard ... Read More
Cargo flights for cats Malta to Uk
To my recollection, the only other company was Thomas Cook and flights were very restrictive. Look online for guidelines about sizes of crates and then phone Air Malta cargo. Loads of paperwork. You will need a pet passport, worming and fitness to ... Read More
Dentists? by Burke92
How is the dentists in Malta, is they any in Sliema.. Could an Expat be able to visit and get appointments? and what is the cost roughly?
I was impressed by the dentist St St Paul's Bay. I p aid 鈧�40 for check up and clean and 鈧�60 for a full mouth x Ray. As there was some question about the bone around my canines, he sent me to a peridonist in Valletta - 鈧�100 ... Read More
BOV credit cards by johnpaul.mer
Hi, has anyone managed to get either the Skypass credit card or the green American express card from BOV? If yes, can you kindly share what you were asked to do please? Thanks :)
I wanted to transfer my Amex platinum card to a Maltese one - absolutely no luck with Bov who told me to get in touch with Amex. I had the discussion with Amex who told me to get in touch with Amex Malta. I can't get an address for Amex ... Read More
Dentists? by Burke92
How is the dentists in Malta, is they any in Sliema.. Could an Expat be able to visit and get appointments? and what is the cost roughly?
Although I go to the St Paul's Dental clinic, I can say without hesitation that all the treatment my husband and I have received is considerably less money than I would have paid in the UK (check up, cleaning, fillings and new dentures) ... Read More
Retiring in Malta by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Why did you choose to retire in Malta? What are the advantages compared with your home country? What were your main considerations when deciding to move? For example, taxes, ease of transferring your pension, etc.. Are there ...
One point about tax. You are taxed on the income you bring into Malta - not your assets. Hence if you bring into Malta your pension, this is income and you are taxed on it. I have sold my house in the UK. If I import money into Malta from the ... Read More
Retiring in Malta by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Why did you choose to retire in Malta? What are the advantages compared with your home country? What were your main considerations when deciding to move? For example, taxes, ease of transferring your pension, etc.. Are there ...
One point about tax. You are taxed on the income you bring into Malta - not your assets. Hence if you bring into Malta your pension, this is income and you are taxed on it. I have sold my house in the UK. If I import money into Malta from the ... Read More
Exchanging uk driving license. by volcane
With Brexit looming the UK embassy here is advising everyone here to change driving licences to Maltese ones. Has anyone done this recently? How long does this take? It appears at least we get to hold on to our British ones while this is ...
As I said, I am only 63 so was surprised to be asked for a medical certificate. When I went to the doctor today, he said Maltese are required to get a medical certificate prior to getting their licence. He wasn't at all surprised to be asked for ... Read More
Exchanging uk driving license. by volcane
With Brexit looming the UK embassy here is advising everyone here to change driving licences to Maltese ones. Has anyone done this recently? How long does this take? It appears at least we get to hold on to our British ones while this is ...
A follow up. I received the letter from Transport Malta to exchange my driving license today with a requirement for a medical certificate. The form attached was a standard one so I will have to go to the doctor on Monday. I am 63 so not quite in my ... Read More
Exchanging uk driving license. by volcane
With Brexit looming the UK embassy here is advising everyone here to change driving licences to Maltese ones. Has anyone done this recently? How long does this take? It appears at least we get to hold on to our British ones while this is ...
OK, went to Transport Malta, first week in January. My fault but I missed out 1 photocopy (back of UK driving license) so I couldn't apply. Nice lady told me that I could apply by post and I would receive a confirmation that my application was ... Read More
EU Citizens e-residency process & Health Care info. by GuestPoster566
[large][b]Please try to avoid making irrelevant comments or going off topic as this is intended for information, rather than discussion. Anything irrelevant clutters the thread and the purpose is lost. I am happy to answer any questions or go into ...
As an update, my husbands Id card took 7 weeks. The collection at Evans building was no problem - a queue of 8 people and less than 30 minutes Read More
Sending and receiving packages in Malta by Priscilla
Hello, As an expat, there are inevitably certain items you might want or need from back home, and around the holiday period, many people like to send gift packages. How easy is it to send and receive packages in Malta? Is the public postal ...
Book depository sends to Malta and frequently this is free. Amazon again delivers door to door but they have a list of things they will not deliver (E. G. Batteries) Read More
Sending and receiving packages in Malta by Priscilla
Hello, As an expat, there are inevitably certain items you might want or need from back home, and around the holiday period, many people like to send gift packages. How easy is it to send and receive packages in Malta? Is the public postal ...
I have used parcel monkey in the UK to send bulky weighty items to Malta. This has been successful and bearing in mind the cost of excess baggage on Air Malta, reasonable. Delivery has been by courier to my Maltese address. Recently I ordered some ... Read More
EU Citizens e-residency process & Health Care info. by GuestPoster566
[large][b]Please try to avoid making irrelevant comments or going off topic as this is intended for information, rather than discussion. Anything irrelevant clutters the thread and the purpose is lost. I am happy to answer any questions or go into ...
Any idea how long it now takes to get your card after you have submitted your forms and gone through the initial process. I remember that mine took about 4/5 weeks but that was 2 years ago Read More
EU Citizens e-residency process & Health Care info. by GuestPoster566
[large][b]Please try to avoid making irrelevant comments or going off topic as this is intended for information, rather than discussion. Anything irrelevant clutters the thread and the purpose is lost. I am happy to answer any questions or go into ...
Dragged my husband (who is 80 and doesn't do hills or queuing well) to get his residence card at the Evans building in Valletta. I dropped him off at 9:00 and when I had managed to park the car in the mcp car park and walk to him (about 9:30), ... Read More
Flying to Malta with dog on Air Malta by svale
I've had my maisonettes in St Paul's since 1972 so everything is sorted as far as housing is concerned. Anyway, we put off selling up in the UK completely as my husband needed an op and loves his garden. Until recently, we've really ...
My final post. I found Stef Billikova in Air Malta Cargo UK to be an absolute gem. The truth is that you can fly cargo on any day from Heathrow but Air Malta encourages you to travel on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday because there is less cargo on these ... Read More
Flying to Malta with dog on Air Malta by svale
I've had my maisonettes in St Paul's since 1972 so everything is sorted as far as housing is concerned. Anyway, we put off selling up in the UK completely as my husband needed an op and loves his garden. Until recently, we've really ...
OK. For my cocker spaniel going out as cargo works out as 拢522 from Heathrow. Finally found out the truth: 1. Air Malta does fly pets as cargo from Heathrow as well as Gatwick 2. You can deal with Air Malta direct - they do not insist on an ... Read More
Flying to Malta with dog on Air Malta by svale
I've had my maisonettes in St Paul's since 1972 so everything is sorted as far as housing is concerned. Anyway, we put off selling up in the UK completely as my husband needed an op and loves his garden. Until recently, we've really ...
My rant was really about how I've been treated by Air Malta. If they could have given me the correct information in the first place, I'd feel better about it. It is the misinformation and struggle to find out what's happening that makes ... Read More
Flying to Malta with dog on Air Malta by svale
I've had my maisonettes in St Paul's since 1972 so everything is sorted as far as housing is concerned. Anyway, we put off selling up in the UK completely as my husband needed an op and loves his garden. Until recently, we've really ...
I need to confirm but I've information that you can travel via Heathrow on km101 on Monday. Apart from the actual airport, Gatwick is over twice the distance from me than Heathrow and I would be forced into the M25 during early morning rush ... Read More
Flying to Malta with dog on Air Malta by svale
I've had my maisonettes in St Paul's since 1972 so everything is sorted as far as housing is concerned. Anyway, we put off selling up in the UK completely as my husband needed an op and loves his garden. Until recently, we've really ...
AS a BTW, I have it clarified by Air Malta that despite their website, they do not currently accept pets as excess baggage from the UK. Unfortunately this is not what I was originally told by the Air Malta ticketing agent (who also said there was no ... Read More
Flying to Malta with dog on Air Malta by svale
I've had my maisonettes in St Paul's since 1972 so everything is sorted as far as housing is concerned. Anyway, we put off selling up in the UK completely as my husband needed an op and loves his garden. Until recently, we've really ...
The issue is that we can't reside permanently in Malta after Brexit as there are restrictions on third party nationals. We were always planning to retire permanently but this has now been forward. For the past year we were only staying in the UK ... Read More
Flying to Malta with dog on Air Malta by svale
I've had my maisonettes in St Paul's since 1972 so everything is sorted as far as housing is concerned. Anyway, we put off selling up in the UK completely as my husband needed an op and loves his garden. Until recently, we've really ...
The only other airline that fly from the UK to Malta is Thomas Cook. They fly from Gatwick on Tuesdays I believe. Again not helpful particularly as I have been forced into buying an air ticket with Air Malta so I could supposedly book Dusty in as ... Read More
Flying to Malta with dog on Air Malta by svale
I've had my maisonettes in St Paul's since 1972 so everything is sorted as far as housing is concerned. Anyway, we put off selling up in the UK completely as my husband needed an op and loves his garden. Until recently, we've really ...
There are lots of posts about the various mechanics of importing dogs into Malta but none about actually flying dogs from UK to Malta using Air Malta cargo. Still looking for answers Read More
Flying to Malta with dog on Air Malta
I've had my maisonettes in St Paul's since 1972 so everything is sorted as far as housing is concerned. Anyway, we put off selling up in the UK completely as my husband needed an op and loves his garden. Until recently, we've really ... Read More
Moving and Shipping Companies (UK to Malta) - Any Ideas or Referrals?? by CynthiaJ
Dear anyone, I'm preparing to move to Malta in a month. I would like to move my personal belongings and furniture from the UK to Malta. Does anyone have any referrals or suggestions for reputable, affordable shipping or removals companies? ...
[uM]oving my furniture to Malta 鈥� the good, bad and the ugly The good I asked a variety of firms to quote (from a number of sources including the internet, forums). All asked me for various details and prepared quotes. Doree Bonner impressed ... Read More
Online shopping in Malta by Priscilla
Hello everyone, Shopping online can be far more convenient and offer greater choice than going into shops, be it grocery shopping or retail. Are there options for online shopping in Malta? Which sites or apps do you use most frequently and ...
Note that the book depository is cheap and has free worldwide shipping! Read More
EU Citizens e-residency process & Health Care info. by GuestPoster566
[large][b]Please try to avoid making irrelevant comments or going off topic as this is intended for information, rather than discussion. Anything irrelevant clutters the thread and the purpose is lost. I am happy to answer any questions or go into ...
Quick question. It says that all pages of your passport must be copied. However the majority of mine are blank. Do you really have to copy every page and does every page have to be certified Read More
Still worried about possible uk exit from eu by Julie2016
We are planning to come to Malta in October but I am still worried that we may leave it to late if the uk exits the eu. I don't want to give up everything at home to find we can't stay in Malta under terms currently existing for eu ...
True but I was pointing out that if you received your pension directly as a Malta resident in a Malta bank, you would still get pension increases regardless of brexit. Other eu countries may be affected if we are not part of the single market. Read More
Still worried about possible uk exit from eu by Julie2016
We are planning to come to Malta in October but I am still worried that we may leave it to late if the uk exits the eu. I don't want to give up everything at home to find we can't stay in Malta under terms currently existing for eu ...
Malta has a bilateral social security agreement which predates the eu. This guarantees that you will receive your pension as if you were in the UK and receive increases every year. Read More
Britain to leave EU! by F0xgl0ve
1 GBP = 1.2339 EUR The GBP/EUR rate as of 24 Jun 2016 at 7:57 AM Nice to get an automatic cut in income of around 15% - Thank you Boris and Farage. Ray
You are entitled to an Id card which is valid for 5 years. After 5 year's you can apply for this to be renewed on a permanent basis. Once you have this card, it can't really be cancelled. The Malta pm is on record as saying he will not ... Read More
Britain to leave EU! by F0xgl0ve
1 GBP = 1.2339 EUR The GBP/EUR rate as of 24 Jun 2016 at 7:57 AM Nice to get an automatic cut in income of around 15% - Thank you Boris and Farage. Ray
Actually you are wrong. Malta has a bilateral social security agreement which predates the eu. This guarantees that you will be paid any benefits as if you were in the UK. Hence your pension will be increased as per the UK. Note that there is also ... Read More
Britain to leave EU! by F0xgl0ve
1 GBP = 1.2339 EUR The GBP/EUR rate as of 24 Jun 2016 at 7:57 AM Nice to get an automatic cut in income of around 15% - Thank you Boris and Farage. Ray
Actually you are wrong. Malta has a bilateral social security agreement which predates the eu. This guarantees that you will be paid any benefits as if you were in the UK. Hence your pension will be increased as per the UK. Note that there is also ... Read More