Free Status: Apply for a Free Status Certificate

In this page please enter details that are required by the department for the issuance of a Free Status Certificate. If available, please supply the ID Card number. Estimated time to fill in and submit the form: around 5 minutes.

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01 Details of Person on Free Status Certificate

Is your birth registered at the Public Registry of Malta or Gozo?


NOTE: You can upload a copy of your Birth Certificate in one of the following formats: PDF, JPG, JPEG or GIF.
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01a Birth Details

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01b Residence Details

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If you have been married, or been part of a civil union or cohabitation, is your marriage / civil union / cohabitation registered in Malta?


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02a parent A details

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02b parent B details

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03 Birth Certificate

NOTE: In the majority of cases you will need to present a Birth Certificate together with your Free Status Certificate. If you already have an original copy of your Birth Certificate, you can opt to remove it from your order by selecting 'No' below. If you select 'No', you would need to authenticate the Birth Certificate in your possession at the Ministry of Foregin Affairs yourself.

Do you need to order a Birth Certificate to present it with your Free Status Certificate?


Certificate Format:

At least one option must be selected.

03a Letter/Form of No Issuance of a Null’Osta/ No Impediment/ No Objection Certificate

The Public Registry (Malta) does not issue a Null’Osta/ No Impediment/ No Objection Certificate. Ticking this box will provide a letter highlighting the fact that the Public Registry cannot issue a Null’Osta/ No Impediment/ No Objection Certificate which can be presented with the Free Status Certificate.


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Do you need ONLY the Letter of No Issuance of Null’Osta / No Impediment / No Objection Certificate and NOT the Free Status Certificate itself?

04 apostille / legalisation

Do you need all the certificates to be authenticated by the Foreign Affairs Ministry? If yes, kindly verify with the authorities where the certificate is going to be presented, whether this certificate needs to be Apostilled or Legalised.

05 presentation in another EU member state

This free status certificate is to be presented to a public authority in another EU member state. A multi-lingual standard form as a translation aid is required to be presented.

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