Malta breaks record with 28,000 Work Permits issued to foreign workers in 2023

Highlights: Record-breaking 28,000 work permits issued by Malta in 2023
 

• Recent Euro Stat reports reveal that Malta issued 28,000 work permits in 2023.
• In 2023, workers from non-EU countries were granted 41,927 resident permits.
• The number of resident permits issued in 2023 broke the previous record, exceeding the EU average by ten times.
• The foreign population in Malta increased to 158,368, reporting a rise of 15.3% by the end of 2023.

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Work and Resident Permits in Malta
 

The government of Malta set a new record by issuing 28,000 work permits in 2023. The country also issued 41,927 resident permits to non-EU citizens, ten times more than the EU average. Most of the resident permits were issued to foreign workers from non-EU countries.

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The largest community of foreign workers in Malta are from the following countries:

Country	No. of foreign workers in Malta
India	11,000
Nepal	6,515
Colombia	3,648

The foreign population in Malta increased by 15.3%  by the end of 2023, reaching 158,368 immigrants.
 

Malta Work Permit Fee Hike
 

The Malta government announced a fee hike for the work permit application fee in 2024. Non-EU workers must pay a fee of €300 to apply for a Malta Work Permit. The increase in work permit fee applies to the renewal applicants as well.

Statistical data reports that there were 68,775 non-EU workers in Malta as of July 2023. The majority of foreign workers were reported from the following countries:

• India
• The Philippines
• Nepal
• The UK
• Serbia
• Albania
• Colombia

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Residence Permit Beneficiaries at EU Level
 

As of 2023, India, Belarus, Ukraine, and Turkey account for the majority of resident permit beneficiaries at the EU level. Family reunification is one of the major reasons for resident permits being issued. 986,453 resident permits were issued for family reasons, accounting for 26.4% of the total resident permits granted at the EU level.

The table below provides details of the nationals of countries who received the majority of resident permits, apart from Malta:

Country	Percentage of immigrants who received resident permits in the EU
Ukraine	71.70%
Belarus	52.30%
India	45.20%
Turkey	31.80%

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