Dual/Multiple Citizenship Amendments to the Constitution of Malta have made it possible for persons to hold the citizenship of another country without losing their Maltese citizenship; furthermore detailed provisions with regard to citizenship have now been prescribed under ordinary legislation. The new provisions now make it possible for Maltese citizens to hold dual citizenship on emigration and in other circumstances. • An added advantage for obtaining Maltese Citizenship Since Malta has now joined the European Union, obtaining Maltese citizenship would entitle a person to all the free movement rights enjoyable under EU legislation. Furthermore, obtaining Maltese citizenship under the Dual Citizenship provisions implies the added advantage that a Maltese citizen may avail himself of the special treatment granted by the EU to Maltese workers to be able to fetch work in other EU States without the usual restrictions which are applicable to newly acceded countries on the continent. • Eligibility: Persons who are citizens of another country may obtain dual citizenship if they are: a) persons born in Malta before 21 September 1964 where at least one of the parents was also born in Malta; b) persons born in Malta after 21 September 1964 provided that at birth at least one of the parents was a citizen of Malta; c) persons born outside Malta before the 21 September 1964 whose father was born in Malta and at least one of the father's parents (one of the paternal grand parents) was also born in Malta; d) persons born outside Malta after 21 September 1964 where either one of the parents, at the time of your birth was a citizen of Malta; e) any person who was at any time a citizen of Malta and who, by having resided in another country for an aggregate period of at least six years, acquired the citizenship of the foreign country. 
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