S.L. 217.18 Art. 8Further conditions to be satisfied.

(1) For the purposes of these regulations, and without prejudice to any rights and duties emanating from the Immigration

Regulations and unless any individual is already in possession of a residence document or a residence permit issued under the

Immigration Regulations, an individual shall be deemed to be a beneficiary of a certificate issued under these regulations only if he, as from the appointed day and throughout the entire duration and persistence of the certificate, proves to the satisfaction of Malta Residence and Visa Agency that:

(a) he is a third country national and is not a Maltese, EEA or Swiss national;

(b) he is not a person who benefits under the Residents Scheme Regulations, the High Net Worth Individuals -

EU / EEA / Swiss Nationals Rules, the Malta

Retirement Programme Rules, the Residence Programme Rules, the Qualifying Employment in Innovation and Creativity Rules or the Highly Qualified Persons Rules;

(c) he holds a qualifying property for a minimum five (5) year period from the date of issuing of certificate;

(d) he holds a qualifying investment for a minimum period of five (5) years from the date of issuing of certificate;

(e) without prejudice to any other provision of this regulation, he is in receipt of stable and regular resources which are sufficient to maintain himself and his dependants without recourse to the social assistance system of Malta;

(f) he is, and his dependants are, in possession of a valid travel document;

(g) he is in possession of sickness insurance in respect of all risks normally covered for Maltese nationals for himself and his dependants, as the Malta Residence and Visa Agency considers appropriate from time to time;

(h) he provides an affidavit declaring that from the date of the application referred to in regulation 5, until the lapse of five (5) years from the date of issuing the certificate, he has either an annual income of not less than hundred thousand euro (€100,000) arising outside Malta or has in his possession a capital of not less than five hundred thousand euro (€500,000).

(2) For the purposes of these regulations, and without prejudice to any rights and duties emanating from the Immigration

Regulations and unless any individual is already in possession of a residence document or a residence permit issued under the Immigration Regulations, an individual shall be deemed to be an approved dependant as included on the certificate issued under these regulations only if he, as from the appointed day and throughout the entire duration and persistence of the certificate, proves to the satisfaction of Malta Residence and Visa Agency that:

(a) he is a third country national and is not a Maltese, EEA or Swiss national; and

(b) he is not a person who benefits under the Residents Scheme Regulations, the High Net Worth Individuals -

EU/EEA/Swiss Nationals Rules, the Malta Retirement

Programme Rules, the Residence Programme Rules, the Qualifying Employment in Innovation and

Creativity Rules or the Highly Qualified Rules.

(3) An approved dependant included on a certificate shall not be issued with a residence card unless he proves to the satisfaction of the Malta Residence and Visa Agency that he is in possession of sickness insurance in respect of all risks normally covered for Maltese nationals across the whole of the Schengen Area and States associated with the Schengen activities of the European Union. An approved dependant issued with a residence card shall at all times maintain such sickness insurance to the satisfaction of the Malta Residence and Visa Agency for the entire duration of the residence card, and in default the Malta Residence and Visa Agency shall remove the approved dependant from the certificate issued in accordance with these regulations.