S.L. 217.5 Art. 8Long-term resident’s EU residence permit.

(1) Without prejudice to the provisions on the withdrawal or loss of the status in accordance with regulation 9, the status of long-term resident shall be permanent.

(2) The long-term resident’s EU residence permit shall be valid for five years and shall be automatically renewable upon application.

(3) The Director shall issue a uniform residence permit and shall enter, under the heading ‘type of permit’, the words "long-term resident - EU" thereon and, where applicable, under the heading ‘remarks’ there shall be inserted ‘international protection granted by Malta on [date]’: Provided that where international protection was granted by another Member State under the heading ‘remarks’ there shall be inserted ‘international protection granted by [Member State] on [date]’, upon confirmation by that Member State that the long-term resident is still a beneficiary of international protection granted by that Member State, except where such international protection has been withdrawn through a final decision.

(4) Where a second Member State requests information as to whether a person who is the holder of a long-term resident permit containing the remark mentioned in sub-regulation (3), is still a beneficiary of international protection, the Director shall provide a reply to the second Member State no later than one month after receiving the request for information.

(5) Where responsibility for international protection of the long-term resident was transferred to Malta after the long-term resident’s EU resident permit referred to in sub-regulation (3) was issued, the Director shall amend accordingly the remark referred to in the proviso to sub-regulation (3) no later than 3 months after the transfer.