S.L. 420.6 Art. 5Documentation.

(1) The Chief Executive Officer shall ensure that, within three days after an application is lodged, an applicant is provided with a document issued in his own name certifying his status as an asylum seeker or testifying that he is allowed to stay in Malta while his application is pending or being examined.

(2) Sub-regulation (1) shall not apply when the asylum seeker is in detention and during the examination of an application for asylum made at the point of entry into Malta or within the context of a procedure to decide on the right of the applicant legally to enter the territory of Malta. In specific cases, during the examination of an application for asylum, applicants may be provided with other evidence equivalent to the document referred to in sub-regulation (1).

(3) The document referred to in sub-regulation (1) shall be valid for as long as the asylum seeker is authorised to remain in Malta.

(4) Asylum seekers may be provided with a travel document when serious humanitarian reasons arise that require their presence in another State.