Source-backed scope
Preparation guide under review; not a confirmed submission checklist. UNDER REVIEW: adult Indian citizen resident in India and still outside Malta/Schengen, for a first ordinary employer-led Single Permit for direct unregulated full-time fixed twelve-month work. The job is outside tourism/hospitality, healthcare, driving, sports and the Skilled Occupation List; agency recruitment/temping, KEI/SEI/Blue Card, family, employer changes and renewals are excluded. This is only the initial employer upload before AIP, not an entry visa or a complete later residence packet. The personalised portal checklist and item-specific authentication remain unresolved, so new searches using this branch remain uncharged.
- Jurisdiction
- Malta
- Purpose
- Work
- Destination
- Malta
Route scope
Preparation guide under review; not a confirmed submission checklist. UNDER REVIEW: adult Indian citizen resident in India and still outside Malta/Schengen, for a first ordinary employer-led Single Permit for direct unregulated full-time fixed twelve-month work. The job is outside tourism/hospitality, healthcare, driving, sports and the Skilled Occupation List; agency recruitment/temping, KEI/SEI/Blue Card, family, employer changes and renewals are excluded. This is only the initial employer upload before AIP, not an entry visa or a complete later residence packet. The personalised portal checklist and item-specific authentication remain unresolved, so new searches using this branch remain uncharged.
Category sources or incomplete preparation records exist. The exact current checklist and processing rules are not fully verified; no search is charged for this unfinished guide.
How to use this checklist
Start with the route facts first: citizenship, residence, application country, destination and purpose. Then review the document rows and order processing only where the row says it is required or optional.
Document requirements
| Document | Status | Scope | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employer-led portal submission and applicant validation | required | visa application | The Maltese employer submits the ordinary Single Permit application through Identità’s portal. The applicant receives a link to validate the submitted information; the employer then receives the final-submission notification. The current process page lists €600 for first-time Single Permit applications, separate from later visa/course charges. Do not treat employer access, applicant confirmation or payment as approval or work permission. |
| Completed CEA C5 with applicant and employer declarations | required | visa application | The actual C5 has four physical pages, despite inconsistent printed pagination, Version 2.2 dated 23 September 2024. Complete applicant details and Section 02 applicant declaration/signature/date; employer details, employment and Section 05 employer endorsement/signature and Seen By Applicant/date areas are separate. The applicant declaration authorises employer portal access to personal application information; it is not a routine checkbox without legal effect. The health-professional subsection is outside this scope. Older termination wording is not a complete statement of later migration-policy protections. |
| Full passport PDF including blank pages and more than eight months’ validity | required | visa application | The Still Abroad checklist requires a full copy of every passport page, including blank pages, with more than eight months’ validity. The original of each uploaded document must be presented later at Malta biometrics. This full initial-upload requirement is distinct from the India visa-stage passport copy. The general foreign-document page does not resolve whether this exact copy needs certification/authentication; no blanket purchase is selected. |
| Contract signed by the applicant and employer | required | visa application | Include the contract signed by both parties, stating basic wage and employment duration and matching the position description and application. This is direct employment; sports endorsements and vehicle-capacity requirements belong to excluded categories. Authentication of the actual private contract signed across Malta/India remains a confirmation question. |
| Current position-description template matching the contract | required | visa application | The actual two-page ELU/FM-011 template, Version 2.0, asks for job title, purpose, business need, duties, minimum education/experience, gross monthly wage, hours, contract duration and recruitment efforts. The current checklist expressly requires both employer and applicant signatures, although the template presents a single general Signed/Date area; do not invent a second preprinted signature block. Follow the checklist for both parties’ signing. |
| Jobsplus and EURES advertisement: three weeks within the preceding two months | required | visa application | For this ordinary non-special-category job, provide evidence of advertisement on both Jobsplus and EURES for at least three weeks within the two months before submission, showing the full publication date. The separate two-week local-media rule for KEI/SEI/Blue Card or Skilled Occupation List cases is not substituted into this branch. |
| Employer-signed Declaration of Suitability | required | visa application | The actual one-page Jobsplus form asks the employer to identify the applicant/job and the checks used: academic evidence, references, direct previous-employer contact and/or other stated evidence. The employer signs and assumes responsibility for the declared suitability. A degree is not invented as universally mandatory. If qualifications are submitted, current Identità instructions require MQRIC recognition or its pending receipt; reference evidence includes referee email contacts. |
| Signed Europass CV and any applicable qualification evidence | required | visa application | Current general Identità document instructions require the applicant’s signed Europass CV. Qualification certificates submitted need MQRIC recognition, or its receipt if pending. This does not establish that every ordinary job requires a degree. Foreign qualification/reference authentication and treatment of the self-authored CV remain unresolved per item. |
| Pre-Departure Course certificate for first-time Still Abroad applicants | required | visa application | The dated 28 February 2026 notice confirms launch on 5 January 2026 and verification from 1 March 2026 for new and Still Abroad applications, including non-tourism sectors. Provide the valid certificate for this first-time scope. Tourism/hospitality additionally has its separate full Skills Pass; the older checklist’s Phase1/Phase2 wording is not applied to this unrelated occupation. Prior-permit/long-residence exceptions must actually apply; none is assumed here. |
| Foreign-document authentication remains a substantive review gap | required | visa application | The Expatriates Unit broadly requires non-EU-issued originals/certified copies to be apostilled or legalised, with a stated forensic-certificate alternative. Current sources do not resolve its item-specific application to passport copies, a self-authored CV, prescribed forms or a private Maltese-employer contract signed in India. Checklist silence is not proof of exemption, and the broad rule is not an actionable apostille instruction for every row. Obtain the actual authority/portal requirement before paid processing. |
| Later Malta biometrics: final health clearance, residence housing and €100,000 insurance | required | visa application | The specific Still Abroad checklist places entry-visa/bio-page copies, final health approval, applicable housing/Housing Authority evidence and first-year €100,000 health insurance in the after-arrival biometrics section. The general document list covers multiple types and does not set a different initial deadline; do not call later staging a waiver of an earlier individual request. Health tests required for the actual occupation/person are conducted in Malta through the current employer/HR online process. A 14-night visa hotel booking is not automatically the later residence housing packet. |
| AIP, visa and biometrics alone do not permit employment | recommended | visa application | AIP allows progression to the separate India entry-visa application. Work can start only after the required process and an Interim Receipt expressly including Temporary Authorisation to Work, with Jobsplus registration. Follow the actual authorisation and any later card restrictions; never treat an employer upload, AIP, entry visa or attendance at biometrics alone as work permission. |
Processing route
- Employer-led portal submission and applicant validationProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. The Maltese employer submits the ordinary Single Permit application through Identità’s portal. The applicant receives a link to validate the submitted information; the employer then receives the final-submission notification. The current process page lists €600 for first-time Single Permit applications, separate from later visa/course charges. Do not treat employer access, applicant confirmation or payment as approval or work permission. The initial Expatriates Unit packet has unresolved item-specific authentication questions. Non-English foreign documents require the applicable authorised English translation and authentication. Do not presume an Indian agency certificate or notary meets the receiving authority’s requirements, or automatically charge apostille on every row. 1. Prepare Employer-led portal submission and applicant validation in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Completed CEA C5 with applicant and employer declarationsProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. The actual C5 has four physical pages, despite inconsistent printed pagination, Version 2.2 dated 23 September 2024. Complete applicant details and Section 02 applicant declaration/signature/date; employer details, employment and Section 05 employer endorsement/signature and Seen By Applicant/date areas are separate. The applicant declaration authorises employer portal access to personal application information; it is not a routine checkbox without legal effect. The health-professional subsection is outside this scope. Older termination wording is not a complete statement of later migration-policy protections. The initial Expatriates Unit packet has unresolved item-specific authentication questions. Non-English foreign documents require the applicable authorised English translation and authentication. Do not presume an Indian agency certificate or notary meets the receiving authority’s requirements, or automatically charge apostille on every row. 1. Prepare Completed CEA C5 with applicant and employer declarations in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Full passport PDF including blank pages and more than eight months’ validityProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. The Still Abroad checklist requires a full copy of every passport page, including blank pages, with more than eight months’ validity. The original of each uploaded document must be presented later at Malta biometrics. This full initial-upload requirement is distinct from the India visa-stage passport copy. The general foreign-document page does not resolve whether this exact copy needs certification/authentication; no blanket purchase is selected. The initial Expatriates Unit packet has unresolved item-specific authentication questions. Non-English foreign documents require the applicable authorised English translation and authentication. Do not presume an Indian agency certificate or notary meets the receiving authority’s requirements, or automatically charge apostille on every row. 1. Prepare Full passport PDF including blank pages and more than eight months’ validity in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Contract signed by the applicant and employerProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. Include the contract signed by both parties, stating basic wage and employment duration and matching the position description and application. This is direct employment; sports endorsements and vehicle-capacity requirements belong to excluded categories. Authentication of the actual private contract signed across Malta/India remains a confirmation question. The initial Expatriates Unit packet has unresolved item-specific authentication questions. Non-English foreign documents require the applicable authorised English translation and authentication. Do not presume an Indian agency certificate or notary meets the receiving authority’s requirements, or automatically charge apostille on every row. 1. Prepare Contract signed by the applicant and employer in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Current position-description template matching the contractProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. The actual two-page ELU/FM-011 template, Version 2.0, asks for job title, purpose, business need, duties, minimum education/experience, gross monthly wage, hours, contract duration and recruitment efforts. The current checklist expressly requires both employer and applicant signatures, although the template presents a single general Signed/Date area; do not invent a second preprinted signature block. Follow the checklist for both parties’ signing. The initial Expatriates Unit packet has unresolved item-specific authentication questions. Non-English foreign documents require the applicable authorised English translation and authentication. Do not presume an Indian agency certificate or notary meets the receiving authority’s requirements, or automatically charge apostille on every row. 1. Prepare Current position-description template matching the contract in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Jobsplus and EURES advertisement: three weeks within the preceding two monthsProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. For this ordinary non-special-category job, provide evidence of advertisement on both Jobsplus and EURES for at least three weeks within the two months before submission, showing the full publication date. The separate two-week local-media rule for KEI/SEI/Blue Card or Skilled Occupation List cases is not substituted into this branch. The initial Expatriates Unit packet has unresolved item-specific authentication questions. Non-English foreign documents require the applicable authorised English translation and authentication. Do not presume an Indian agency certificate or notary meets the receiving authority’s requirements, or automatically charge apostille on every row. 1. Prepare Jobsplus and EURES advertisement: three weeks within the preceding two months in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Employer-signed Declaration of SuitabilityProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. The actual one-page Jobsplus form asks the employer to identify the applicant/job and the checks used: academic evidence, references, direct previous-employer contact and/or other stated evidence. The employer signs and assumes responsibility for the declared suitability. A degree is not invented as universally mandatory. If qualifications are submitted, current Identità instructions require MQRIC recognition or its pending receipt; reference evidence includes referee email contacts. The initial Expatriates Unit packet has unresolved item-specific authentication questions. Non-English foreign documents require the applicable authorised English translation and authentication. Do not presume an Indian agency certificate or notary meets the receiving authority’s requirements, or automatically charge apostille on every row. 1. Prepare Employer-signed Declaration of Suitability in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Signed Europass CV and any applicable qualification evidenceProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. Current general Identità document instructions require the applicant’s signed Europass CV. Qualification certificates submitted need MQRIC recognition, or its receipt if pending. This does not establish that every ordinary job requires a degree. Foreign qualification/reference authentication and treatment of the self-authored CV remain unresolved per item. The initial Expatriates Unit packet has unresolved item-specific authentication questions. Non-English foreign documents require the applicable authorised English translation and authentication. Do not presume an Indian agency certificate or notary meets the receiving authority’s requirements, or automatically charge apostille on every row. 1. Prepare Signed Europass CV and any applicable qualification evidence in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Pre-Departure Course certificate for first-time Still Abroad applicantsProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. The dated 28 February 2026 notice confirms launch on 5 January 2026 and verification from 1 March 2026 for new and Still Abroad applications, including non-tourism sectors. Provide the valid certificate for this first-time scope. Tourism/hospitality additionally has its separate full Skills Pass; the older checklist’s Phase1/Phase2 wording is not applied to this unrelated occupation. Prior-permit/long-residence exceptions must actually apply; none is assumed here. The initial Expatriates Unit packet has unresolved item-specific authentication questions. Non-English foreign documents require the applicable authorised English translation and authentication. Do not presume an Indian agency certificate or notary meets the receiving authority’s requirements, or automatically charge apostille on every row. 1. Prepare Pre-Departure Course certificate for first-time Still Abroad applicants in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Foreign-document authentication remains a substantive review gapProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. The Expatriates Unit broadly requires non-EU-issued originals/certified copies to be apostilled or legalised, with a stated forensic-certificate alternative. Current sources do not resolve its item-specific application to passport copies, a self-authored CV, prescribed forms or a private Maltese-employer contract signed in India. Checklist silence is not proof of exemption, and the broad rule is not an actionable apostille instruction for every row. Obtain the actual authority/portal requirement before paid processing. The initial Expatriates Unit packet has unresolved item-specific authentication questions. Non-English foreign documents require the applicable authorised English translation and authentication. Do not presume an Indian agency certificate or notary meets the receiving authority’s requirements, or automatically charge apostille on every row. 1. Prepare Foreign-document authentication remains a substantive review gap in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- Later Malta biometrics: final health clearance, residence housing and €100,000 insuranceProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. The specific Still Abroad checklist places entry-visa/bio-page copies, final health approval, applicable housing/Housing Authority evidence and first-year €100,000 health insurance in the after-arrival biometrics section. The general document list covers multiple types and does not set a different initial deadline; do not call later staging a waiver of an earlier individual request. Health tests required for the actual occupation/person are conducted in Malta through the current employer/HR online process. A 14-night visa hotel booking is not automatically the later residence housing packet. The initial Expatriates Unit packet has unresolved item-specific authentication questions. Non-English foreign documents require the applicable authorised English translation and authentication. Do not presume an Indian agency certificate or notary meets the receiving authority’s requirements, or automatically charge apostille on every row. 1. Prepare Later Malta biometrics: final health clearance, residence housing and €100,000 insurance in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
- AIP, visa and biometrics alone do not permit employmentProcessing route needs confirmation for the actual document language, type and location. AIP allows progression to the separate India entry-visa application. Work can start only after the required process and an Interim Receipt expressly including Temporary Authorisation to Work, with Jobsplus registration. Follow the actual authorisation and any later card restrictions; never treat an employer upload, AIP, entry visa or attendance at biometrics alone as work permission. The initial Expatriates Unit packet has unresolved item-specific authentication questions. Non-English foreign documents require the applicable authorised English translation and authentication. Do not presume an Indian agency certificate or notary meets the receiving authority’s requirements, or automatically charge apostille on every row. 1. Prepare AIP, visa and biometrics alone do not permit employment in the format described above 2. Submit according to the linked official application instructions
Official citations
- Malta Identità Central Visa Unit / Expatriates Unit / Jobsplus / authorised VFS IndiaIdentità: actual two-page Still Abroad Single Permit checklistidentita.gov.mtLast checked 2026-10-26; evidence version malta-employment-stages-20261026-v92
InitialC5, fullpassportincludingblanks/>8months, bothsignedcontract, bothsignedpositiondescription, JobsplusAND EURESadvert3weekswithinpreceding2months, employersuitability andpredeparturecourse. Laterbiometricssectionseparateshealthclearance/housing/insurance.
- Malta Identità Expatriates Unit / JobsplusMalta Identità Expatriates Unit / Jobsplus: India to Malta initial Single Permit application — employer upload under reviewidentita.gov.mtLast checked 2026-10-26; evidence version india-malta-work-still-abroad-initial-review-2026-10-26
Actual current Still Abroad checklist read in full, with C5Version2.2/23 September 2024, PositionDescriptionELU/FM-011Version2.0 and employerSuitabilityDeclaration. Dated 28 February 2026 course notice resolves oldPhase1wording. Current generaldocument andforeign-document rules reviewed; no item-specific authentication exemption inferred. Initialupload/laterbiometrics/IndiaD stages distinguished. Personalised portal requirements not inspected; review retained.
Exceptions
- Requirements and accepted document formats can change. Follow the linked authority for your exact purpose and application stage.
- Use row-level processing labels: translation, notarisation, apostille, embassy attestation and MEA or HRD attestation are not interchangeable.
Relevant Enuncia services
- Document checklist review
FAQs
Are all documents for Malta work automatically translated?
No. Translation is shown per document row because official sources may accept some documents as issued while requiring translation for others.
Can I order document processing from this checklist?
Build your checklist using the route facts first. A processing option can be selected only where supported by the document row. Rows needing language or authentication confirmation remain under review before pricing.
Related guides
- Malta destination guide
Destination overview for all published source-backed routes.