Who is eligible for the Malta Nomad Residence Permit - employees, freelancers or business owners?

The permit recognises three categories of remote worker. The first is employees working remotely for a foreign company under a valid contract. The second is partners or shareholders carrying out activities for a company registered abroad. The third is freelancers or consultants providing services to foreign clients under formal contracts.

In every case the work must be tied to entities outside Malta. Notably, people contracted by a foreign company that provides services to a Maltese subsidiary are excluded, so the income source genuinely has to sit overseas.