Dual or Multiple Citizenship - Q & AQuestion No 15. I was born in the United Kingdom in 1978 and in 1979 I was adopted in that country by a couple who were (and still are) citizens of Malta. Although my adoptive parents are Maltese I did not become a citizen of Malta by adoption. Do I now, under the provisions of the citizenship law as amended, qualify for the automatic acquisition of Maltese citizenship? Persons who were adopted after 1 January l977 and before 1 August 1989 did not acquire Maltese citizenship through their adoption. In the circumstances once you were never a citizen of Malta the question of automatic (re) acquisition of Maltese citizenship does not arise. If, however, you are eligible to apply for naturalisation as a citizen of Malta and do acquire such citizenship, you may hold it together with your British citizenship.
  
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