Dual or Multiple Citizenship - Q & AQuestion No 6.Having clarified my position I wish to establish also whether my children have a claim to dual citizenship. My three children were all born in Italy and hold Italian citizenship. My son was born in 1974, my daughter in 1981 and my younger son in 1990. Since it has now been established that you never ceased to be a citizen of Malta, this means that when your younger son was born in 1990 you were a Maltese citizen. In view of the 1989 amendments to the citizenship legislation, your son is deemed to have acquired Maltese citizenship at birth; hence he is now a dual citizen and may retain both citizenships indefinitely. As regards your other two children, these were born abroad of a father likewise born abroad; therefore they never had a claim to Maltese citizenship. However, since they were born abroad during the period 21 September 1964 and 31 July 1989 to a mother who is (now) deemed be a citizen of Malta, if they so wish, your children may be registered citizens of Malta in terms of the new proviso to section 5 (2) (a) of the Maltese Citizenship Act. They may submit an application for this purpose from abroad and without having to satisfy any residence (in Malta) requirements they may then hold Maltese citizenship together with their Italian citizenship.
   
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