Dual or Multiple Citizenship - Q & AQuestion No 7.I was born in Malta in 1930 of a father likewise born in Malta and a paternal grandfather born in England. I emigrated to Australia in 1950 and in 1970 I acquired Australian citizenship. I returned' settle in Malta in 1982. Under the 1989 dual citizenship legislation I id not qualify to hold dual citizenship because when I acquired Australian citizenship I was no longer a citizen of Malta but a British citizen. What is my position under the recent legislation? Your situation has changed under the new legislation. In your case, you became a citizen of Malta on 21 September 1964. You "lost" Maltese citizenship on 21 September 1967 and retained British citizenship. You acquired also Australian citizenship in 1970. You have en emigrated for 32 years. As you, therefore, fulfil all the prerequisites the new Section 9 of the Maltese Citizenship Act, you have now required Maltese citizenship automatically. In your case you may now hold Multiple citizenship, that is, Maltese, British and Australian citizenships.
  
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