Acquisition Of Maltese Citizenship Through Marriage - Q & AQuestion No 18 I have read with much interest in the newspapers at the foreign spouse of a citizen of Malta can now acquire Maltese citizenship without having to renounce the citizenship of origin. I am an Italian national and I have been married to my Maltese wife for ten years. Would I be correct in assuming that I can now become a citizen of Malta? Perfectly so. As you have been married for more than five years and as you are still living with your Maltese wife, you may now apply for registration as a citizen of Malta and upon acquiring Maltese citizenship you may retain also Italian citizenship.
  
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