EU (Non-Maltese) Legal Professionals wishing to practise their legal profession in Malta will be required to register with the local competent authority. Such registration will entitle them to practise under their home country professional title.

Successful applicants will get to lawfully practise their legal profession in Malta under their home-country title as evidenced by the respective Certificate of Registration.

The applicant must be authorised to pursue his/her professional activities under one of the professional titles listed in:

a) Article 1 of the Directive 98/5/EC;
b) the Schedule of the Maltese Subsidiary Legislation 12.17 ‘Mutual Recognition of Qualifications of Legal Profession Regulations’.

Applicants must provide the following:

• Copy of birth certificate;
• Copy of the Certificate or Warrant to practise the legal profession in the EU country in which they have been registered including legal title;
• Copy of identification document or passport;
• Copy of qualifications;
• Document confirming that the applicant has been duly registered with the competent authority of the home-country Member State;
• Certificate of Good Standing from the competent authority in the home-country;
• Certificate of Conduct (issued not earlier than one (1) month from the date of application) by the competent authority in Malta or the competent authority of the home Member State as applicable

There are no specific requirements with respect to knowledge of specific languages. Fill in the online form and submit.

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