Why do we want to get Malta's passport behind the transactions behind the nationality?

The European Union is studying a bill of Malta because many rich people want to obtain European citizenship and benefit from it.

The Spanish Online Newspaper published an article on El CONFIDENCIAL, and the author Adrian López said that since 2017 journalist Daphne Karurana Galizia was being in a car bomb Since the murder, Malta's situation has been closely concerned by the European Commission.

A few months ago, the golden passport awarded by the EU countries was investigated, and the EU Parliament delegation called it a way to import criminals and money laundering throughout the European Union.

The author pointed out that Malta's nationality has become the main goal of seeking low tax rates, elite education, or wealthy people who evacuate for political reasons.

How much does it cost to get Malta's gold passport? Can everyone get it? The author said that unfortunately, as long as you have money, you can get everything.

It is said that as long as you pay, EU member states can issue passports or golden visas to people. This approach has been very common in the European Union in recent years, but in January 2018, the EU decided to stop these illegal acts.

In recent years, buying Malta's passport has become a common thing in the EU [European News Agency]

investment plan

According to a report issued by the European Commission, the Malta government launched a bill that attracted the investment in the rich in 2014, using this method to open the door for special people.

If you want to get a Malta passport, you need to donate 650,000 euros to the National Development Foundation, buy 150,000 euros of bonds or stocks, and purchase real estate worth at least 350,000 euros, or rent a year with a rental annual rent of 16,000 euros. , Lease for more than 5 years.

In addition, anyone who wants to obtain Malta's nationality must obtain the right to residence for more than 12 months, even if it may not live there.

Since the bill takes effect, 8,333 investors and 2109 family members have obtained Malta's nationality.

Although the purchase volume of passports in 2018 has decreased, the plan has increased the income of Malta's income accounted for 1.38 % of the GDP during this period.

To get Malta's passport, in addition to donating 650,000 euros to the National Development Foundation, you also need to buy 150,000 euros of stocks.

Is this illegal?

EU Judicial and Consumer Affairs Councilor Villa Urova said that when the member states sell their nationality, they sell EU nationality, which means that the country is actually selling things that do not belong to it, let alone the European Commission has no right to prohibit this from prohibiting this. Class bills cannot take any measures.

All member states facing this problem that the European Union face has common responsibilities, because once a person obtains the citizenship or residence right of a member country, he has obtained a series of rights that can be enjoyed by all countries in the European Union.

Therefore, the European Union proposes to create an expert group, responsible for submitting reports with evidence at the end of each year, which will help establish a system that fully meets European standards.

The Malta government did not disclose the national information of the gold passport applicant. Instead, it released regional information. European countries are its most common sources of immigration, followed by the Middle East, Arabia Bay and Asia.

The Economic Cooperation and Development Organization issued a report in 2018. Among them, Malta was included in the blacklist of the tax evasion country, although the Malta government stated that it is studying the files of each applicant, especially those who are facing political risks.