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Entitlement Guidelines, Health Care
Funding Directorate/Entitlement Unit, MFH
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EU
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NON-EU
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Patient Category
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Documentation
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Questions to be asked
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ENTITLED?
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YES
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NO
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EU
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Maltese Nationals and their
dependants.
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ID Card numbers ending with letters M,
L, G, H, P
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YES
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EU
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Maltese Nationals working and paying
NI in another EU country and their dependants.
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EHIC
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YES
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EU
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Maltese Nationals receiving a pension
from another EU country and their dependants.
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Certificate of Entitlement
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YES
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EU
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EU/EEA Nationals and their
dependants.
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- EHIC (Temporary stay)
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YES
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- Certificate of Entitlement
(pensioners or posted workers)
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EU
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British nationals’ holders of valid
British passport; EU entitled document S1
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RHA/Provisional Certificate - Long term care is not covered: Certificate of Entitlement -
Long term care is covered Registered S1
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YES
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NON-EU
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Australian Citizens
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Australian Citizens must present
their Australian passport and their arrival ticket, they are entitled to free
healthcare for the 1st 6 months of their stay in Malta. Please see: https://s2.eessi.gov.mt/en/update-regarding-australian-nationals-in-malta-on-temporary-visas/
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YES
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NON-EU
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Non-EU/EEA Nationals & their
Dependents that enjoy Freedom of Movement
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Document (Passport Stamp), as per
Legal Notice 201/2004
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YES
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NON-EU
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Non-EU/EEA Nationals serving as
consultants to Malta Government and their Dependants
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Document certifying their current
status as consultants from the respective Hon. Minister, as per Legal Notice
201/2004
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YES
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EU
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Full-Time Students - EU
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EHIC issued by their country and
document verifying their status as students.
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YES
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NON-EU
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Full-Time Students:
Non - EU
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Ref: SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
35.28HEALTHCARE (FEES) REGULA TIONS. "2.(1)These regulations shall not
apply in respect of - any person who is a citizen or national of a country
outside the European Union who is undertaking a course of studies at any one
of the following institutions: the University of Malta, the Malta College of
Arts, Science & Technology and the Institute of Tourism Studies."
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YES
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EU
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EU Permanent Residents
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Valid Residence Card issued by
Identity Malta (in terms of Article 19, Directive 2004/38) - NB - Citizens
who present their ID Card which shows they are EU Permanent residents in
Malta should not be asked to present their payslip and are entitled to
free public health care.
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YES
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NON-EU
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Regular Migrants, Asylum
seeker/applicant for international protection, Refugees & Dependants,
Subsidiary Protection Status holders & dependants, Victims of Human
trafficking, Temporary Humanitarian Protection, Temporary Humanitarian
Protection Status N, Specific Residence Authorisation
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See:
https://s2.eessi.gov.mt/en/health-entitlement-to-refugeesmigrants/
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NON-EU
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Malta Residency Visa Programme (MRVP)
- holders
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Documents
to be presented: MRVP residence card. Must be “…in
possession of sickness insurance in respect of all risks normally covered for
Maltese nationals for himself and his dependants, across the whole of the
Schengen Area and states associated with the Schengen activities of the
European Union.” (https://mrva.gov.mt/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/LN288-of-2015.pdf)
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NO
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Others
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For exceptional/other cases than the
afore-mentioned, consult the Entitlement Unit at the HealthCare Funding
Directorate on
entitlement.health@gov.mt or 25952400
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