ID card holders urged to renew their cards

Identity cards ending M, G, L, H or P and residence cards for foreigners ending with the letter A, which are still in the old format are not valid anymore even if their expiry date is after 1st January 2016.

28 March 2016, 1:58pm

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Following the amendments to Maltese Legislation concerning the issue of Identity Cards, as from 1st January 2016, identity cards for Maltese citizens ending with one of the following letters, M,G,L,H,P and residence cards for foreigners ending with the letter A, whose cards are still in the old format are not valid anymore even if their expiry date is after 1st January 2016.

Furthermore, only electronic Identity Cards and Residence Cards are valid as from 1st January 2016.

Those persons who failed to avail themselves of the opportunity to renew their identity card can apply for their new Identity Card at the ID Cards Management Office in Gattard House, National Road, Blata l-Bajda in Malta and in Gozo at 28A, St Francis Square in Rabat (Gozo).

Residence documents are issued, on application, by the Department for Citizenship and Expatriate Affairs, Evans Building, Valletta or at the Residence office in Gozo.