All Maltese Nationals (Minors under sixteen (16) years of age).All Maltese Nationals (except for Minors).Your insurability position will need to be determined by the Department of Social Security. Note: Applying for a registration number for social security purposes does not necessarily mean that you will be registered automatically. Click here to download the School Exemption application and related procedures. Once the application is approved by the DIER, the National School Support Services (NSSS) then issue the School Exemption which in turn is sent to the parents or legal guardians of the student. The application needs to be signed by the student’s parent/s or legal guardian/s and the prospective employer. Those students who have not completed compulsory schooling (up to Form 5) and have not yet reached 16 years of age but would like to work, are required to submit an application to the Department of Industrial and Employment Relations (DIER).Once the application is submitted, they will be subjected to an insurability test. Persons not in possession of a permanent Maltese Identity card need to provide supporting documentation in order to apply for a social security number.Those in possession of a permanent Maltese Identity card will receive their registration certificate automatically a few days prior to their 16 th birthday.įor those not holding a permanent Maltese Identity card and making use of this eForm, the registration certificate will be sent via the e-mail address provided in the application once the insurability criteria are met.Īn application typically takes two (2) weeks to be processed if all accompanying documentation meet the requirements. This number is only issued once and is valid throughout the lifetime of the applicant. Persons not in possession of a permanent Maltese Identity card between the age of 16 and pension age need to apply for a social security registration number. 318.) once they have reached 16 years of age. Persons in possession of a permanent Maltese Identity card will be automatically registered under the Social Security Act (Cap. Such a mandatory requirement renders every insured person eligible to claiming and receiving contributory social security benefits, including a retirement pension, subject to satisfying the minimum conditions of the benefit. 318.), provides that every person who is in a Maltese insurable employment between the age of 16 and 65 is to be insured, and this is automatically achieved when the person pays the social security contributions in Malta. Nevertheless, those minors who are still students under 16 years of age and are in possession of a Maltese Identity card (14+) but would like to work on temporary basis, are obliged to register for a social security number if the final compulsory scholastic year has not been completed. You can find more information on the categories and amount of social security contributions employees and self-employed/self-occupied persons need to pay here.Īs of October 2016, the social security number was removed for permanent Maltese Identity card holders (with letters M, L, G, H) and will only be used for people that are not in possession of a permanent Maltese I.D. 318.), subject to the entitlement conditions which exist for each type of benefit. The social security contributions paid will entitle you for the social security benefits provided under the Social Security Act (Cap. 318.) through which you pay social security contributions. Historically, your social security number is a number registered under the Social Security Act ( Cap.
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