In 2015, Maltese citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 167 countries and territories, ranking the Maltese passport 7th in the world (tied with Greece) (the highest ranking of all the recent new member states of the EU) according to the Visa Restrictions Index.
Maltese citizens can live and work in any country within the EU as a result of the right of free movement and residence granted in Article 21 of the EU Treaty.
Both of these players had acquired Maltese citizenship through descendance - meaning that they have Maltese blood in their immediate family which made them eligible for a Maltese passport ... Maltese.
... Maltese in February 2024. She had sent the MaltaEquestrianFederation (MEF) what appeared to be a Maltese passport, driving licence and residency certificate and the FEI approved the change in March.