>you will have to work for a company based on Malta... I think that's what these residency permits and visas are designed to change. It specifies non-EU remote

>you will have to work for a company based on Malta... I think that's what these residency permits and visas are designed to change. It specifies non-EU remote workers (read: Canadians and Americans) What you're describing sounds like it would likely apply to EU residents only - as a way of mitigating the complete free transfer of movement/labor it allows.