S.L. 188.3 ст. 5Eligibility criteria.

In addition to the qualifications and general requirements as set out in regulation 4, the minimum eligibility criteria for an application under the programme, for the applicant and any of his dependants, shall be as follows:

(a) a proper background verification of the applicant and his dependants over the age of twelve years, as the case may be;

(b) a police certificate issued by the Malta police as well as a police certificate issued by the competent authorities in the country of origin and in the country or countries of residence where the applicant has resided for a period of more than six months during the last ten years, or in exceptional cases where it is proved to the satisfaction of the Agency that such a certificate is not obtainable, a sworn affidavit made by the applicant and any dependants, declaring a clean criminal record;

(c) the applicant and, or any of his dependants are not individuals indicted before an International Criminal Court or who appeared at any time before an International Criminal Court, whether such persons have been found guilty or otherwise by such Court;

(d) the applicant and, or any of his dependants, shall not be persons listed with the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) at the time of application;

(e) the applicant and, or any of his dependants is not, or may not be a potential threat to national security, public policy or public health;

(f) the applicant and, or any of his dependants shall not be an individual who, at any time, had pending charges related to crimes of terrorism, money laundering, funding of terrorism, crimes against humanity, war crimes, or crimes that infringe upon such Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as established by the European Convention on Human Rights, or who has been found guilty of any such crimes;

(g) the applicant and, or any of his dependants shall not be an individual who has been found guilty or has charges brought against him regarding any of the criminal offences that disturb the good order of the family, which criminal offences include, without limitation, the following:

(i) paedophilia,

(ii) defilement of minors,

(iii) rape,

(iv) violent indecent assault,

(v) inducing persons under age to prostitution, and

(vi) abduction;

(h) the applicant and, or any of his dependants shall not be an individual who at any time was found guilty, or, at the time of the application, is being interrogated and suspected, or has criminal charges brought against him for any criminal offence, other than an involuntary offence, punishable with more than one year imprisonment. The applicant shall attach with his application a sworn declaration before a commissioner for oaths, lawyer or notary public that the said information that he has provided is true and correct;

(i) where a document is required to be produced under these regulations in support of an application:

(i) such document must be an original document or if not an original, it must be a certified copy; and

(ii) the person certifying the document shall provide the full name, capacity in which the person is acting, residential or business address, telephone number and email address.