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{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": 1,
"name": "Home",
"item": "https://www.y-axis.com/"
},
{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": 2,
"name": "visa",
"item": "https://www.y-axis.com/visa/"
},
{
"@type": "ListItem",
"position": 3,
"name": "visit",
"item": "https://www.y-axis.com/visa/visit/"
},
{
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"position": 4,
"name": "malta",
"item": "https://www.y-axis.com/visa/visit/malta/"
}
]
},
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"@type": "FAQPage",
"mainEntity": [{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "I am planning on visiting Malta 5 months from today. Can I apply for my visit visa for Malta now?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "No. You can only apply for a Schengen short stay visa within 3 months of your scheduled date of travel.
The processing time can be extended to a maximum of 30 days if more scrutiny of the application is needed.
In certain specific cases where some additional documentation is required, the processing time can be extended further, that is, to a maximum of 60 days."
}
},{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "Do I have to give my biometrics each time that I travel to Malta?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "You are not required to provide your bio-metrics again for an application that is submitted within 59 months from the date that your bio-metrics were taken.
Once the 59 months’ mark has passed, you will be required to give your bio-metrics again."
}
},{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "Can I extend my Malta Schengen visa?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "Yes. Your temporary visa for Malta can be extended, but only in exceptional cases.
You’ll need a reasonable cause if you want to extend your Schengen Area visa. Visa extensions are given for humanitarian purposes, such as staying to continue to obtain required medical care, essential personal reasons, such as a relative’s funeral, or force majeure, which may mean anything from the outbreak of war in your home country to severe weather conditions that make it difficult to fly back."
}
},{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "What are the additional requirements specific to Malta Tourist Schengen visa?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "Additional requirements specific to Malta Tourist Schengen visa are –
Invitation letter, containing the address and phone number of the applicant’s family member or sponsor in Malta (if applicable)
Passport copies
Bank statement of the last 6 months"
}
},{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "What is the validity of an invitation letter?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "The validity of an invitation letter is 3 months, from the date of the issue of the letter. The invitation letter should be valid at the time of submitting the visa application."
}
},{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "I had got a visa on the invitation letter. My visa validity has expired. Can I use the invitation letter again for applying for another visit visa?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "No. An invitation is no longer valid if a visa has already been issued on that letter."
}
},{
"@type": "Question",
"name": "Do children have to give biometrics too?",
"acceptedAnswer": {
"@type": "Answer",
"text": "Children above 1 year of age have to be present in person. For a child below 1 year, the documents – along with 2 photographs of the child against a white background – can be submitted by the parents or any representative."
}
}]
}
]