Maltese identity card
| Maltese identity card | |
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 Front and reverse of a Maltese identity card (2014 version) | |
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| Valid in |
All of Europe (except for Belarus, Russia and Ukraine)       |
| Type of document | Compulsory identity document |
Maltese identity cards are issued to Maltese citizens and other lawful residents of Malta. They can be used as a travel document when visiting countries in the European Union and the European Economic Area.
They can also be used instead of a Maltese passport to visit French overseas territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland (de facto), Georgia, Montserrat (for max. 14 days), Turkey and on organized tours to Jordan (through Aqaba Airport)
See also
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1 British Overseas Territories.
2 Open border with Schengen Area. 3 Russia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The vast majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia, therefore Russia as a whole is included as a European country here. 4 Turkey is a transcontinental country in the Middle East and Southeast Europe. A small (3%) part of its territory is Turkish Thrace in Southeast Europe. 5 Azerbaijan (Artsakh) and Georgia (Abkhazia; South Ossetia) are transcontinental countries. Both have a small part of their territories in the European part of the Caucasus. 6 Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country and has a small part of its territories located west of the Urals in Eastern Europe. 7 Armenia and Cyprus (Northern Cyprus) are entirely in Southwest Asia but have socio-political connections with Europe. 8 Egypt is a transcontinental country in North Africa and the Middle East having a portion of its territory, the Sinai Peninsula, in the Middle East. 9 Partially recognized. Biometric identity cards (  | |||||