Hi All,

My fiancee and I are keen to move out of the UK and Malta as a
potential destination has been mentioned. We're going to have a
reccy mission in March to scope out good areas to live/ job
situations etc but I came across this group and you all seem rather
helpful so I thought I'd try to get some tips.

We are both British - do we need work permits? The information on
the websites I have been browsing is a little confusing - I thought
we were all a big EU happy family that could come and go as we
pleased!

What is the recruitment etiquette there? We're hoping to get our
CVs off to the recruitment agencies we have found, but is it also OK
to send speculative CVs to companies? I saw a post on this site
saying that it can be quite hard to find employment. I currently
work in a media/ marketing agency and my fiancee has worked for an
online betting site for many years - are these the kinds of jobs
reserved for the Maltese people? I'm all for a change but it would
be nice to know what sort of direction we should be looking in.

I'm ashamed to say we don't really speak another language (apart
from a bit of school French/ German). Is it essential to speak
fluent Maltese to have a hope of finding employment? Should we take
courses in Maltese/ Italian before we even think about moving? One
of the aims of moving abroad is to learn new languages - are there
good language schools and are courses reasonably priced?

Rather a long message, but any help gratefully received..

Thanks,

Helen