Consul-on-the-Move launched in Australia

Successful Consul-on-the-Move launched in Australia

Consul- on- the- Move (COTM), an initiative of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Malta, was launched in Australia on 8-9 July in South Australia and in Tasmania on 29 July 2016.

The project is intended mainly to reach out to Maltese citizens who are living outside Victoria, NSW & Canberra ACT where Malta’s consular offices are located.

The groundwork for this initiative was prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Malta in collaboration with the Malta High Commission in Canberra and the Consuls General in Sydney and Melbourne.

Mr. Victor Grech, Consul General for Malta in Melbourne, Victoria, was the pioneer in the project, being the first Consul General to travel purposely to South Australia and Tasmania to process applications for passports.

The first trial of the initiative was a success and the High Commission in Canberra is already coordinating the next visits to New Zealand and Queensland.