The EU Blue Card route into Malta is gated by a minimum gross salary threshold that is republished annually, and quoting last year's figure to a candidate is a preventable, common mistake.
Why the threshold cannot be quoted from memory
The EU Blue Card scheme requires a minimum annual gross salary set as a multiple of the national average, and because the national average changes each year, the actual euro figure required for eligibility is republished annually rather than being a fixed number set once.
A recruiter or employer quoting a threshold from a previous year's placement, without checking whether it has been updated, risks structuring an offer around a figure that no longer qualifies, which surfaces as a rejection late in the process rather than a correction made early.
Where the current figure is confirmed
The current year's threshold is published through Malta's official immigration and employment authorities, and confirming it directly from that source at the time an offer is being structured, rather than from a previous year's job advertisement or a colleague's recollection, is the only reliable way to quote an accurate figure to a candidate.
Building this into the hiring process
Checking the current threshold at the point an offer is drafted, not at the point an earlier estimate was first discussed with the candidate, is standard practice at Talent and Jobs for any role where the Blue Card route is under consideration, since a stale figure discovered late costs both the candidate and employer time that a five minute check would have saved.