The Migration Department informs that from 16 December 2020 it will serve customers only according to their place of residence. Additional changes to the service procedure have been made in response to the decision of the Government to tighten quarantine conditions and restrict the movement of persons within the country during the holiday period.

On 9th of December 2020, in the White Hall of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania (Šventaragio str. 2, Vilnius), 9 persons, who have been granted citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania, took the oath of allegiance to the Republic of Lithuania and became citizens of the Republic of Lithuania.

On 4 December, the Decision of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania has entered into force foreseeing the possibility to issue Lithuanian national visas free of charge to regime-persecuted Belarusians.