I want to get a visa

You can get a national multiple-entry visa if you have a work permit issued by the Employment Service.

First of all, your employer must apply to the local office of the Employment Service for a work permit.

You may apply for a national visa after you have received a work permit, and submit the following documents:

1. a request for the issue of a national visa, completed by electronic means for completing the application.

The application must be completed in Latin characters, printed and submitted together with the documents for a visa. You can fill in the application on the website: https://visa.vrm.lt/epm.

2.  valid travel document;

       A valid travel document must meet the following requirements:

• must be issued in the last ten years;
• must contain at least two blank pages;
• Travel document validity term must be at least 3 months longer than the requested visa validity term.

3. 1 colour photo (35x45 mm);
4. employer’s electronic mediation letter (the number of mediation letter must be indicated for the visa service);

The mediation letter is provided through the Information system of public services related to the issue of personal and other documents, consultations for citizens in the Republic of Lithuania and aliens (EPIS).

5. work permit;
6. Document on sufficient means of subsistence (e.g. relevant statement from bank account or employment contract);

Subsistence means the amount of 1 minimum monthly salary for one month, the amount for return to the country of origin or a foreign country to which you have the right to travel, the amount of funds – 1 minimum monthly salary.

7. Health insurance document, valid during the stay in Lithuania and in all the Schengen countries(if a mediation letter is submited no health insurance document is needed. VISA services has right to require submiting this document).

Health insurance must guarantee the reimbursement of the necessary medical expenses, as defined in the Republic of Lithuania Law on Health, and expenses that may arise due to the return of the alien to a foreign state for health reasons (transportation, including escort of a personal health care specialist (specialists)). The sum insured must be at least EUR 30,000.

You have to pay a fee – EUR 120.

If you are exempt from this fee in the cases provided by law, you must provide documents confirming these circumstances.

For the issue of a national visa, you must apply to the Lithuanian Visa Service in a foreign country or to an external service provider's visa application centre.

The decision to issue a national visa is made within 15 calendar days from the date of the request. This period may be extended by up to 45 calendar days.

Important:

• the national visa is issued for a maximum of one year;
• the national visa is issued for a period of at least 91 days;
• if you have been issued with a multiple-entry national visa for one year, you may be issued with another multiple-entry national visa if more than 180 days had expired from your previous visa or the total validity period of all visas you had. The total period of validity of several multiple-entry national visas must be counted from the date of issue of the previous multiple-entry national visa, if less than 180 days have elapsed since the expiry of its validity;
• if you are holding a multiple-entry national visa, valid for 1 year or several multiple-entry national visas with a total validity of 1 year, and intending to apply for a temporary residence permit, in order to stay in Lithuania during the consideration of the application will have to submit this application in advance - 2 to 4 months before the expiry of the actual national visa.

You can get a national multiple-entry visa.

You can get a national visa if you come to work (not for a job requiring high professional qualifications) and have a profession that is included in the list of critical skills in the Republic of Lithuania by type of economic activity.

You must submit the following documents for your national visa:

1. a request for the issue of a national visa, completed by electronic means for completing the application.

The application must be completed in Latin characters, printed and submitted together with the documents for a visa. You can fill in the application on the website: https://visa.vrm.lt/epm.

2. valid travel document;

A valid travel document must meet the following requirements:

• must be issued in the last ten years;
• must contain at least two blank pages;
• Travel document validity term must be at least 3 months longer than the requested visa validity term.

3. 1 colour photo (35x45 mm);
4. employer’s electronic mediation letter (the number of mediation letter must be indicated for the visa service);

The mediation letter is provided through the Information system of public services related to the issue of personal and other documents, consultations for citizens in the Republic of Lithuania and aliens (EPIS).

5. contract of employment;
6. a document certifying your qualifications;

This document must be legalized or certified by Apostille in accordance with the law, except for the document issued in Ukraine, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, or Moldova.

7. Document on sufficient means of subsistence (e.g., relevant statement from bank account or employment contract);

Subsistence means the amount of 1 minimum monthly salary for one month, the amount for return to the country of origin or a foreign country to which you have the right to travel, the amount of funds – 1 minimum monthly salary.

8. Health insurance document, valid during the stay in Lithuania and in all the Schengen countries(if a mediation letter is submited no health insurance document is needed. VISA services has right to require submiting this document).

Health insurance must guarantee the reimbursement of the necessary medical expenses, as defined in the Republic of Lithuania Law on Health, and expenses that may arise due to the return of the alien to a foreign state for health reasons (transportation, including escort of a personal health care specialist (specialists)). The sum insured must be at least EUR 30,000.

You have to pay a fee – EUR 120.

If you are exempt from this fee in the cases provided by law, you must provide documents confirming these circumstances.

For the issue of a national visa, you must apply to the Lithuanian Visa Service in a foreign country or through an external service provider's visa application centre.

The decision to issue a national visa is made within 15 calendar days from the date of the request. This period may be extended by up to 45 calendar days.

Important:

• the national visa is issued for a maximum of one year;
• the national visa is issued for a period of at least 91 days;
• if you have been issued with a multiple-entry national visa for one year, you may be issued with another multiple-entry national visa if more than 180 days had expired from your previous visa or the total validity period of all visas you had. The total period of validity of several multiple-entry national visas must be counted from the date of issue of the previous multiple-entry national visa, if less than 180 days have elapsed since the expiry of its validity;
• if you are holding a multiple-entry national visa, valid for 1 year or several multiple-entry national visas with a total validity of 1 year, and intending to apply for a temporary residence permit, in order to stay in Lithuania during the consideration of the application will have to submit this application in advance - 2 to 4 months before the expiry of the actual national visa.

I come to work for a company that is included in the List of Approved Companies. And:

• I have a work permit issued by the Employment Service;
• I have a profession that is included in the list of critical skills in the Republic of Lithuania by the types of economic activity; 
• I come to the Republic of Lithuania for seasonal job and I have a work permit issued by the Employment Service for a period longer than 90 days;
• I have an extended seasonal work permit if the total period exceeds 90 days or I have applied for a new seasonal work permit or extension thereof.

You can get a national multiple-entry visa.

You can get a national visa if you come to work (not for a job requiring high professional qualifications) and have a profession that is included in the list of critical skills in the Republic of Lithuania by type of economic activity.

You must submit the following documents for your national visa:

	Foreigner entering the Republic of Lithuania for work and holding a work permit issued by the Employment Service to an alien in the Republic of Lithuania
	Foreigner arriving in the Republic of Lithuania to work and having a profession included in the list of professions lacking in the Republic of Lithuania approved by the Director of Employment Service by kind of economic activity
	Foreigner arriving in the Republic of Lithuania to work for a seasonal job and holding an employment permit issued to a foreigner for more than 90 days
	Foreigner arriving in the Republic of Lithuania to work for a seasonal job and holding a seasonal job permit extended by the Employment Service, if the total period exceeds 90 days, or an foreigner who has applied for a new or extended seasonal work permit

The application must be completed in Latin characters, printed and submitted together with the documents for a visa. You can fill in the application on the website: https://visa.vrm.lt/epm.

1. a request for the issue of a national visa, completed by electronic means for completing the application;
2. valid travel document;

A valid travel document must meet the following requirements:

• must be issued in the last ten years;
• must contain at least two blank pages;
• Travel document validity term must be at least 3 months longer than the requested visa validity term;

3. 1 colour photo (35x45 mm);
4. employer’s electronic mediation letter (the number of mediation letter must be indicated for the visa service);

The mediation letter is provided through the Information system of public services related to the issue of personal and other documents, consultations for citizens in the Republic of Lithuania and aliens (EPIS).

5. contract of employment;
6. a document certifying your qualifications;

This document must be legalized or certified by Apostille in accordance with the law, except for the document issued in Ukraine, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, or Moldova.

7. Document on sufficient means of subsistence (e.g., relevant statement from bank account or employment contract);

Subsistence means the amount of 1 minimum monthly salary for one month, the amount for return to the country of origin or a foreign country to which you have the right to travel, the amount of funds – 1 minimum monthly salary.

8. Health insurance document, valid during the stay in Lithuania and in all the Schengen countries(if a mediation letter is submited no health insurance document is needed. VISA services has right to require submiting this document).

Health insurance must guarantee the reimbursement of the necessary medical expenses, as defined in the Republic of Lithuania Law on Health, and expenses that may arise due to the return of the alien to a foreign state for health reasons (transportation, including escort of a personal health care specialist (specialists)). The sum insured must be at least EUR 30,000.

You have to pay a fee – EUR 120.

If you are exempt from this fee in the cases provided by law, you must provide documents confirming these circumstances.

For the issue of a national visa, you must apply to the Lithuanian Visa Service in a foreign country or through an external service provider's visa application centre.

If your profession is included in the list of critical skills and if within last 12 months no national visa or temporary residence permit was not issued to you on the basis of work for another employer, you can apply for a national visa at Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda territorial divisions of the Migration departament.

The decision to issue a national visa is made within 15 calendar days from the date of the request.This period may be extended by up to 45 calendar days.

Important:

• the national visa is issued for a maximum of one year;
• the national visa is issued for a period of at least 91 days, unless the application for a national visa is submitted in the Republic of Lithuania;
• if you have been issued with a multiple-entry national visa for one year, you may be issued with another multiple-entry national visa if more than 180 days had expired from your previous visa or the total validity period of all visas you had. The total period of validity of several multiple-entry national visas must be counted from the date of issue of the previous multiple-entry national visa, if less than 180 days have elapsed since the expiry of its validity;
• if you are holding a multiple-entry national visa, valid for 1 year or several multiple-entry national visas with a total validity of 1 year, and intending to apply for a temporary residence permit, in order to stay in Lithuania during the consideration of the application will have to submit this application in advance - 2 to 4 months before the expiry of the actual national visa.

You can get a national multiple-entry visa.

You must submit the following documents for your national visa:

	Foreigner arriving in the Republic of Lithuania to work for a seasonal job and holding a seasonal job permit extended by the Employment Service, if the total period exceeds 90 days, or an foreigner who has applied for a new or extended seasonal work permit
	Foreigner arriving in the Republic of Lithuania to work for a seasonal job and holding an employment permit issued to foreigner for a period of more than 90 days

1. a request for the issue of a national visa, completed by electronic means for completing the application.

The application must be completed in Latin characters, printed and submitted together with the documents for a visa. You can fill in the application on the website: https://visa.vrm.lt/epm.

2. valid travel document;

A valid travel document must meet the following requirements:

• must be issued in the last ten years;
• must contain at least two blank pages;
• Travel document validity term must be at least 3 months longer than the requested visa validity term;

3. 1 colour photo (35x45 mm);
4. employer’s electronic mediation letter (the number of mediation letter must be indicated for the visa service);

The mediation letter is provided through the Information system of public services related to the issue of personal and other documents, consultations for citizens in the Republic of Lithuania and aliens (EPIS).

5. the seasonal work permit issued by the Employment Service for the alien for a period of more than 90 days or an extended seasonal work permit if the total period exceeds 90 days;

or

a certificate of Employment Service about the receipt of application for the issue of a new or extension of the seasonal work permit has been received;

6. Document about sufficient means of subsistence;

The subsistence amount is 1 minimum monthly salary per month, and for a minor alien – 0.5 minimum monthly salary for one month, the amount for return to the country of origin or a foreign country to which you are entitled to travel, the amount of funds – 1 minimum monthly salary.

7. Health insurance document, valid during the stay in Lithuania and in all the Schengen countries(if a mediation letter is submited no health insurance document is needed. VISA services has right to require submiting this document).

Health insurance must guarantee the reimbursement of the necessary medical expenses, as defined in the Republic of Lithuania Law on Health, and expenses that may arise due to the return of the alien to a foreign state for health reasons (transportation, including escort of a personal health care specialist (specialists)). The sum insured must be at least EUR 30,000.

You have to pay a fee – EUR 120.

If you are exempt from this fee in the cases provided by law, you must provide documents confirming these circumstances.

For the issue of a national visa, you must apply to:

• if the Employment Service has issued you a work permit for seasonal work longer than four 90 days – the Lithuanian Visa Service in a foreign country or through an application centre for visa applications of the external service provider;
• if the Employment Service has extended your seasonal work permit for more than 90 days, or you have applied for a new seasonal permit or extension the seasonal permit:
  • the Lithuanian visa service in a foreign country or through the application centre for visa applications of the external service provider, if you are abroad;
  • to Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda territorial divisions of the Migration departament if you are legally in Lithuania.

The decision to issue a national visa is made within 15 calendar days from the date of the request. This period may be extended by up to 45 calendar days.

Important:

• an alien who has received a seasonal work permit issued to an alien by the Employment Service for a period of up to 90 days or an extended seasonal work permit if the total period does not exceed 90 days or has applied for a new seasonal permit or extension of the permit, may apply on this basis for issuing a visa. In this case, the alien must submit a copy of the seasonal work permit issued or extended by the Employment Service to the alien in accordance with the procedure established by legal acts, or a certificate from the Employment Service that an application for a new or extended seasonal work permit has been received.
• if you are holding a multiple-entry national visa, valid for 1 year or several multiple-entry national visas with a total validity of 1 year, and intending to apply for a temporary residence permit, in order to stay in Lithuania during the consideration of the application will have to submit this application in advance - 2 to 4 months before the expiry of the actual national visa.

You can get a national multiple-entry visa.

You must submit the following documents:

	Foreigner is a seafarer if the vessel whose crew member he is in is repaired in the Republic of Lithuania
	Foreigner is a seafarer who arrives on a ship flying the flag of Lithuania

1.  a request for the issue of a national visa, completed by electronic means for completing the application;

The application must be completed in Latin characters, printed and submitted together with the documents for a visa. You can fill in the application on the website: https://visa.vrm.lt/epm.

2. valid travel document;

A valid travel document must meet the following requirements:

• must be issued in the last ten years;
• must contain at least two blank pages;
• Travel document validity term must be at least 3 months longer than the requested visa validity term;

3. 1 colour photo (35x45 mm);
4. Mediation letter from the inviting company submitted electronically (the number of mediation letter must be indicated for the visa service);

The mediation letter is provided through the Information system of public services related to the issue of personal and other documents, consultations for citizens in the Republic of Lithuania and aliens (EPIS).

5. when you go to a ship flying the flag of the Lithuanian state – a document confirming that you are included in the crew list, and your employment contract;
6. when you are a crew member of a ship in Lithuania a document confirming that you are included in the list of crew members, the contract for the repair of the ship and/or your employment contract;
7. Document about sufficient means of subsistence;  

Subsistence means the amount of 1 minimum monthly salary for one month, the amount for return to the country of origin or a foreign country to which you have the right to travel, the amount of funds – 1 minimum monthly salary. 

8. Health insurance document, valid during the stay in Lithuania and in all the Schengen countries(if a mediation letter is submited no health insurance document is needed. VISA services has right to require submiting this document).

Health insurance must guarantee the reimbursement of the necessary medical expenses, as defined in the Republic of Lithuania Law on Health, and expenses that may arise due to the return of the alien to a foreign state for health reasons (transportation, including escort of a personal health care specialist (specialists)). The sum insured must be at least EUR 30,000.

You have to pay a fee – EUR 120.

If you are exempt from this fee in the cases provided by law, you must provide documents confirming these circumstances.

For the issuance of the document, you must contact:

• a crew member of a ship that is being repaired in Lithuania:
  • the Lithuanian visa service in a foreign country or through the application centre for visa applications of the external service provider, if you are abroad;
  • to Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipėda territorial divisions of the Migration departament if you are legally in Lithuania.
• If your are going to a ship flying the flag of the Republic of Lithuania – to the Lithuanian visa service in a foreign country or through the application centre for visa applications of the external service provider.

The decision to issue a national visa is made within 15 calendar days from the date of the request. This period may be extended by up to 45 calendar days.

Important:

• the national visa is issued for a maximum of one year;
• the national visa is issued for a period of at least 91 days, unless the application for a national visa is submitted in the Republic of Lithuania;
• if you have been issued with a multiple-entry national visa for one year, you may be issued with another multiple-entry national visa if more than 180 days had expired from your previous visa or the total validity period of all visas you had. The total period of validity of several multiple-entry national visas must be counted from the date of issue of the previous multiple-entry national visa, if less than 180 days have elapsed since the expiry of its validity.