I am a researcher

You can get a national visa if you arrive to Lithuania to implement government programmes with foreign countries as a researcher.

First of all, an inviting Lithuanian institution, company or organization must electronically via the Lithuanian Migration Information System (MIGRIS) submit mediation letter (in your visa application, you will have to indicate the number of the mediation letter).

To get a national visa you must electronically via the Lithuanian Migration Information System (MIGRIS) fill-out the application to issue the national visa and include digital copies of the documents being added to this application. After filling-out the request and booking the visitation time you must personally address in regards to the issuance of national visa and submit the biometric data, as well as original documents. Digital copies of these documents shall be added to the application:

1. Valid travel document (passport) that meets 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.

2. Document about sufficient means of subsistence (e. g., employment contract, bank account statement);

The subsistence amount is 1 minimum monthly salary per 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.

Funds or received regular income must be sufficient to live in Lithuania for the entire period of validity of the visa. These documents may be submitted in English or a certified-by-the-interpreter’s-signature translation to English from a different language may be submitted.

3. Health insurance document, valid during the stay in Lithuania and in all the Schengen countries.

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 140.

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:

• an external service provider if you are abroad;
• the Migration Department 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:

• the national visa is issued for a maximum of 1 year;
• if you have been issued with a national visa for 1 year or several national visas with a total validity period of 1 year, you may be issued with another national visa if more than 180 days had elapsed from your previous visa or the total validity period of all visas you had. The total period of validity of several national visas must be counted from the date of issue of the previous national visa, if less than 180 days have elapsed since the expiry of its validity;
• if you are holding a national visa, valid for 1 year or several 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 – 1,5 to 3 months before the expiry of the actual national visa.
   

You can get a national visa if you come to Lithuania to under a copyright agreement at Lithuanian science and study institution as a researcher.

First of all, Lithuanian institution of science and studies must electronically via the Lithuanian Migration Information System (MIGRIS) submit mediation letter (in your visa application, you will have to indicate the number of the mediation letter).

To get a national visa you must electronically via the Lithuanian Migration Information System (MIGRIS) fill-out the application to issue the national visa and include digital copies of the documents being added to this application. After filling-out the request and booking the visitation time you must personally address in regards to the issuance of national visa and submit the biometric data, as well as original documents. Digital copies of these documents shall be added to the application:

1. Valid travel document (passport) that meets 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.

2. Document about sufficient means of subsistence (e. g., copyright agreement, bank account statement);

The subsistence amount is 1 minimum monthly salary per 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.

Funds or received regular income must be sufficient to live in Lithuania for the entire period of validity of the visa. These documents may be submitted in English or a certified-by-the-interpreter’s-signature translation to English from a different language may be submitted.

3. Health insurance document, valid during the stay in Lithuania and in all the Schengen countries.

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:

• an external service provider if you are abroad;
• the Migration Department 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:

• the national visa is issued for a maximum of 1 year;
• if you have been issued with a national visa for 1 year or several national visas with a total validity period of 1 year, you may be issued with another national visa if more than 180 days had elapsed from your previous visa or the total validity period of all visas you had. The total period of validity of several national visas must be counted from the date of issue of the previous national visa, if less than 180 days have elapsed since the expiry of its validity;
• if you are holding a national visa, valid for 1 year or several 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 – 1,5 to 3 months before the expiry of the actual national visa.

You can. Family members are: your spouse, registered partner, unmarried and dependent underage children, your dependent parents if you have been supporting them for at least 1 year and they are unable to use the assistance of other family members living abroad.

Possible options:

1. If you arrive with a valid temporary residence permit or national visa for the purpose of carrying out research and experimental development work issued by another Member State of the European Union, your family members holding a valid temporary residence permit or national visa issued by another Member State of the European Union must have the right to enter and stay in the Republic of Lithuania in the same period as you.
2. If you have a valid national visa or have applied for the issuance of a national visa, national visas for the same period may be issued to your family members. More information is available here.