Frequently asked questions

Upon picking up a personal identification card, which contains changed personal details, you must submit your current personal identification card with unchanged personal details. In case of replacing a passport, bring your passport. Personal documents don’t need to be submitted if they are already expired.

  You can cancel your visit by clicking the cancellation link (red button), sent to your e-mail by MIGRIS.

All foreigners should seek for this information by contacting their local vaccination centre https://koronastop.lrv.lt/lt/vakcina.  All self-imposed isolation questions should be addressed to the National Public Health Centre https://nvsc.lrv.lt/lt/informacija-visuomenei-apie-covid-19/grizusiems-atvykusiems-is-uzsienio-1.

Login to MIGRIS account using email or The State Information Resources Interoperability Platform (only for those, who have personal identification number in Lithuania).

In the application area ("My Applications"), click "New Application" -> Applications on behalf of natural persons -> I want to get a national visa -> Apply request.

After submitting application, you should be able to register for a visit in Migration Department or an external service provider.

Choose ‘Visits’ in the top right part of the www.migracija.lt website and select the type of visit – ‘Consulting on foreigner and Lithuanian citizenship issues’. Then fill out all the personal details required, choose the territorial unit for your consultation and a convenient time.

Consultations on general issues are also available by phone +370 707 67000 or e-mail info@migracija.gov.lt

Choose ‘Visits’ in the top right part of the www.migracija.lt website and select the type of visit – ‘Consulting on foreigner and Lithuanian citizenship issues’. Then fill out all the personal details required, choose the territorial unit for your consultation and a convenient time.

Consultations on general issues are also available by phone +370 707 67000 or e-mail info@migracija.gov.lt.

Choose ‘Visits’ in the top right part of the www.migracija.lt website and select the type of visit – ‘Submitting an application for the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania for foreigners’. Then fill out all the personal details required, choose the territorial unit, where you will submit your application, and a convenient time.

Fill out, print and bring your application before coming to the department at the designated time. The form is available here.

Log on to MIGRIS at www.migracija.lt. You can do this in two ways: by using your e-mail or via E-Government Gateway/SIRIP (only for persons with a Lithuanian personal code/e-banking at a Lithuanian bank).

Video instructions on how to do this are available here.

Instructions on choosing the correct application type, filling and submitting an application, are available here.

The same person can make several reservations for different services (e.g. regarding visa, Lithuanian temporary residence permit, Lithuanian permanent residence permit, etc.).

The same person can make only one reservation for the same service.

A passport of a foreign national or an equivalent document for travelling to foreign countries and acknowledged in the Republic of Lithuania.

Family members of the citizens of the third countries – a spouse or a partner under a registered partnership agreement, minor children (foster children) (hereinafter – children), including the minor children of the spouse or a person under a registered partnership agreement, if they are not married and are dependent on their parents, also first-degree relatives in the ascending line (parents), who have been supported for more than one year and cannot use the support of the other family members, living in the foreign country.

The list of diseases that may threaten the population is not available. If a foreigner believes that he/she has a disease that could threaten the population and indicates it in the application, in case of a need to check if the disease, indicated by the foreigner, may threaten the population, an official request or assistance is sent to the National Public Health Centre under the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania.

A place of residence of a natural person is a place, where he/she usually stays. A foreigner must indicate his/her factual (permanent) place of residence in the last 10 years.

A document to confirm that the foreigner owns living quarters to declare his/her place of residence in the Republic of Lithuania, the living area of which for one adult person that has declared his/her place of residence is at least 7 square metres (the living quarters for a foreigner, who is studying in Lithuania, must be at least 4 square metres, and the requirement of the place of residence does not apply for foreigners, whose work is related to constant travelling on international routes or if he/she is placed on secondment in another EU or EFTA member state according to a service or employment agreement in the said member state):

• a written commitment of a natural person, approved by a notary public of the Republic of Lithuania, head of an elderate of a municipality of the Republic of Lithuania or an authorised civil servant of the Migration Department, to provide the foreigner with appropriate living quarters, where the said foreigner would declare his/her place of residence and which meets the requirements for living quarters, during the period of validity of the temporary residence permit; or
• a written commitment of a legal entity, confirmed with a signature and seal of the legal entity, if he said legal entity must have a seal, to provide the foreigner with appropriate living quarters, where the said foreigner would declare his/her place of residence and which meets the requirements for living quarters, during the period of validity of the temporary residence permit.

A document regarding an appropriate place of residence is not required in the following cases:

• if a foreigner owns a place of residence under the right of ownership or if he/she has entered into a rent or use agreement with a natural or a legal person for a period of time, which is not shorter than the period of the validity of the temporary residence permit, which is registered at the PI Centre of Registers (Real Property Register);
• for a foreigner, who has a right to restore the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania or is of Lithuanian origins;
• for a family member of a foreigner, who has been granted asylum in the Republic of Lithuania, who applied for the issue of a temporary residence permit in 3 months since the provision of asylum in the Republic of Lithuania.

When the foreigner acquires a written commitment of a natural person, approved by a notary public of the Republic of Lithuania, head of an elderate of a municipality of the Republic of Lithuania or an authorised civil servant of the Migration Department, to provide the foreigner with appropriate living quarters, where the said foreigner would declare his/her place of residence and which meets the requirements for living quarters during the period of validity of the temporary residence permit, the commitment must be attached to the application for the issue (change) of a temporary residence permit, filled out in MIGRIS system, or it can be submitted with the application for the issue (change) of a temporary residence permit and the biometric data at the Migration Department. A foreigner also can come to the Migration Department together with the owner (co-owner) of the place of residence and submit the said commitment.

The amount of health insurance is not defined (it is usually 6,000 Eur). It is necessary to ensure that the health insurance guarantees the covering of the first aid medical costs, incurred due to returning the foreigner back to the foreign state because of health issues (transportation, including the escort of a personal health care specialist (specialists) and is valid throughout the entire period of the foreigner’s stay or residence in the Republic of Lithuania. Should the temporary residence permit be issued (replaced) for a period that is longer than one year, the health insurance must be valid for one year.

A health insurance is not necessary, if the foreigner pays (will pay) appropriate social insurance payments or if these payments will be made for them.

A foreigner’s sufficient funds or regular income, which is sufficient to live in the Republic of Lithuania, can be confirmed with the following documents:

• a bank statement of availability of funds

A bank statement, issued by a bank of a foreign state, may be submitted in original English language or as an English translation from another language, certified by a translator;

• employment agreement

When a foreigner applies for a temporary residence permit on the basis of employment, then the document to confirm sufficient funds or regular income that is sufficient to live in the Republic of Lithuania, is not necessary, if the foreigner's monthly salary is equal or more than 1 minimum monthly salary (MMS);

• written obligation

A free form written obligation of a natural person (e.g. a family member) to provide material support for the foreigner during his stay in the Republic of Lithuania. At the same time the obligor must submit a bank statement about his funds available or an employment agreement, which can be submitted in its original English language or as an English translation from another language, certified by a translator.

IMPORTANT:

• The amount of subsistence in the Republic of Lithuania, which may be regarded as sufficient for a foreigner, applying for a residence permit, to live in the Republic of Lithuania for one calendar month, is 1 minimum monthly salary (MMS), and 0,5 MMS for a foreigner, intending to study, participating in an internship, or improving qualifications, or for a foreigner below 18 years of age.

• The subsistence of the foreigner must be enough for the entire period of temporary residence permit requested and if the permit is issued or changed for a term that exceeds one year – for at least one year.

A letter of mediation should be submitted first. The mediation letter can be filled out and submitted by accessing the Lithuanian Migration Information System (MIGRIS). MIGRIS will assign a number to the mediation letter (printing out the mediation letter is not necessary). The foreigner must indicate this number when filling out an application to issue or replace a temporary residence permit via MIGRIS system. The mediation letter must be compiled not earlier than 5 months before submitting an application to issue or replace a temporary residence permit to the Migration Department.

The employer can authorise a person, who is not related to the employer under an employment relationship, to represent the employer to fill in a mediation letter. In that case, the authorised person has to indicate his name and surname when completing the mediation letter.

A foreigner can submit the application to issue a temporary residence permit on the basis of employment using MIGRIS system in person, through a lawyer or an employer. If the application is submitted by the employer, the application must indicate that the ‘Application is submitted’ ‘by an employer’.

If the mediation letter was assigned a number, it means that it has been submitted.

a) If you are a family member of a non-EU citizen, living in Lithuania:

A foreigner, intending to come to Lithuania together with a family member, who has applied for a temporary residence permit, or a family member, who lives in the Republic of Lithuania, who is a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania or has a temporary or a permanent residence permit, may be issued a temporary residence permit on the basis of family reunification. For the period of examining the application for a temporary residence permit on the basis of family reunification, the foreigner may be issued a multiple-entry national visa.

In case of a family reunification, a foreigner will be issued a temporary residence permit for the same period as the temporary residence permit for the family member that the foreigner is coming to on the basis of family reunification. A temporary residence permit for a foreigner, who is coming to a family member, who has a permanent residence permit, or a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania, on the basis of family reunification, will be issued for 1 year and replaced for 2 years.

More information about coming to Lithuania on the basis of family reunification is available here.

b) If you are a family member of an EU citizen:

Family members of a citizen of a European Union member, who are not citizens of a European Union member, have a right to get a European Union temporary residence card upon coming to live with the citizen of a European Union member state to the Republic of Lithuania for a period that is longer than 3 months in half a year.

More information is available at www.migracija.lt → Service information → EU citizens → I want to receive a temporary residence card for a family member of an EU citizen → I am a family member of a citizen of an EU Member State, entitled to live in Lithuania, or a family member of a citizen of a Lithuanian or other person coming with him or to him.

If you have a Lithuanian temporary residence permit and you are not an EU citizen:

A foreigner, who has a temporary residence permit and whose family members are coming on the basis of family reunification and want to obtain temporary residence permits, must have lived in the Republic of Lithuania for the last 2 years, have a temporary residence permit, which has been valid for at least one year, and have reasonable prospects of acquiring the right of permanent residence in the Republic of Lithuania, except for the following cases, when family members come to a foreigner:

1. who has been granted asylum in the Republic of Lithuania;
2. who has a temporary residence permit, issued for a highly-qualified professional employee, an employee that has been transferred inside a company, a startup, a lecturer or researcher, or a citizen of Australia, Japan, the United States of America, Canada, New Zealand or South Korea, who is planning to work or engage in other types of legal activity in the Republic of Lithuania; 
3. who has a temporary residence permit, issued on the basis that the foreigner has acquired a status of a permanent resident of another European Union member state and has a residence permit, issued by the said state. The foreigner can use this right if the family has already been created in the said European Union member state, where the foreigner has acquired a status of a permanent resident;
4. who has arrived for an internship at scientific and educational institutions on the basis of international agreements of the Republic of Lithuania or on the basis of the European Union academic exchange programmes with the third states;
5. who has invested his own, borrowed or entrusted assets in the Republic of Lithuania while directly participating at projects of state importance;
6. who has a temporary residence permit, issued on the basis of business;
7. who has a temporary residence permit, issued on the basis of studies and is studying for a doctor’s degree.

In case of a family reunification, a foreigner will be issued a temporary residence permit for the same period as the temporary residence permit for the family member that the foreigner is coming to on the basis of family reunification.

More information about coming to Lithuania on the basis of family reunification is available here.

You can come to work in Lithuania. If you intend to work as a seasonal or posted worker, you can obtain a national visa. In other cases, you should opt for a temporary residence permit.  Temporary residence permits usually issued for 2 years, for highly qualified workers – for 3 years, and can usually be renewed later.

More information is available here.

An employer wishing to employ a person from a third country must apply to the Employment Service for a work permit before the foreigner arrives in Lithuania, if the foreigner:

1. comes to Lithuania for seasonal work; or
2. is an employee of an enterprise established in a foreign country that is not a EU or EFTA Member State, working under an open-ended employment contract, is posted by this enterprise to the Republic of Lithuania for temporary work and is insured with social insurance in that Member State.

Such a foreigner must meet the following conditions to get a national visa (D).

If you intend to employ a foreigner under an employment contract or a temporary employment contract, the foreigner must meet the following conditions to get a temporary residence permit.

Before the foreigner applies for a national visa or a temporary residence permit, the employer must access MIGRIS, fill out and submit an electronic mediation letter for the issue of a national visa or a temporary residence permit.

More information is available here.

If the foreigner intends to work for an undertaking engaged in international freight transport, the qualification of the driver of an international goods transport vehicle (833206) must be attested by one of the following documents:

• a certificate issued by a vocational training provider registered in the Republic of Lithuania confirming initial qualification as a driver, or a periodic vocational training qualification in freight transport; 
  or 
• a professional driver card issued by a Member State of the European Union;
  or
• a driving licence with the European Union code (95);
  or 
• a certificate from a vocational training provider registered in the Republic of Lithuania stating that the theoretical part of the training has been completed (for first-time foreigners).

The employer provides information on the foreigner's qualifications as a driver of an international freight transport vehicle through MIGRIS by filling in a mediation letter. The Migration Department has the right to request a document confirming the foreigner's qualification as an international passenger or freight transport vehicle driver. We recommend attaching a digital copy of one of the documents certifying the qualification as an international freight transport vehicle driver to the application and submitting the original document to the Migration Department or to an external service provider.

Depending on the period that you are planning to study in Lithuania, you should apply for a national visa or a temporary residence permit.

If you are planning to study in Lithuania no longer than for a year, you can obtain a multiple entry visa.

If you are planning to study longer than a year, you should choose a temporary residence permit (usually issued for two years and later can usually be renewed). While your application for a temporary residence permit is processed, you can get a multiple entry visa.

More information is available here.

There are no limitations or restrictions for work if you have a temporary residence permit on the basis of studies.

Yes, a temporary residence permit will be issued to you in order for you to be able to look for work and start working or take-up activity as self-employed person.

A foreigner, who is a head of a company, can obtain a temporary residence permit if he complies with the conditions to obtain a temporary residence permit as a head of a company, defined in Art. 45, part 1, pt. 2 or pt. 2² of the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens. More information is available here.

A foreigner, who is a shareholder of a company, can obtain a temporary residence permit if he complies with the conditions to obtain a temporary residence permit as a shareholder of a company, defined in Art. 45, part 1, pt. 1 or pt. 2¹ of the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens. More information is available here.

The decision to issue a national visa is made within 15 calendar days from the date of application acceptance. In some cases, this period may be extended up to 45 calendar days. You can check the information about the decision by logging into your MIGRIS account.

Please note, that the Migration Department keeps the right to extend the processing period for the application for a national visa if additional checks or documents are required. In this case, the foreigner or the inviting company, on whose invitation the foreigner is coming to the Republic of Lithuania, will be informed separately about the additional documents that need to be submitted.

You can check if the decision regarding the issue or replacement of the temporary residence permit has already been adopted on the website of the Migration Department.  You can search for the decision using the number of your application.

In order to find out (check) the number of the application for the issue or replacement of a temporary residence permit, you have to address the division of the Migration Department, where you have submitted the application: a territorial division or central office of the Migration Department. Moreover, you will be informed of the decision to issue or replace your temporary residence permit by e-mail (at the e-mail address that you have indicated in your application). This message will indicate, when you can come to the migration division, where you have submitted your application, and pick up your temporary residence permit.

In case of a decision to refuse to issue or replace your temporary residence permit, you will receive an e-mail with the decision, indicating the procedure of appealing against this decision.

If you cannot find information about the adoption of the decision on the website of the Migration Department, or if you did not receive an e-mail about the adoption of the decision, you can report this issue by e-mail to info@migracija.gov.lt.

Notification of the decision to issue or change a temporary residence permit will be sent to your MIGRIS account. This message will tell you when you can come to the migration unit and withdraw your temporary residence permit. When withdrawing a temporary residence permit, preliminary registration is required: Documents issued to foreigners - withdrawal - via MIGRIS at www.migracija.lt.

If a decision to refuse to issue or change your temporary residence permit has been made, this decision will be sent to you by e-mail, where the procedure for appealing this decision to a court will be specified.
If you have not received notification of the decision to your MIGRIS account, you can notify us by e-mail info@migracija.gov.lt.

Rules for counting average term for application decision-making (in Lithuanian)

In order to change the employer, the foreigner, who has a temporary residence permit, issued on the basis of employment, have to fill in an application for a change employer electronically through the Lithuanian Migration Information System (MIGRIS) within at least 6 months after the date of issue of the temporary residence permit and arrive to the Migration Department at the pre-booked time of visit for submitting the originals of the documents attached to the application. Before the foreigner applies for a the change of an employer, the new employer must access MIGRIS, fill out and submit an electronic mediation letter to allow to change the employer or employment function with the same employer.

More information is available here.

In order to change the employment function with the same employer, the foreigner, who has a temporary residence permit, issued on the basis of employment, have to fill in an application for a change employment function electronically through the Lithuanian Migration Information System (MIGRIS) and arrive to the Migration Department at the pre-booked time of visit for submitting the originals of the documents attached to the application. Before the foreigner applies for a the change of the employment function with the same employer, the employer must access MIGRIS fill out and submit an electronic mediation letter to allow to change the employer or employment function with the same employer.

More information is available here.

Immediately after receiving notification from the Migration Department of the decision to allow a change of employer or job function with the same employer, but no later than one month from the date of the decision.

You can apply for a change of employer at least in 6 months after the date of issue of the temporary residence card.

If you are submitting a request to issue Lithuanian Republic residence permit, you may choose to declare your place of residence:

• By arriving at the booked visitation time at the Migration Department to submit the original documents and biometric data to the request to issue the permit;
• At the township or municipality within 1 month from the withdrawal of residence permit.

When filling-out the request to issue the temporary residence permit via the Lithuanian Migration Information System (‘MIGRIS’) you must affirm that you undertake to declare your place of residence in a respective dwelling and when filling-out the request to issue permanent residence permit the aforementioned undertaking may be added in the column “Valid Travel Document” (lith. Galiojantis kelionės dokumentas).

Form of Undertaking In Regards to the Declaration of Place of Residence. 

If you choose to declare your place at the Migration Department, when submitting the request to issue the residence permit:

• You need to indicate the data about the place of residence in Lithuania when filling-out the request, you do not need to additionally fill-out the place of residence declaration.
• When you fill-out the request to issue the residence permit via ‘MIGRIS’, you must add documents affirming your right to declare the place of residence in the dwelling. This can be:

- The consent of the owner, co-owner or their authorized representative of the dwelling to live in the dwelling belonging to the owner (co-owners). The consent of the owner (co-owner) must be confirmed by the notary or elder.

If non-confirmed consent of the owner (co-owner) is submitted, the owner (co-owner) must arrive at the Migration Department with you at the booked visitation time - the employee of the Migration Department accepting your request will confirm the consent of the owner (co-owner).

If the personal identification number has been given to the alien, for whom someone commits, in the Republic of Lithuania, consent may be concluded via www.igaliojimai.lt. By choosing this method, in the description of the power of attorney service, the owner (co-owner) shall indicate that they agree to allow to settle-in and declare the place of residence in the dwelling belonging to the owner (co-owner) based on the right of ownership, by indicating the address of the dwelling. In this case, you will have to indicate the identification code given to the power of attorney to the employee of the Migration Department.

The Form of Consent to Settle-In at the Dwelling Belonging to the Owner (Co-Owner).

• Lease or loan-for-use agreement is concluded with the natural person or legal entity. The agreement need not be notarized or registered at SE “Center of Registers”;
• Letter issued by the legal entity confirming the right to settle-in the premises belonging to the legal entity or the document confirming about the accommodation at the hotel, or the granted hostel.

When filling-out the request to issue the temporary residence permit, one of the aforementioned documents may be added to the column “Document Regarding the Suitable Dwelling in the Republic of Lithuania” (lith. Dokumentas dėl tinkamos gyvenamosios patalpos Lietuvos Respublikoje), while filling-out the request to issue the permanent residence permit, one of the aforementioned documents may be added to the column “Valid Travel Document”.

You may also submit the aforementioned documents upon arriving at the Migration Department at the booked visitation time in order to submit to the request the biometric data and original documents.

If the dwelling belongs to you on the right of ownership or the lease, or loan-for-use agreement concluded with the natural person or legal entity is registered in the SE “Center of Registers”, you need not submit the documents confirming these circumstances to the Migration Department.

If you choose to declare your place of residence in the township after withdrawing the residence permit:

After withdrawing the residence permit at the Migration Department, within 1 month from the day of withdrawing the document, you will have to go to the township and declare your place of residence in accordance to the procedure determined by the Director of SE “Center of Registers”.

You may find more about place of residence declaration on the SE “Center of Registers” website: http://info.registrucentras.lt.

Administrative liability may be applied for non-adherence to the requirement to declare your place of residence in Lithuania.​​​​​

If you submit a request to issue the right of residence certificate or EU citizen family member’s residence permit card, you may choose to declare your place of residence:

• By arriving at the booked visit time at the Migration Department in order to submit the original documents and biometric data next to the documents submitted in the request to additionally issue the right of residence certificate or EU citizen family member’s residence permit card;
• At the township or municipality within 1 month from the day of withdrawing the right of residence certificate or EU citizen family member’s residence permit card.

If you choose to declare your place of residence at the Migration Department, when submitting the request to issue the right of residence certificate or EU citizen family member’s residence permit card:

• You need to indicate the data about the place of residence in Lithuania when filling-out the request, you do not need to additionally fill-out the place of residence declaration.
• When you fill-out the request to issue the right of residence certificate or EU citizen family member’s residence permit card via ‘MIGRIS’, you must add documents confirming your right to declare the place of residence in the dwelling. This can be:

- The consent of the owner, co-owner or their authorized representative of the dwelling to live in the dwelling belonging to the owner (co-owners). The consent of the owner (co-owner) must be confirmed by the notary or elder.

If non-confirmed consent of the owner (co-owner) is submitted, the owner (co-owner) must arrive at the Migration Department with you at the booked visitation time - the employee of the Migration Department accepting your request will confirm the consent of the owner (co-owner).

If the personal identification number has been given to the alien, for whom someone commits, in the Republic of Lithuania consent may be concluded via www.igalojimai.lt. By choosing this method, in the description of the power of attorney service, the owner (co-owner) shall indicate that they agree to allow to settle-in and declare the place of residence in the dwelling belonging to the owner (co-owner) based on the right of ownership, by indicating the address of the dwelling. In this case, you will have to indicate to the employee of the Migration Department the identification code given for the power of attorney.

The Form of Consent to Settle-In at the Dwelling Belonging to the Owner (Co-Owner).

- Lease or loan-for-use agreement is concluded with the natural person or legal entity. The agreement need not be notarized or registered at SE “Center of Registers”;

- Letter issued by the legal entity confirming the right to settle-in the premises belonging to the legal entity or the document confirming about the accommodation at the hotel, or the granted hostel.

When filling-out the request to issue the right of residence certificate or EU citizen family member’s residence permit card, you may add one of the aforementioned documents in the section for additional documents “Valid Travel Document” (lith. Galiojantis kelionės dokumentas).

You may also submit the aforementioned documents upon arriving at the Migration Department at the booked visitation time in order to submit to the request the biometric data and original documents.

If the dwelling belongs to you on the right of ownership or the lease, or loan-for-use agreement concluded with the natural person or legal entity is registered in the SE “Center of Registers”, you need not submit the documents confirming these circumstances to the Migration Department.

If you choose to declare to declare your place of residence in the township after withdrawing the right of residence certificate or EU citizen family member’s residence permit card:

• After withdrawing the right of residence certificate or EU citizen family member’s residence permit card at the Migration Department, within 1 month from the withdrawing of the document you will have to go to the township and declare your place of residence based on the procedure determined  by the Director of SE “Center of Registers”.

You may find more about place of residence declaration on the SE “Center of Registers” website: http://info.registrucentras.lt.

Administrative liability may be applied for non-adherence to the requirement to declare your place of residence in Lithuania.

The letter regarding no criminal record should be issued not earlier than 6 months before submitting the application to issue a temporary residence permit and biometric data at the Migration Department.

If a foreigner has arrived at the Republic of Lithuania with a valid national visa of the Republic of Lithuania and is planning to stay in the Republic of Lithuania, then the application for a temporary residence permit, filled via MIGRIS system, may include a valid letter regarding no criminal record, issued not earlier than 1 month before the date of obtaining the national visa of the Republic of Lithuania.

A letter regarding no criminal record, indicating that the foreigner has not been convicted, may be submitted in original English language or as an English translation from another language, certified by a translator’s signature.

A letter regarding no criminal record, compiled in original language that is not English, or which indicates when and for what criminal activity the foreigner has been convicted for, the type of punishment and whether it has been carried out, must be translated into Lithuanian language and the translation must be certified by a translator’s signature.

The letter regarding no criminal record must be legalised or approved with an Apostille in accordance with the procedure, defined by the Government, except for letters regarding criminal record, issued in:

• Ukraine, Russia, Estonia, Latvia or Moldova;
• by a diplomatic mission or a consular institution, residing in the Republic of Lithuania;
• by a diplomatic mission or a consular institution of a foreign state, residing and accredited abroad, including the Republic of Lithuania.  

Information about ways of acquiring the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania and the necessary documents is available on the website of the Migration Department www.migracija.lt →Service information → Citizens of other countries OR → EU citizens → I want to become a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania.

If you had the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania until 15 June 1940 or if you are a descendant of a person, who had the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania until 15 June 1940, you may apply for the reinstitution of the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania. More information on the documents that you should submit and where, is available on the website of the Migration Department at www.migracija.lt →Service information → Citizens of other countries (EU citizens) → I want to become a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania → Reinstitution of the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania.

You may apply for the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania on the basis of naturalisation in the following cases: 1) If you have legally stayed in Lithuania for 10 years or 2) you have been married to a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania for the past 7 years (5 years if your spouse is an expatriate, political prisoner or their child, born in exile) and have been permanently living with your spouse in Lithuania, 3) if you are a person without a citizenship, who has been born in Lithuania. Depending on your circumstances, the lists of the required documents are available on the website of the Migration Department at www.migracija.lt →Service information → Citizens of other countries (EU citizens) → I want to become a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania → Naturalisation.

A citizen of the Republic of Lithuania may also become a citizen of another state if the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania and another state has been acquired upon birth. The child will not have to choose the citizenship upon reaching 18 years and he/she will be able to remain a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania and another state for the rest of his/her life. More information about this is available on the website of the Migration Department at www.migracija.lt → Service information → LR citizens → I want to report of the acquired citizenship of another state.

A citizen of the Republic of Lithuania can also be a citizen of another state if:

1. The citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania and the citizenship of another state have been acquired upon birth;
2. The person has been exiled from the occupied Republic of Lithuania before 11 March 1990;
3. The person had left the Republic of Lithuania before 11 March 1990;
4. The person is a descendent of a person, indicated in pt. 2 or 3 of this article;
5. The citizen has automatically (ipso facto) acquired the citizenship of another state upon marriage with a citizen of another state;
6. The person has been adopted by citizens (citizen) of the Republic of Lithuania until reaching 18 years and thus has acquired the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania according to Art. 17, pt. 1 of the Law on the Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania;
7. The person is a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania, if he has been adopted by citizens (citizen) of another state before he reached 18 years of age and thus has acquired the citizenship of another state;
8. The citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania has been acquired by way of exception and being a citizen of another state;
9. The person has preserved the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania or has been returned the citizenship of Lithuania for special merits to the state of Lithuania;
10. The person acquired the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania while having a status of a refugee in the Republic of Lithuania.
11. The person has acquired citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania at birth and has acquired citizenship of another country till he was 18 years old.

You can submit a notification of an acquired citizenship of another state for you or your child (until 18 years of age) directly by making a reservation for a visit regarding a consultation on the issues of the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania and then arriving at the territorial division of the Migration Department, through an authorised person (with a notarised authorisation) or another representative (e.g. parents, representing their minor children, carers, representing their wards, etc.), by electronic means (e-mail: info@migracija.gov.lt), such a notification may also be submitted at diplomatic or consular institutions of the Republic of Lithuania by coming directly or by electronic means (by writing an e-mail to an appropriate diplomatic or consular institution of the Republic of Lithuania). In all cases the person’s notification of an acquisition of a citizenship of another state must be signed by the person, who has acquired the citizenship of another state, while authorised persons can only submit such an application in a territorial division of the Migration Department or diplomatic or consular institutions of the Republic of Lithuania by using the method of choice. Documents regarding the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania that are submitted by electronic means, must be signed with a qualified e-signature or formed using electronic means, which enable to ensure the integrity and indispensability of the text.

Failure to notify about the acquisition of a citizenship of another state is subject to a penalty, ranging from 289 EUR to 1448 EUR.

More information about the notification of an acquired citizenship of another state is available on the website of the Migration Department at www.migracija.lt → Service information → LR citizens → I want to report of the acquired citizenship of another state.

In order to receive personal information in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Public Administration, you must make a proper request. We recommend that you submit a formal request with a copy of the applicant's identity document. You can send the request signed electronically or sent by registered mail to Sapiegos str. 1 Vilnius.

Although born in Lithuania, a child of foreign citizens does not acquire the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania.

More information about ways of acquiring the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania is available on the website of the Migration Department www.migracija.lt →Service information → Citizens of other countries → I want to become a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania.

According to a general procedure, a foreigner's application to issue a permanent residence permit must be examined and the permanent residence permit must be issued (or the application – rejected) no later than in 4 months, in case of an urgent procedure – no later than in 2 months since the application was submitted to the Migration Department.

The decision regarding the certificate to confirm the right to reinstate the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania, also the Decision regarding the issue of the certificate to confirm Lithuanian origins, must be made no later than in 6 months since the application was submitted to the Migration Department.

More information is available on the website of the Migration Department www.migracija.lt → Service information → Citizens of other countries (EU citizens) → I want to obtain a right to acquire a certificate of the right to reinstate the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania or at www.migracija.lt → Service information → Citizens of other countries (EU citizens) → I want to obtain a certificate to confirm my Lithuanian origins.

In order to prove the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania until 15 June 1940, you should submit documents, which confirm that your parents, grandparents and great-grandparents or one of them held citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania at any time prior to 15 June 1940. This concept shall not embrace individuals who have lost Lithuanian citizenship after carrying out the mandatory procedures provided for in the laws of the Republic of Lithuania and for whom decisions on the loss of Lithuanian citizenship stipulated in the laws of the Republic of Lithuania have been adopted.  

More information is available on the website of the Migration Department at www.migracija.lt →Service information → Citizens of other countries (EU citizens) → Reinstitution of the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania.

The validity of a Schengen visa and (or) the length of stay can be extended if the holder of the Schengen visa can provide:

• a proof of a Force Majeure or humanitarian reasons why he/she cannot leave the Republic of Lithuania before the expiry of the Schengen visa or the allowed length of stay, indicated on the visa; or
• proof of important personal reasons to support the extension of the validity of the Schengen visa or the length of stay.

No, you cannot.

First of all log in into your MIGRIS account: via email or through the Electronic Government Gate/VIISP (only for individuals with a personal code issued by the Republic of Lithuania or e-banking in a Lithuanian bank). Select the application option "I want to obtain a national visa". Complete the application form with the required information. After completing the application, you may choose where to submit original documents: book a visit at the Migration Department or to apply through an external service provider (VFS Global)

The decision to issue a national visa is made within 15 calendar days from the date of application acceptance. In some cases, this period may be extended up to 45 calendar days. You can check the information about the decision by logging into your MIGRIS account.

Please note, that the Migration Department keeps the right to extend the processing period for the application for a national visa if additional checks or documents are required. In this case, the foreigner or the inviting company, on whose invitation the foreigner is coming to the Republic of Lithuania, will be informed separately about the additional documents that need to be submitted.

According to a general procedure, a passport of the Republic of Lithuania is issued within 1 month and costs 50 Eur. Urgent procedure: the issue in 1 working day costs 200 Eur, 5 working days – 100 Eur.

More information is available here.

According to a general procedure, a personal identity card is issued within 1 month and costs 10 Eur. Urgent procedure: 5 working days – 60 Eur.

More information is available here