I want to receive a temporary residence card for a family member of an EU citizen

You must obtain a temporary residence card of the family member of a Union citizen and declare your place of residence.

You have to submit your application and documents for the issue of the card in person through the Lithuanian Migration Information System (hereinafter MIGRIS). Within 4 months from the date of submission of the application and the documents within the MIGRIS, you must personally come to the chosen branch of the Migration Department and submit the original documents, biometric data and sign the application.

Applications for EU citizens up to 16 years are be completed and submitted by one of the parents (adoptive parents) (hereinafter the parents) upon submitting identity document, or guardian (caregiver) or other legal representative, upon submitting the document certifying the guardianship (custody) or other legal representation, and the identity document.

 An application of the EU citizen staying in the Republic of Lithuania who is unable to come to the branch himself due to a physical disability, may be filled in and submitted by his authorised person upon submission of the power of attorney notarised or certified in the equivalent form, and his or her identity document.

The identity and signature of an EU citizen situated in the Republic of Lithuania who is unable to come to the branch due to incapacity or physical disability must be certified and his/her biometric data must be read by an authorised public servant or employee of the department working according to the employment contract, upon arrival to the EU citizen.

Application of a legally incapable EU citizen is completed and filed by his/her guardian (custodian) or another legal representative upon submitting the document certifying appointment as a guardian (custodian) or other document certifying legal representation and his/her identity document.

You must submit:

1. valid travel document;
2. document confirming legal stay in the Republic of Lithuania (if not subject to visa-free regime). (e.g., a visa, a residence permit issued in Lithuania or another EU Member State, a residence card of a family member of a Union citizen issued in another EU Member State);
3. documents certifying the basis for issuing the card:

• a document certifying marriage to an EU citizen or a registered partnership agreement (e.g., marriage certificate); or
• a document certifying that you are a direct descendant of a EU citizen, his spouse or a person with whom a registered partnership agreement has been concluded, who has not reached the age of 21 or are a dependent child, and the documents supporting the maintenance (e.g., birth certificate, bank transfer statements, explanation); or
• documents confirming that you are a dependent relative of the EU citizen, his/her spouse or the person with whom a registered partnership agreement has been concluded (parent, mother, grandfather, grandmother, etc.) and the documents supporting the dependency (e.g., statements of bank orders, explanation); or
• if you come to an EU citizen who is an employee or has a means of subsistence – documents confirming that You are a cohabitant of an EU citizen with whom an EU citizen has a permanent relationship for the last 3 years (e.g., joint housing lease or home rental agreement, birth certificates, etc.); or
• if you come to an EU citizen who is an employee or has a means of subsistence – documents confirming that You are a dependent of an EU citizen (e.g., statements of bank orders, explanation); or
• if you come to an EU citizen who is an employee or has a means of subsistence – documents confirming that You manage a household with an EU citizen. (e.g., joint housing lease or home rental agreement, etc.); or
• if you come to an EU citizen who is an employee or has a means of subsistence – documents confirming that you necessarily require personal care for an EU citizen for serious health reasons (e.g., medical certificate, etc.);

4. a document certifying that A citizen of the Republic of Lithuania has exercised the right to free movement in the EU if you come to a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania.

A citizen of the Republic of Lithuania who has exercised the right to free movement of persons under EU law is considered an EU citizen. In order for a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania to be considered to have exercised his right to free movement of persons, he must have lived in another EU Member State for some time after 1 May 2004.

If you are a family member of a citizen of an EU Member State who has been admitted to an educational establishment under a general education or vocational training programme (s), to study at a science and study institution under a programme (s) studies or a doctoral degree, invited to a traineeship, improvement of qualification, a national of the third country, i.e. a spouse, a person with whom the registered partnership agreement is concluded, a dependent child, as well as a close relative of the citizen of the EU Member State, his/her spouse or a person with whom the registered partnership agreement is concluded, according to the straight upper family line (parents, grandparents, etc.)), you can come to a citizen of an EU Member State or with a citizen of an EU Member State and reside in the Republic of Lithuania.

You must apply to the chosen branch of the Migration Department for the submission of original documents and biometric data and for signing the application you submitted.

You must pay a state levy for issuing a card – EUR 60 (payment code 5740).

By submitting an application, you can also submit a payment order of the paid state levy with bank identification, or a receipt.

Attention: if the state levy has been paid for you by another person, an extended form of payment order must be provided, indicating your full name and personal code or date of birth, with the bank's mark.

The card must be issued no later than one month from the date of submission of the application.

You can withdraw the card at the branch of the Migration Department specified in the application.

The card is issued for the period for which you are issued a certificate to your family member, a citizen of an EU Member State with whom or to whom you have come to Lithuania.

The submitted foreign official documents, except for the travel, identity documents and those confirming legal stay of a foreign national or his / her representative in the Republic of Lithuania, must be accompanied by a full Lithuanian language translation certified by a translator or a translation company competent in certifying translations from one language to another. When it is necessary to submit together with the application a marriage certificate, a document confirming the death of the sponsor, a birth certificate, a document certifying health insurance, a document certifying sufficient means of subsistence in the Republic of Lithuania (a bank statement), these documents may be submitted  in English, if originally issued in English or translated into English, if issued in any other foreign language, and certified by a translator or a translation company competent in certifying translations from one language to another. At the request of the Migration Department, a foreign national may be asked to submit translations of these documents into Lithuanian, certified by a translator or a translation company competent in certifying translations from one language to another.

Documents issued by foreign states must be legalized or certified by certificate (Apostille) in accordance with the procedure established by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, except for the cases provided for by the international treaties or legal acts of the European Union where documents do not need to be legalized or approved by certificate (Apostille).

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.

Yes.

Yes, no work permit is required.

You must obtain a temporary residence card of the family member of a Union citizen and declare your place of residence.

You have to submit your application and documents for the issue of the card in person through the Lithuanian Migration Information System (hereinafter MIGRIS). Within 4 months from the date of submission of the application and the documents within the MIGRIS, you must personally come to the chosen branch of the Migration Department and submit the original documents, biometric data and sign the application.

Applications for EU citizens up to 16 years are be completed and submitted by one of the parents (adoptive parents) (hereinafter the parents) upon submitting identity document, or guardian (caregiver) or other legal representative, upon submitting the document certifying the guardianship (custody) or other legal representation, and the identity document.

An application of the EU citizen staying in the Republic of Lithuania who is unable to come to the branch himself due to a physical disability, may be filled in and submitted by his authorised person upon submission of the power of attorney notarised or certified in the equivalent form, and his or her identity document.

The identity and signature of an EU citizen situated in the Republic of Lithuania who is unable to come to the branch due to incapacity or physical disability must be certified and his/her biometric data must be read by an authorised public servant or employee of the department working according to the employment contract, upon arrival to the EU citizen.

Application of a legally incapable EU citizen is completed and filed by his/her guardian (custodian) or another legal representative upon submitting the document certifying appointment as a guardian (custodian) or other document certifying legal representation and his/her identity document.

You must submit:

1. valid travel document;
2. documents certifying the basis for issuing the card:

• a document certifying marriage or a registered partnership agreement with an EU citizen (e.g., marriage certificate); or
• documents confirming that you are a direct descendant of a EU citizen or a spouse of the EU citizen, or of a person with whom the EU citizen has a registered partnership agreement has been concluded, who has not reached the age of 21 or are a dependent child, and the documents supporting the maintenance (e.g., statements of bank orders, explanation); or
• documents confirming that you are a dependent relative of the EU citizen or a spouse of the EU citizen with whom the use citizen has concluded a registered partnership agreement, i.e. parent, mother, grandfather, grandmother, etc., and the documents supporting the dependency (e.g., statements of bank orders, explanation);

and

• a document certifying that the EU citizen entitled to reside in the Republic of Lithuania has deceased, if no such information is available in the Population Register; and
• a document certifying that you have been living in Lithuania for at least one year, as a family member, until the death of the citizen of the EU Member State; or
• a document confirming that the marriage has been declared invalid or that the marriage or registered partnership agreement has been terminated; and
• documents certifying that the marriage or registered partnership has lasted for less than 3 years, of them, one year – in the Republic of Lithuania; or
• documents certifying that you have custody or care of the children of the EU citizen – a former spouse or a person with whom you have signed a registered partnership agreement; or
• documents certifying that the divorce was caused by the fault of the other spouse, the EU citizen;

or

• a document certifying that the citizen of the EU member state has died; or
• documents confirming that the citizen of the EU member state has left the Republic of Lithuania;
• a document certifying that a person is a child of a deceased EU citizen; or
• a document certifying that a person is a child of an EU citizen who has left the Republic of Lithuania; or
• a document certifying that you are one of the parents (adoptive parents) caring for the child of the citizen of the EU who is diseased left the Republic of Lithuania who was entitled to reside in the Republic of Lithuania;
• document certifying that the child is enrolled in an educational institution according to the relevant formal education programme.

You must apply to the chosen branch of the Migration Department for the submission of original documents and biometric data and for signing the application you submitted.

You must pay a state levy for issuing a certificate – EUR 60 (payment code 5740).

By submitting an application, you can also submit a payment order of the paid state levy with bank identification, or a receipt.

Attention: if the state levy has been paid for you by another person, an extended form of payment order must be provided, indicating your full name and personal code or date of birth, with the bank's mark.

The card must be issued no later than one month from the date of submission of the application.

You can withdraw the card at the branch of the Migration Department.

The submitted foreign official documents, except for the travel, identity documents and those confirming legal stay of a foreign national or his / her representative in the Republic of Lithuania, must be accompanied by a full Lithuanian language translation certified by a translator or a translation company competent in certifying translations from one language to another. When it is necessary to submit together with the application a marriage certificate, a document confirming the death of the sponsor, a birth certificate, a document certifying health insurance, a document certifying sufficient means of subsistence in the Republic of Lithuania (a bank statement), these documents may be submitted  in English, if originally issued in English or translated into English, if issued in any other foreign language, and certified by a translator or a translation company competent in certifying translations from one language to another. At the request of the Migration Department, a foreign national may be asked to submit translations of these documents into Lithuanian, certified by a translator or a translation company competent in certifying translations from one language to another.

Documents issued by foreign states must be legalized or certified by certificate (Apostille) in accordance with the procedure established by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, except for the cases provided for by the international treaties or legal acts of the European Union where documents do not need to be legalized or approved by certificate (Apostille).

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.

You have to submit your application and documents for the renewal of the card in person through the Lithuanian Migration Information System (hereinafter MIGRIS). Within 4 months from the date of submission of the application and the documents within the MIGRIS, you must personally come to the chosen branch of the Migration Department and submit the original documents, biometric data and sign the application.

Applications for EU citizens up to 16 years are be completed and submitted by one of the parents (adoptive parents) (hereinafter the parents) upon submitting identity document, or guardian (caregiver) or other legal representative, upon submitting the document certifying the guardianship (custody) or other legal representation, and the identity document.

An application of the EU citizen staying in the Republic of Lithuania who is unable to come to the branch himself due to a physical disability, may be filled in and submitted by his authorised person upon submission of the power of attorney notarised or certified in the equivalent form, and his or her identity document.

The identity and signature of an EU citizen situated in the Republic of Lithuania who is unable to come to the branch due to incapacity or physical disability must be certified and his/her biometric data must be read by an authorised public servant or employee of the department working according to the employment contract, upon arrival to the EU citizen.

Application of a legally incapable EU citizen is completed and filed by his/her guardian (custodian) or another legal representative upon submitting the document certifying appointment as a guardian (custodian) or other document certifying legal representation and his/her identity document.

You must submit:

1. valid travel document;

the available card if it is not lost.

You must apply to the chosen branch of the Migration Department for the submission of original documents and biometric data and for signing the application you submitted.

You must pay a state levy for renewal of a card – EUR 40 (payment code 5740).

By submitting an application, you can also submit a payment order of the paid state levy with bank identification, or a receipt.

Attention: if the state levy has been paid for you by another person, an extended form of payment order must be provided, indicating your full name and personal code or date of birth, with the bank's mark.

The card is changed no later than one month from the date of submission of the application.

You can withdraw the card at the branch of the Migration Department.

The card is renewed for the remainder of the period for which the document was issued.

Your child, if he/she is a citizen of an EU Member State, must obtain a card of temporary residence in the Republic of Lithuania as a family member of the EU citizen, i.e. the child is issued the same document as that of both parents or one of them.

You have to submit your application and documents for the issue of the certificate in person through the Lithuanian Migration Information System (hereinafter MIGRIS). Within 4 months from the date of submission of the application and the documents within the MIGRIS, you must personally come to the chosen branch of the Migration Department and submit the original documents, biometric data (only the image of a child’s face is scanned if he arrives together) and sign the application.

Applications for EU citizens up to 16 years are be completed and submitted by one of the parents (adoptive parents) (hereinafter the parents) upon submitting identity document, or guardian (caregiver) or other legal representative, upon submitting the document certifying the guardianship (custody) or other legal representation, and the identity document.

You must submit:

1. your valid travel document;
2. valid travel document of the child;
3. a document certifying that the child you are applying for is your child, if such data are not available in the Population Register;
4. document confirming the child legal stay in the Republic of Lithuania (if not subject to visa-free regime). (e.g., a visa, a residence permit issued in another EU Member State, a residence card of a family member of a Union citizen issued in another EU Member State);
5. two identical photos (from the same photo negative) corresponding to the child's age, 40 x 60 mm (clearly identify the child's name on the other side) if the child is not present upon submission of application.

You must apply to the chosen branch of the Migration Department for the submission of original documents and biometric data and for signing the application you submitted.

You must pay a state levy for issuing a card – EUR 60 (payment code 5740).

By submitting an application, you can also submit a payment order of the paid state levy with bank identification, or a receipt.

Attention: if the state levy has been paid for you by another person, an extended form of payment order must be provided, indicating your full name and personal code or date of birth, with the bank's mark.

The card must be issued no later than one month from the date of submission of the application.

You must withdraw the card at the branch of the Migration Department.

The card is issued for the period of validity of a document issued to one of the parents of the child.

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.