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I want to get a travel document
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- I want to report a lost document
- I want to get asylum in the LR
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I want to get a travel document
An foreigner’s passport and refugee’s travel document are travel documents issued to an foreigner, entitling the foreigner to leave the Republic of Lithuania and return to the Republic of Lithuania during the period of their validity.
A stateless person’s travel document is issued to a person who does not have a foreign nationality, but who holds a document entitling to reside in the Republic of Lithuania (according to the provisions of the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons)
An Foreigner’s Passport
An foreigner’s passport is issued to a foreign citizen who has the right to temporarily or permanently reside in the Republic of Lithuania, but does not have a foreign national’s passport or a corresponding travel document for travelling to a foreign state and recognised in the Republic of Lithuania which is lost, destroyed or invalid and for objective reasons is unable to get it from the competent authorities of his/her country of origin. Having the foreigner’s passport is not compulsory; it is issued at the request of a foreign citizen.
Foreigner’s passport gives the right to travel outside the territory of the Republic of Lithuania and return to the Republic of Lithuania for the entire period of validity of this document, however, the foreigner’s passport without temporary or permanent residence permit in the Republic of Lithuania or without a valid Schengen or national visa in the foreigner’s passport does not entitle the foreign citizen to return to the Republic of Lithuania.
The issue of an foreigner’s passport does not replace the nationality of a foreign national.
An foreigner’s passport is issued to an foreigner regardless of his/her age.
An foreigner’s passport for a person under the age of 18 is issued with the written consent of one of the parents or a legal representative.
For the issue of the document, the foreigner should contact the Migration Division.
Upon arrival to the Migration Division, you must have:
- a valid temporary or permanent residence permit;
- invalid travel document (passport) if any;
- an foreigner’s passport when you renew it, because you have to return your old foreigner’s passport (if it is not lost) to get a new foreigner’s passport.
- a detailed explanation of any objective reasons preventing you to receive a valid passport of a foreign national or a corresponding travel document for travel to a foreign state and recognised in the Republic of Lithuania from the competent authorities of your country of origin, and/or documents proving that you cannot get a travel document from competent authorities of your country of origin;
If necessary:
- two photos corresponding to your age (if it is technically not possible to scan your facial image with biometric recording equipment or if want your face image to be scanned from a photo);
- detailed explanation in a free-form of the circumstances of the loss or destruction of the travel document and/or documents confirming the loss or destruction of the travel document;
- a free-form detailed explanation of the circumstances of the foreigner’s passport loss and/or documents confirming the loss of the foreigner’s passport if the foreigner’s passport is requested instead of the lost foreigner’s passport.
- additional documents confirming the reasons for renewal of the foreigner’s passport (e.g. marriage certificate, certificate of the change of the surname, name, copy of the court judgment on the civil status record, etc.), if there is no data in the Population Register confirming the reason for changing the travel document.
- The application of the specified form for the issue or change of the foreigner’s passport in the Migration Division.
- Each applicant must submit his own application, regardless of his age. A travel document for a person under 18 years of age is issued with the written consent of one of the parents or a legal representative.
- An applicant under the age of 18, a fee comes alone, must have the consent of his/her guardian or legal representative.
Amount of the levy (issue or renewal) – 65 EUR. Payment code: 5740, beneficiary – State Tax Inspectorate under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania, legal entity code 188659752, paid into one of the accounts of the State Tax Inspectorate.
within 5 business days from the date of receipt of the application at the Migration Department. If the foreigner’s application is satisfied, the passport must be issued or renewed no later than 30 days after receipt of all necessary documents in the Migration Division.
At the migration division where the application was filed.
The foreigner’s passport is valid for no longer than a temporary or permanent residence permit, but for a minimum of 3 months and a maximum of 5 years, and if no fingerprints of the foreigner can be read temporarily – no longer than for 1 year.
Refugee travel document
A person who has been granted the status of a refugee in the Republic of Lithuania and has been issued a permanent residence permit in the Republic of Lithuania may, at his/her application, be issued with a travel document for travel abroad if there are no reasons to prevent the issuance of this document.
The travel document entitles a refugee to travel outside the territory of the Republic of Lithuania and return to the Republic of Lithuania for the entire duration of this document.
The travel document is issued to the refugee regardless of his/her age
A travel document for a person under 18 years of age is issued with the written consent of one of the parents or a legal representative.
For the issue of the document, the foreigner should contact the Migration Division
Upon arrival to the Migration Division, you must have:
- a valid permanent residence permit;
- upon renewal of the refugee travel document, you must return your old refugee travel document (if it is not lost) in order to get a new travel document.
If necessary:
- two photos corresponding to your age (if it is technically not possible to scan your facial image with biometric recording equipment or if want your face image to be scanned from a photo);
- detailed explanation in a free-form of the circumstances of the loss or destruction of the travel document and/or documents confirming the loss or destruction of the travel document;
- additional documents confirming the reasons for renewal of the travel document (e.g. marriage certificate, certificate of the change of the surname, name, copy of the court judgment on the civil status record, etc.), if there is no data in the Population Register confirming the reason for changing the travel document.
- The application of the specified form for the issue or renewal of the refugee travel document in the Migration Division.
- Each applicant must submit his own application, regardless of his age. A travel document for a person under 18 years of age is issued with the written consent of one of the parents or a legal representative.
- An applicant under the age of 18, a fee comes alone, must have the consent of his/her guardian or legal representative.
Amount of the levy (issue or renewal) – 50 EUR, urgent issue or renewal within 5 w. d. - 100 Eur. payment code: 5740, beneficiary – State Tax Inspectorate under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania, legal entity code 188659752, paid into one of the accounts of the State Tax Inspectorate.
- If a refugee is exempted from the state levy in accordance with the Republic of Lithuania Law on Charges, he/she must provide documents confirming the circumstances under which he/she is exempt from this charge.
- within 7 business days from the date of submission of the application at the Migration Department.
- Once the decision has been made, an order is formed for the Identity Documents Personalisation Centre within 1 business day.
At the migration division where the application was filed.
The refugee travel document is valid for no longer than a temporary or permanent residence permit, but for a minimum of 3 months and a maximum of 5 years, and if no fingerprints of the refugee can be taken temporarily – no longer than for 1 year.
Travel Document of a Stateless Person
A stateless person’s travel document is issued to a person who does not have a foreign nationality, but who holds a document entitling to reside in the Republic of Lithuania (according to the provisions of the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons).
A stateless person’s travel document entitles you to travel outside the territory of the Republic of Lithuania and return to the Republic of Lithuania for the entire duration of this document.
A stateless person’s travel document is issued to a person irrespective of his/her age.
For the stateless person’s travel document the stateless person must submit to the migration department the application for the issue of the travel document in the specified form, and the document allowing the identification of the person.
If a stateless person under one year of age does not participate in the submission of the documents for his travel document or if there is no technical possibility to scan the stateless person’s face image with biometric data recording equipment or the stateless person wants his face image to be scanned from the photo, a stateless person or a stateless person under one year of age must submit to the Migration Division together with the documents for travel document department two identical photos corresponding to his age, which must correspond to the age Requirements for the photos for personal documents, approved by order No 569 of 6 December 2002 of the Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania “On the Approval of the Requirements for the photos for personal documents”.
This person must be present upon submitting the documents for the issue of a stateless person’s travel document to a person between 1 and 18 years of age.
For stateless persons who are unable to come to the Migration Division themselves due to their physical disability to submit their travel documents, these documents and photos, when required, must be provided by their representative, together with a document certifying their representation and their identity document.
For the issue of a stateless person’s travel document, please contact the Migration Division.
Upon arrival to the Migration Division, you must have:
- a valid temporary or permanent residence permit;
- A stateless person’s travel document when you renew it.
If necessary:
- two photos corresponding to your age (if it is technically not possible to scan your facial image with biometric recording equipment or if want your face image to be scanned from a photo);
- additional documents confirming the reasons for renewal of the stateless person travel document (e.g. marriage certificate, certificate of the change of the surname, name, etc.), if there is no data in the Population Register confirming the reason for changing the travel document.
- Application of the specified form to issue or renew the stateless person’s travel document in the Migration Division.
The amount of the fee is 50 EUR for applications to issue or renew a document within 30 calendar days, 100 EUR for applications to issue or renew a document within 5 business days. Payment code: 5740, beneficiary – State Tax Inspectorate under the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania, legal entity code 188659752, paid into one of the accounts of the State Tax Inspectorate.
An application for a travel document must be examined and the travel document issued no later than 30 calendar days from the date of receipt of the application and the photos, if any, by the Migration Division.
At the request of the stateless foreigner, the application for the issuance of a travel document as a matter of urgency must be issued and, if there is no reason why the travel document cannot be issued or renewed as a matter of urgency, the travel document must be issued no later than 5 business days after the submission of the application and the photos, when they have a mandatory, to the Migration Division.
The stateless person’s travel document may not be issued as a matter of urgency if the name (s), sex, date of birth, place of birth or personal code of the stateless person has changed and it is determined that the data do not appear to have changed in the Population Register.
At the migration division where the application was filed.
The stateless person’s travel document is issued for the period of temporary or permanent residence of a stateless person, but not less than 3 months and not more than 2 years. When no fingerprints of a person can be read temporarily, a travel document without fingerprints, valid for up to 1 year, is issued. For a stateless person leaving the Republic of Lithuania to live to a foreign country for more than 6 months, the travel document is issued for one year.
