You must obtain a certificate of temporary residence in the Republic of Lithuania and declare your place of residence.

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 and sign the application.

You must submit:

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

• employment contract; or
• a letter from the company, institution or organisation posting you to the Republic of Lithuania confirming your legal employment in the Republic of Lithuania; or
• a document certifying that you are the owner and/or manager of a company, institution or organisation registered in the Republic of Lithuania; or

other documents proving your legitimate activities in 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 certificate – EUR 8.60 (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 certificate must be issued no later than one month from the date of submission of the application.

You can withdraw the certificate at the branch of the Migration Department specified in the application. You may do so by yourself or by an authorised person upon submitting a power of attorney, notarised or verified according to equivalent procedure, and the identity document.

Powers of attorney verified by a notary shall be equalled to:

1. powers of attorney of servicemen verified by the commanders (heads)of military units, formations, military institutions and military schools;
2. powers of attorney of people in imprisonment institutions verified by the heads of imprisonment institutions;
3. powers of attorney of long voyage seamen on the ships, navigating under the colours of Lithuania, verified by the captains of the said ships.

No. You may continue to be considered an employee or self-employed person if:

• you are temporarily unemployed due to illness or accident;
• after at least one year of employment you have terminated your employment contract or activities due to the circumstances beyond your control and have registered as a unemployed in a territorial labour exchange;
• you have been working on a fixed-term employment contract for less than one year or during the first 12 months of work you have terminated your employment contract or activities due to the circumstances beyond your control and registered as a unemployed in a territorial labour exchange (in this case you will retain the right to reside in Lithuania for 6 months from the start of unemployment);
• you have terminated your employment contract (the contract has expired) or activities, registered with a territorial labour exchange as unemployed and you have started to study the profession (if the employment contract is terminated (expired) due to the circumstances within your control, you have to study a profession related to your previous job).

The certificate is issued for 5 years or for the intended period of your residence in the Republic of Lithuania if this period is less than 5 years.

Citizens of an EU Member State who intend to work in the Republic of Lithuania do not need to obtain a work permit.

You can submit a declaration of residence to:

• The branch of the Migration Department, when withdrawing the certificate; or
• directly to the institution of the declaration of the place of residence, i.e. the sub-municipal area according to the place of residence or another subdivision of the municipality entrusted with these functions.

More information about the residence declaration can be found on the website of SE Centre of Registers: http://info.registrucentras.lt/.

• It is mandatory to declare the place of residence within 15 business days after the acquisition of the right to reside in the Republic of Lithuania.

Yes.

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 and sign the application.

You must submit:

1. valid travel document;
2. a document certifying that you have sufficient resources for yourself and your family members or other person who, under the EU law, enjoys the right to free movement of persons if they come to you or with you, to live in the Republic of Lithuania (e.g., bank statement about the available funds). Each time, 'sufficient resources' are assessed individually o according to a personal situation;
3. a document certifying the valid health insurance (the insurance must be valid in the territory of Lithuania, e.g., the European Health Insurance Card).

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 8.60 (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 certificate must be issued no later than one month from the date of submission of the application.

You can withdraw the certificate at the branch of the Migration Department specified in the application. You may do so by yourself or by an authorised person upon submitting a power of attorney, notarised or verified according to equivalent procedure, and the identity document.

 Powers of attorney verified by a notary shall be equalled to:

1. powers of attorney of servicemen verified by the commanders (heads)of military units, formations, military institutions and military schools;
2. powers of attorney of people in imprisonment institutions verified by the heads of imprisonment institutions;
3. powers of attorney of long voyage seamen on the ships, navigating under the colours of Lithuania, verified by the captains of the said ships.

The certificate is issued for 5 years or for the expected duration of your stay in the Republic of Lithuania if this period is less than 5 years.

You can submit a declaration of residence to:

• The branch of the Migration Department, when withdrawing the certificate; or
• directly to the institution of the declaration of the place of residence, i.e. the sub-municipal area according to the place of residence or another subdivision of the municipality entrusted with these functions.

More information about the residence declaration can be found on the website of SE Centre of Registers: http://info.registrucentras.lt/.

• It is mandatory to declare the place of residence within 15 business days after the acquisition of the right to reside in the Republic of Lithuania.

Yes.

You must obtain a certificate of temporary residence in the Republic of Lithuania and declare your place of residence.

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

• a document certifying that You are admitted to study at an educational establishment under a general education or vocational training programme (s) (e.g., a document issued by an educational institution stating that you have been admitted to a specific programme for a specified period of time); or
• a document certifying that You are admitted to study at a science and study institution under a study programme (programmes) or a doctoral programme (e.g., a document issued by the university stating that you have been admitted to a particular programme for a specific period of time); or
• a letter of mediation of the Lithuania accepting (inviting) legal entity of the Republic, confirming your internship in the Republic of Lithuania, and if you are posted to the Republic of Lithuania by a company, institution or organisation – a letter from this company, institution or organisation confirming your internship in the Republic of Lithuania; or
• a document certifying that You are invited to improve your qualifications (e.g., a document issued by the inviting institution stating that you have been invited to improve the qualification for a specified period);

3. a document certifying that You have sufficient resources for living in the Republic of Lithuania for yourself and your family members or other person if they come to you or with you (e.g., bank statement about the funds available, a letter from the educational institution about the scholarship the by a person). Each time, 'sufficient resources' are assessed individually o according to a personal situation;
4. a document certifying the valid health insurance (the insurance must be valid in the territory of Lithuania, e.g., the European Health Insurance Card).

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 8.60 (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 certificate must be issued no later than one month from the date of submission of the application.

You can withdraw the certificate at the branch of the Migration Department specified in the application. You may do so by yourself or by an authorised person upon submitting a power of attorney, notarised or verified according to equivalent procedure, and the identity document.

 Powers of attorney verified by a notary shall be equalled to:

1. powers of attorney of servicemen verified by the commanders (heads)of military units, formations, military institutions and military schools;
2. powers of attorney of people in imprisonment institutions verified by the heads of imprisonment institutions;
3. powers of attorney of long voyage seamen on the ships, navigating under the colours of Lithuania, verified by the captains of the said ships.

The certificate is issued for 5 years or for the intended period of your residence in the Republic of Lithuania if this period is less than 5 years.

You can submit a declaration of residence to:

• The branch of the Migration Department, when withdrawing the certificate; or
• directly to the institution of the declaration of the place of residence, i.e. the sub-municipal area according to the place of residence or another subdivision of the municipality entrusted with these functions.

More information about the residence declaration can be found on the website of SE Centre of Registers: http://info.registrucentras.lt/.

• It is mandatory to declare the place of residence within 15 business days after the acquisition of the right to reside in the Republic of Lithuania.

Yes. Members of your family can arrive and reside in the Republic of Lithuania. In case your family members are third-country nationals, your spouse, the person with whom you have the registered partnership agreement, the dependent children and close relatives according to the straight upper family line (parents, grandparents, etc.) of yourself and your spouse or a person with whom the registered partnership agreement is concluded, can come to Lithuania with you or with you and your spouse.

You must obtain a certificate of temporary residence in the Republic of Lithuania and declare your place of residence.

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 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. available certificate (if you had one and if it is not lost);
3. documentary evidence of their kinship:

• marriage document or registered partnership agreement (e.g., marriage certificate); or
• documents confirming that you are a direct descendant of an EU citizen, his/her spouse or a person with whom a registered partnership agreement has been concluded, who has not reached the age of 21 or you are a dependent, and the documents supporting the dependency (e.g., statements of bank orders, 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);
• documents confirming that you are a cohabitant of an EU citizen with whom you have a regular relationship for the past 3 years (e.g., general contract of housing lease or home loan agreement, child birth certificates); or
• documents confirming that you are a dependent of an EU citizen who has the right to reside in the Republic of Lithuania (e.g., statements of bank orders, explanation); or
• documents confirming that you manage a common household with an EU citizen. (e.g., a joint housing rental or home loan agreement); or
• documents confirming that for serious health reasons, you necessarily require personalized care of an EU citizen (e.g., medical institution certificate);

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.

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.

When submitting applications for legally incapable EU citizen or EU citizen from 6 to 16 years old, the EU citizen himself/herself must also be present.

You must pay a state levy for issuing a certificate – EUR 8.60 (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 certificate must be issued no later than one month from the date of submission of the application.

You can withdraw the certificate at the branch of the Migration Department specified in the application. You may do so by yourself or by an authorised person upon submitting a power of attorney, notarised or verified according to equivalent procedure, and the identity document.

 Powers of attorney verified by a notary shall be equalled to:

1. powers of attorney of servicemen verified by the commanders (heads)of military units, formations, military institutions and military schools;
2. powers of attorney of people in imprisonment institutions verified by the heads of imprisonment institutions;
3. powers of attorney of long voyage seamen on the ships, navigating under the colours of Lithuania, verified by the captains of the said ships.

The certificate is issued for the period for which a certificate is issued to a member of your family, a citizen of an EU Member State to whom you arrived to the Republic of Lithuania.

Yes. To be able to live in Lithuania independently, you should:

• be an employed or self-employed person or maintain this status;
• You have sufficient resources for living in the Republic of Lithuania for yourself and your family members if they come to you or with you a document certifying the valid health insurance
• I am admitted to study at an educational institution according to the programme (programmes) of general education or vocational training, to study at a science and study institution according to the study programme (programmes) or to a doctoral programme, invited to a traineeship, to improve qualifications, have sufficient resources for yourself and your family members if they arrive together with you or with you, to live in the Republic of Lithuania a document certifying the valid health insurance.

Otherwise, you must leave the Republic of Lithuania together with a citizen of an EU Member State with whom or to whom you have arrived in the Republic of Lithuania.

You can submit a declaration of residence to:

• The branch of the Migration Department, when withdrawing the certificate; or
• directly to the institution of the declaration of the place of residence, i.e. the sub-municipal area according to the place of residence or another subdivision of the municipality entrusted with these functions.

More information about the residence declaration can be found on the website of SE Centre of Registers: http://info.registrucentras.lt/.

• It is mandatory to declare the place of residence within 15 business days after the acquisition of the right to reside in the Republic of Lithuania.

You must obtain a certificate of temporary residence in the Republic of Lithuania and declare your place of residence if you have not declared it.

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 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. valid travel document;
2. valid travel document of the child (if you apply for a child);
3. a document certifying that one of your child's parents is an EU citizen or a Lithuanian citizen who has deceased or left Lithuania;
4. a document certifying that Your child is enrolled in an educational institution according to the relevant formal education programme;
5. a document certifying that your care for the child.

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 8.60 (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 certificate must be issued no later than one month from the date of submission of the application.

You can withdraw the certificate at the branch of the Migration Department specified in the application. You may do so by yourself or by an authorised person upon submitting a power of attorney, notarised or verified according to equivalent procedure, and the identity document.

Powers of attorney verified by a notary shall be equalled to:

1. powers of attorney of servicemen verified by the commanders (heads)of military units, formations, military institutions and military schools;
2. powers of attorney of people in imprisonment institutions verified by the heads of imprisonment institutions;
3. powers of attorney of long voyage seamen on the ships, navigating under the colours of Lithuania, verified by the captains of the said ships.

A certificate for both a child and one parent who is caring for his/her is issued for the period before the end of the relevant formal education programme started by the child.

Yes. To be able to live in Lithuania independently, you should:

• be an employed or self-employed person or maintain this status;
• You have sufficient resources for living in the Republic of Lithuania for yourself and your family members if they come to you or with you a document certifying the valid health insurance
• I am admitted to study at an educational institution according to the programme (programmes) of general education or vocational training, to study at a science and study institution according to the study programme (programmes) or to a doctoral programme, invited to a traineeship, to improve qualifications, have sufficient resources for yourself and your family members if they arrive together with you or with you, to live in the Republic of Lithuania a document certifying the valid health insurance

Otherwise, you must leave the Republic of Lithuania together with a citizen of an EU Member State with whom or to whom you have arrived in the Republic of Lithuania.

You can submit a declaration of residence to:

• The branch of the Migration Department, when withdrawing the certificate; or
• directly to the institution of the declaration of the place of residence, i.e. the sub-municipal area according to the place of residence or another subdivision of the municipality entrusted with these functions.

More information about the residence declaration can be found on the website of SE Centre of Registers: http://info.registrucentras.lt/.

• It is mandatory to declare the place of residence within 15 business days after the acquisition of the right to reside in the Republic of Lithuania.

You have to submit your application and documents for the change 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 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;

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 the change of a certificate – EUR 8.60 (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 certificate must be changed no later than one month from the date of submission of the application.

You can withdraw the changed certificate at the branch of the Migration Department specified in the application. You may do so by yourself or by an authorised person upon submitting a power of attorney, notarised or verified according to equivalent procedure, and the identity document.

Powers of attorney verified by a notary shall be equalled to:

1. powers of attorney of servicemen verified by the commanders (heads)of military units, formations, military institutions and military schools;
2. powers of attorney of people in imprisonment institutions verified by the heads of imprisonment institutions;
3. powers of attorney of long voyage seamen on the ships, navigating under the colours of Lithuania, verified by the captains of the said ships.

The certificate 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 certificate of temporary residence in the Republic of Lithuania, 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 for a child 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. your own certificate;
4. a document certifying that the child you are applying for is your child, if such data are not available in the Population Register;

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 certificate – EUR 8.60 (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 certificate must be issued no later than one month from the date of submission of the application.

You can withdraw the certificate at the branch of the Migration Department specified in the application. You may do so by yourself or by an authorised person upon submitting a power of attorney, notarised or verified according to equivalent procedure, and the identity document.

Powers of attorney verified by a notary shall be equalled to:

1. powers of attorney of servicemen verified by the commanders (heads)of military units, formations, military institutions and military schools;
2. powers of attorney of people in imprisonment institutions verified by the heads of imprisonment institutions;
3. powers of attorney of long voyage seamen on the ships, navigating under the colours of Lithuania, verified by the captains of the said ships.

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

You can submit a declaration of residence to:

• The branch of the Migration Department, when withdrawing the certificate; or
• directly to the institution of the declaration of the place of residence, i.e. the sub-municipal area according to the place of residence or another subdivision of the municipality entrusted with these functions if the certificate is issued for the child.

More information about the residence declaration can be found on the website of SE Centre of Registers: http://info.registrucentras.lt/.

• It is mandatory to declare the place of residence within 15 business days after the acquisition of the right to reside in the Republic of Lithuania.