I want to get a visa

You can get a national visa if you come to Lithuania to engage in legal activities and you are a participant of the company registered in the Register of Legal Entities, established not earlier than one year before the date of application for a national visa, if the value of company's equity (for non-public limited companies and non-private limited companies – assets) is at least EUR 28,000, whereof at least EUR 14,000 are your invested funds or other assets.

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

1. Valid travel document (passport) that meets the following requirements:

• must be issued in the last ten years;
• must contain at least two blank pages;
• travel document validity term must be at least 3 months longer than the requested visa validity term.

2. Document for the establishment or acquisition of an undertaking established not earlier than within one year before the date of submission of the application for a national visa (it is not necessary to submit a document on registration of a legal entity in the Register of Legal Entities).

3. A document confirming that the value of the company's equity (for non-public limited companies and non-private limited companies – assets) amounts to at least EUR 28,000 (e.g. interim financial report of the company (balance sheet or statement of changes in equity).

4. A document confirming that you are a member of the company and the funds or assets invested in your company are at least EUR 14,000.
5. Document about sufficient means of subsistence (e. g., employment contract, bank account statement).

The subsistence amount is 1 minimum monthly salary per month, the amount for return to the country of origin or a foreign country to which you are entitled to travel, the amount of funds – 1 minimum monthly salary.

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

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

Health insurance must guarantee the reimbursement of the necessary medical expenses, as defined in the Republic of Lithuania Law on Health, and expenses that may arise due to the return of the alien to a foreign state for health reasons (transportation, including escort of a personal health care specialist (specialists)). The sum insured must be at least EUR 30,000.

You have to pay a fee – EUR 140.

If you are exempt from this fee in the cases provided by law, you must provide documents confirming these circumstances.

For the issue of a national visa, you must apply to:

• an external service provider if you are abroad;
• the Migration Department if you are legally in Lithuania.

The decision to issue a national visa is made within 15 calendar days from the date of the request. This period may be extended by up to 45 calendar days.

Important:

• the national visa is issued for a maximum of 1 year;
• if you have been issued with a national visa for 1 year or several national visas with a total validity period of 1 year, you may be issued with another national visa if more than 180 days had elapsed from your previous visa or the total validity period of all visas you had. The total period of validity of several national visas must be counted from the date of issue of the previous national visa, if less than 180 days have elapsed since the expiry of its validity;
• if you are holding a national visa, valid for 1 year or several national visas with a total validity of 1 year, and intending to apply for a temporary residence permit, in order to stay in Lithuania during the consideration of the application will have to submit this application in advance – 1,5 to 3 months before the expiry of the actual national visa.
   

You can get a national visa if you come to the Republic of Lithuania to engage into legal activities and you are a manager of the company registered in the Register of Legal Entities, established not earlier than within one year before the date of application for a national visa, if the value of company's equity (for non-public limited companies and non-private limited companies – assets) is at least EUR 28,000  and the purpose of your arrival is to work in that company.

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

1. Valid travel document (passport) that meets the following requirements:
•    must be issued in the last ten years;
•    must contain at least two blank pages;
•    travel document validity term must be at least 3 months longer than the requested visa validity term.

2. A document confirming that the value of the company's equity (for non-public limited companies and non-private limited companies – assets) amounts to at least EUR 28,000 (e.g. interim financial report of the company (balance sheet or statement of changes in equity).

3. A document confirming that you are a member of the company and the funds or assets invested in your company are at least EUR 14,000.

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

The subsistence amount is 1 minimum monthly salary per month, the amount for return to the country of origin or a foreign country to which you are entitled to travel, the amount of funds – 1 minimum monthly salary.

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

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

Health insurance must guarantee the reimbursement of the necessary medical expenses, as defined in the Republic of Lithuania Law on Health, and expenses that may arise due to the return of the alien to a foreign state for health reasons (transportation, including escort of a personal health care specialist (specialists)). The sum insured must be at least EUR 30,000.

You have to pay a fee – EUR 140.

If you are exempt from this fee in the cases provided by law, you must provide documents confirming these circumstances.

For the issue of a national visa, you must apply to:
•    an external service provider if you are abroad;
•    the Migration Department if you are legally in Lithuania.

The decision to issue a national visa is made within 15 calendar days from the date of the request. This period may be extended by up to 45 calendar days.

Important:
•    the national visa is issued for a maximum of 1 year;
•    if you have been issued with a national visa for 1 year or several national visas with a total validity period of 1 year, you may be issued with another national visa if more than 180 days had elapsed from your previous visa or the total validity period of all visas you had. The total period of validity of several national visas must be counted from the date of issue of the previous national visa, if less than 180 days have elapsed since the expiry of its validity;
•    if you are holding a national visa, valid for 1 year or several national visas with a total validity of 1 year, and intending to apply for a temporary residence permit, in order to stay in Lithuania during the consideration of the application will have to submit this application in advance – 1,5 to 3 months before the expiry of the actual national visa.
 

Do I need a work permit?

No need.

You can get a national visa if you a journalist accredited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania.

A letter of mediation completed by the legal entity inviting you to come to Lithuania to work as a journalist through the Lithuanian Migration Information System (MIGRIS) may be submitted. If the letter of mediation is submitted, indicate the number of the letter of mediation in the visa application.

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

1. Valid travel document (passport) that meets the following requirements:
•    must be issued in the last ten years;
•    must contain at least two blank pages;
•    travel document validity term must be at least 3 months longer than the requested visa validity term.

2. Accreditation card.

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

The subsistence amount is 1 minimum monthly salary per month, the amount for return to the country of origin or a foreign country to which you are entitled to travel, the amount of funds – 1 minimum monthly salary.

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

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

Health insurance must guarantee the reimbursement of the necessary medical expenses, as defined in the Republic of Lithuania Law on Health, and expenses that may arise due to the return of the alien to a foreign state for health reasons (transportation, including escort of a personal health care specialist (specialists)). The sum insured must be at least EUR 30,000.

You have to pay a fee – EUR 120.

If you are exempt from this fee in the cases provided by law, you must provide documents confirming these circumstances.

For the issue of a national visa, you must apply to:
•    an external service provider if you are abroad;
•    the Migration Department if you are legally in Lithuania.

The decision to issue a national visa is made within 15 calendar days from the date of the request. This period may be extended by up to 45 calendar days.

Important:
•    the national visa is issued for a maximum of 1 year;
•    if you have been issued with a national visa for 1 year or several national visas with a total validity period of 1 year, you may be issued with another national visa if more than 180 days had elapsed from your previous visa or the total validity period of all visas you had. The total period of validity of several national visas must be counted from the date of issue of the previous national visa, if less than 180 days have elapsed since the expiry of its validity;
•    if you are holding a national visa, valid for 1 year or several national visas with a total validity of 1 year, and intending to apply for a temporary residence permit, in order to stay in Lithuania during the consideration of the application will have to submit this application in advance – 1,5 to 3 months before the expiry of the actual national visa.
 

You can get a national visa if you a journalist accredited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania.

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

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

1. Valid travel document (passport) that meets the following requirements:
•    must be issued in the last ten years;
•    must contain at least two blank pages;
•    travel document validity term must be at least 3 months longer than the requested visa validity term.

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

The subsistence amount is 1 minimum monthly salary per month, and for a minor alien – 0.5 minimum monthly salary for one month, the amount for return to the country of origin or a foreign country to which you are entitled to travel, the amount of funds – 1 minimum monthly salary.

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

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

Health insurance must guarantee the reimbursement of the necessary medical expenses, as defined in the Republic of Lithuania Law on Health, and expenses that may arise due to the return of the alien to a foreign state for health reasons (transportation, including escort of a personal health care specialist (specialists)). The sum insured must be at least EUR 30,000.

You have to pay a fee – EUR 120.

If you are exempt from this fee in the cases provided by law, you must provide documents confirming these circumstances.

For the issue of a national visa, you must apply to:
•    an external service provider if you are abroad;
•    the Migration Department if you are legally in Lithuania.

The decision to issue a national visa is made within 15 calendar days from the date of the request. This period may be extended by up to 45 calendar days.

Important:
•    the national visa is issued for a maximum of 1 year;
•    if you have been issued with a national visa for 1 year or several national visas with a total validity period of 1 year, you may be issued with another national visa if more than 180 days had elapsed from your previous visa or the total validity period of all visas you had. The total period of validity of several national visas must be counted from the date of issue of the previous national visa, if less than 180 days have elapsed since the expiry of its validity;
•    if you are holding a national visa, valid for 1 year or several national visas with a total validity of 1 year, and intending to apply for a temporary residence permit, in order to stay in Lithuania during the consideration of the application will have to submit this application in advance – 1,5 to 3 months before the expiry of the actual national visa.