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2025 01 21 Documents Issued in Russia Require Apostille in Lithuania From 2025 01 21 Documents Issued in Russia Require Apostille in Lithuania. An increasing number of Lithuanian residents face situations where documents issued in Russia need to be submitted for use in Lithuania. Whether it is a marriage certificate, birth...

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2024 03 04 Referendum on the Retention of Lithuanian Citizenship (Dual, Multiple Citizenship) to Be Held in 2024. Voting Procedure On 12 May 2024, a referendum on the retention of Lithuanian Citizenship acquired by birth upon acquisition of citizenship of another country friendly to Lithuania will be held. If the citizens of Lithuania vote in favour thereof, the following statement...

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2024 02 26 Referendum on the Retention of Lithuanian Citizenship to Be Held in 2024 On May 12, 2024, referendum on the retention of Lithuanian citizenship will be held in tandem with the first round of the presidential election of the Republic of Lithuania. Last time such referendum was held in 2019, however, there were not...

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2023 04 11 Lithuanian Passport to Be Issued Within 5 Working Days The Migration Department has renewed a service for issuing passports to Lithuanian citizens within 5 working days. This service is already available from 11 April 2023. The provision of this service has been suspended for a long time as to...

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2023 11 16 The Seimas Broadened Possibilities for Expat Children to Preserve Lithuanian Citizenship The Lithuanian Parliament Seimas endorsed revision of the Law on Citizenship expanding the possibilities for children born abroad to Lithuanian parents to acquire Lithuanian citizenship. Until now, it has been established in Paragraph 1 of Article 7 and Section 10...

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2023 04 05 New Ways to Collect Residence Permits in Lithuania From 05 April 2023, the Migration Department has started to provide additional document collection services for foreigners. Now when applying for issuance of a residence permit in Lithuania, a certificate confirming the right of an EU citizen to reside in...

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2023 04 04 The Seimas of Lithuania to Decide Not to Apply Restrictions on Lithuanian Citizenship to Russian and Belarusian Nationals On 04 April 2023, the Seimas of Lithuania adopted the Republic of Lithuania Law on Imposing Restrictive Measures Regarding the Military Aggression Against Ukraine No XIV-1868, which is aimed at ensuring the national security and foreign policy interests of the...

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2023 03 21 Citizenship and Residence Permit of the Republic of Lithuania for Citizens of Russia and Belarus. Restrictions The Seimas has adopted after consideration the draft law on the amendment of the Law on International Sanctions No XIVP-2493 and the accompanying draft law on imposing restrictive measures in connection with the military aggression against Ukraine No XIVP-2496(2) which...

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2023 01 01 Temporary Residence Permit in Lithuania to Be Issued While Being Abroad – There Is No Longer Need for Coming to Lithuania From the beginning of 2023, a new service will come into force together with amendments to the Republic of Lithuania Law on the Legal Status of Foreigners, namely, an issue of temporary residence permits in Lithuania through an external service...

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2023 09 15 Foreigners Who Lost Their Temporary Residence Permits Outside the Territory of Lithuania to Be Able to Order Duplicates Through the External Service Provider The Lithuanian Migration Department, while improving the quality of the provided electronic services and the operation of the information system MIGRIS, has introduced an improvement. This novelty will allow a foreigner, who has temporarily departed from Lithuania and has lost,...

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2023 10 01 In order to issue a Lithuanian passport, it is necessary to reserve a visit at the Migration Department in Lithuania From 01 October 2023, the Migration Department has implemented a new customer service procedure at all its territorial units. Citizens of Lithuania who wish to order a new Lithuanian passport or identity card from now on will have to book...

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2023 07 28 New Fees of the Migration Department as of 28 July 2023 The Migration Department has announced new fees for services provided by the Department. Under 26 July 2023 Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, the Migration Department will charge the state fees of new sizes for the services...

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2023 07 01 The New Description of the National Visa Issuance Procedure Has Come into Force Since 01 July 2023: There Are No More So-Called Waiting Visas From 01 July 2023, there are no longer any visas that were issued to foreigners, who have applied for the issuance or renewal of a residence permit or a family member card of an EU citizen, for the period while...

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2023 01 05 Obtainment of Temporary Residence Permits While Being Abroad and in Lithuania From the beginning of 2023, a new service has come into effect together with the amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Foreigners – issuance of temporary residence permits in Lithuania through the external service provider VFS Global....

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2022 08 01 Novelties of Issuing a Residence Permit to Highly Qualified Specialists and Other Foreigners Since 01 August 2022, amendments to the Republic of Lithuania Law on the Legal Status of Foreigners have entered into force, in order to resolve an issue of talent shortage in Lithuania and reduce burden to employers intending to hire...

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2022 03 01 Immigration of Ukrainian citizens to Lithuania. Issuance of a residence permit to Ukrainian citizens in Lithuania Since 01 March 2022, a new order of the Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania has become effective, on the basis of which the Ukrainian citizens fleeing the war and arriving to Lithuania, who are willing to...

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2021 05 21 Referendum on Dual Citizenship in Lithuania to Be Held in 2024 On 21 May 2021, the Commission of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Lithuanian World Community adopted the Resolution "Regarding Announcement and Exercise of the Mandatory Referendum", wherein it suggests to announce and organize a mandatory referendum...

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2021 03 01 In February 2021, Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania Was Mostly Restored to Persons Born in Brazil In February 2021, by orders of the Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania, citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania was reinstated to aliens in the following descending order: Lithuanian citizenship was mostly restored to persons born in...

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2021 02 01 In January 2021, Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania Was Mostly Restored to Persons Born in South Africa In January 2021, by orders of the Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania, citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania was reinstated to aliens in the following descending order: Lithuanian citizenship was mostly restored to persons born in...

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2020 11 16 Consequences of Brexit in Lithuania. Rights of the United Kingdom Nationals and Their Family Members As Brexit approaches and a transition period comes to an end, on 10 November 2020, the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania approved a Draft Law on Amending the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens prepared by the Ministry...

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2020 09 10 The Migration Department has prepared the methodology for processing applications for the reinstatement of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania The Migration Department has prepared the methodology for processing applications for the reinstatement of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania, which sets out the principles and order of processing applications for the reinstatement of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania....

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2020 08 26 Applications for the Acquisition of Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania Will Be Submitted Electronically The Migration Department announced that from 01 September 2020 it will accept electronic applications (e-applications) related to the acquisition of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania. Since 01 September 2020, applications of the persons regarding acquisition of citizenship of the...

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2020 08 10 More Persons in Lithuania Will Be Eligible for Dual Citizenship A Draft Law on Amending Articles 2, 7, 12, 15, 16 18, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 33, 37, 39, 40, 41, 411, 42 and Supplementing Article 211 of the Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania No XI-1196...

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2020 05 04 Lithuanian Passport Will Be Available on the Same Day The identity and citizenship of citizens of the Republic of Lithuania shall be approved by an identity card and a passport of the Republic of Lithuania. It has been established in the Republic of Lithuania Law on Identity Card and...

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2021 01 01 Dual (Multiple) Citizenship for Minors in Lithuania Took Effect As of 01 January 2021, amendments to the Republic of Lithuania Law on Citizenship have entered into force, which vested the right to dual (multiple) citizenship for all minors who acquired citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania by birth. In...

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2021 05 21 Proposed Amendments to the Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania On 21 May 2021, the Commission of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania and the Lithuanian World Community adopted the Resolution "Regarding Exercise and Improvement of the Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania", where, following the foreign...

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2021 09 22 Description of the Procedure for Submission and Examination of Documents Relating to Lithuanian Citizenship Approved On 22 September 2021, by the Resolution No 761, the Government of the Republic of Lithuania has changed the Resolution No 280 of 03 April 2013 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania "On the Grant of Authority while...

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2022 01 20 With Amendment to the Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania More Persons Will Be Eligible for Exercising the Right to Reinstate Lithuanian Citizenship On 20 January 2022, the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania adopted the Law Amending Article 2 of the Republic of Lithuania Law on Citizenship No XI-1196, whereby it sets up the concept of a person who held citizenship of...

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2021 06 21 E-Resident Card as of 21 June 2021 Since 21 June 2021, Lithuania has enacted e-resident card which will enable aliens to use administrative, public or commercial services electronically rendered in Lithuania. The willing persons can already submit applications for e-resident status and obtain e-resident card with a...

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2021 04 01 In March 2021, Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania Was Mostly Reinstated to Persons Born in South Africa In March 2021, by orders of the Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania, citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania was reinstated to aliens in the following descending order:citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania was mostly reinstated to...

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2021 03 26 Assessment of the Loss of Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania Before 15 June 1940 Was Tightened Reinstatement of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania is regulated by the Republic of Lithuania Law on Citizenship, wherein paragraph 1 of Article 9 provides for that: "Persons who held citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania before 15 June 1940...

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2021 01 26 No Arrival in Lithuania Is Required to Submit Documents for Reinstatement of Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania (MFA) has submitted a proposal to the Migration Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania to allow Lithuanian emigrants and descendants thereof to reinstate citizenship...

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2019 03 12 Lithuania has approved date on which referendum on dual citizenship is to be held Voting on dual citizenship will take place during one day, i.e. the 12th of May, alongside the presidential elections and referendum on reducing the number of members of the Seimas from 141 to 121 initiated by the ruling Lithuanian Farmers...

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2019 02 26 EU citizen card, which gives the right to live in Lithuania Since 01 March 2019, amendments to the Republic of Lithuania Law on the Legal Status of Aliens and Order No 1V-194 of the Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania "Regarding the Approval of the Description of the...

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2019 02 19 The Ruling of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania on Referendum on Dual Citizenship On 19 February 2019, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania has adopted the ruling, whereby the referendum on dual citizenship cannot take place in two days. Such a ruling reduces the chances of adopting the necessary constitutional amendment,...

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2019 05 14 Referendum on Dual Citizenship held in Lithuania. Results A long-awaited referendum on dual citizenship in Lithuania was held on 12 May 2019, alongside the first round of the presidential elections. Although the referendum on dual citizenship is considered to have taken place, but votes of electors in favour...

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2019 06 03 Documents submission via the electronic Lithuanian Migration Information System (MIGRIS). Legal aid of the lawyers of Migration Law In Lithuania the Lithuanian Migration Information System will start operating. This system is aimed at simplifying and quickening the process of submission and examination of applications and documents. Applications of third-country nationals and EU citizens regarding documents listed thereunder will...

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2020 01 31 Personal Identity Card Issuance Within One Working Day as of 31 January 2020. Republic of Lithuania Passport Issuance Within the Same Day Since 31 January 2020, a possibility to order a personal identity card, as a matter of urgency, within 1 (one) working day has been renewed again. Until now, it was necessary to wait 5 (five) working days after the order...

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2019 07 01 Submission of Lithuanian citizenship documents to the Migration Department. Legal assistance of lawyers in Lithuanian citizenship matters Upon the Resolution No 633 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 26 June 2019 on the change of Resolution No 280 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 03 April 2013 "Concerning grant of authority...

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2018 05 11 Referendum on Dual Citizenship. Preparation It is entrenched in the Constitution that no one may be a citizen of both the Republic of Lithuania and another state, except for individual cases provided for by law, and this provision can only be replaced by referendum. The...

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2018 03 02 Criteria for illegal migration On 02 March 2018, the Order of the Director of the Migration Department No. 3K-54 "Regarding the approval of the description of procedure of assessing criteria which are followed when identifying whether there are serious grounds to believe that a...

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2018 01 12 Electronic system “I arrive to live in Lithuania” On 12 January 2018, an agreement was signed regarding an implementation of the Project "Creation of Electronic Migration Services". This project will seek to ensure that the process of migration service provision would become consistent and clear for their recipients....

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2017 11 29 The new procedure for preparation of Lithuanian citizenship documents approved The Resolution of the Government of Lithuania entered into force on 14 December 2017, whereby powers to implement the Republic of Lithuania Law on Citizenship were granted to: Migration Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of...

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2018 10 18 Referendum on dual citizenship in Lithuania On 18 October 2018, the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania adopted the Resolution on calling the mandatory referendum regarding the amending of Article 12 of the Constitution that defines the acquisition of citizenship. The referendum will take place on...

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2019 01 09 Lithuania celebrates 100 years of Lithuanian citizenship On 09 January 1919, the Provisional Law on Lithuanian Citizenship was adopted. This is the first Law on Lithuanian Citizenship. Today this Law celebrates its Centenary. The contemporary concept of Lithuanian citizenship emerged after the restoration of the independent state...

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2018 10 31 Dual citizenship for adopted children in Lithuania The Seimas of Lithuania has adopted amendments to the Republic of Lithuania Law on Citizenship, which will ensure retention of Lithuanian citizenship for adopted children. After an adoption of these amendments to the Republic of Lithuania Law on Citizenship, a...

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2018 05 18 Formulation of referendum on dual citizenship established in Lithuania The Seimas working group resolving issues of referendum on dual citizenship has decided upon the formulation provided for referendum on dual citizenship. It is proposed to provide for in Article 12 of the Constitution that "Citizenship of the Republic of...

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2017 10 31 For reinstatement of citizenship of Lithuania, it is necessary to retain citizenship of Lithuania on 1940 06 15 On 31 October 2017, a new resolution of the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania was adopted in the case of reinstatement of citizenship of Lithuania. In the case, the applicant appealed against the order of the Minister of the Interior...

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2017 02 27 In Lithuania dual citizenship is planned to be legitimized in 2020 The Government of Lithuania plans legitimizing the dual citizenship in Lithuania. It is planned to legitimize dual citizenship in Lithuania within a period of 2.5 years, i.e. by the year 2020. Today the draft plan of measures for implementation of...

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2015 11 19 Dual children citizenship. At the age of 21 they do not need to choose one of the citizenships anymore In Lithuania, new adoptions of the Citizenship Law have been adopted according to which the persons who had acquired Lithuanian citizenship and a citizenship of another state by birth will not have to choose one of those citizenships at the...

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2015 12 22 Persons with outstanding merits to Lithuania (athletes, performers, actors, etc.) will be allowed to have dual citizenship In accordance with the existing provisions of legislation, among the conditions under which a person may simultaneously be a citizen of Lithuania and another state, there was no condition allowing a person with outstanding merits to the State of Lithuania...

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2016 06 23 The Jews (Litvaks) and other emigrants who left Lithuania during the interwar period and their descendants will be able to reinstate Lithuanian citizenship or acquire double citizenship without bureaucratic obstacles On 23 June, 2016 Lithuanian Seimas adopted amendments to the Law on Citizenship which will ensure the right of Jews (Litvaks) who left Lithuania during the interwar period, as well as other emigrants and their descendants to reinstate Lithuanian citizenship....

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2016 07 06 The President of Lithuania has signed amendments to the Law on Lithuanian Citizenship The President of Lithuania has signed amendments to the Law on Lithuanian Citizenship passed by the Lithuanian Parliament Seimas under an urgent procedure. These Amendments are expected to make the process of acquiring dual citizenship of Lithuania more liberal. Based...

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2015 10 14 Those wanting to receive a residence permit in Lithuania must submit a certificate of conviction One among the documents to be submitted by an alien who wants to receive a residence permit in Lithuania is an alien's certificate of conviction. At present, submission of the certificate is mandatory in all cases, i.e., both when an...

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2014 10 21 New version of Article 45 of the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens On 1 January, 2015, an amendment to Article 45 of the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens will enter into force, it will state that:· temporary residence permit may be issued to an alien who is engaged and intends...

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2014 01 23 Simpler procedure for issuing a residence permit in Lithuania to persons of Lithuanian origin and persons who have the right to reinstate the citizenship of Lithuania On 2014 01 23 Lithuania has adopted amendments to the legislation, which was amended the order of submission of documents for temporary residence permit of Lithuania and order of issuance, amendment, revocation of Lithuanian residence permits to foreigners. Among the...

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2014 07 10 Amendments to the Republic of Lithuania Law on the Legal Status of Aliens. It comes into force in 2014 11 01. Lithuania has adopted the amendments to the Republic of Lithuania Law on the Legal Status of Aliens. The main amendments are relate to foreigners' intending to obtain residence permits Lithuania on the base, that they intends to engage in lawful...

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2014 07 11 There is changed the order of submission of documents for temporary residence permit of Lithuania and order of issuance, amendment, revocation of Lithuanian residence permits to foreigners In Lithuania there is changed the order No 1V-329 of the Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania of 12 October 2005 "On the Approval of the rules on the issue of temporary residence permits for aliens in...

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2014 07 17 Lithuania has simplified the procedures of companies’ liquidation So far the liquidation process of legal persons (including companies) was quite complicated in Lithuania. For the liquidation of the company there was required the court's decisions and getting of it took a lot of time. Following the adoption...

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2014 07 07 A new procedure for the issue of the permit of a long-term resident of the Republic of Lithuania to reside in the European Community On 5 July, 2014, Order of the Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania No. 1V-459 as of 4 July 2014 "On the Issue, Replacement and Withdrawal of Documents Required to Receive the Permit of a Long-Term Resident...

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2014 08 12, a new Legal Entities Information System (JADIS) was introduced For more efficient collection of data on participants of legal entities and enabling the provision of such information to natural and legal persons, a new Legal Entities Information System (JADIS) was introduced. As the result of introduction of this system,...

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