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 the disruption of global supply chains because it was impossible to ensure a sufficient and smooth delivery of passport forms and to guarantee that this service will be provided on time, within 5 working days.
The newly adopted amendments broaden the right to apply for Lithuanian citizenship for adult persons, provided they held citizenship under the aforesaid exception. From now on, Lithuanians residing abroad may file applications to preserve citizenship at Lithuanian diplomatic missions or consular posts.
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 enough votes to adopt amendment to the Constitution. 71.78 percent of voters participating in the referendum have voted in favour of dual citizenship, i.e., 927,410 of the voting-eligible population, but there was a shortage of approx. 300,000 votes in order to adopt amendment to Article 12 of the Constitution. For the change of Article 12 of the Constitution to take effect, no less than a half of all the voters had to vote in favour thereof.
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 to be excluded from the Lithuanian Constitution: “With the exception of individual cases provided for by law, no one may be a citizen of both the Republic of Lithuania and another state at the same time.” Such an amendment would enable the present Lithuanian citizens to enjoy the right to retain Lithuanian citizenship after acquiring a citizenship of another state friendly to Lithuania. In this case, dual (multiple) citizenship would be available.
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 to be excluded from the Lithuanian Constitution: “With the exception of individual cases provided for by law, no one may be a citizen of both the Republic of Lithuania and another state at the same time.” Such an amendment would enable the present Lithuanian citizens to enjoy the right to retain Lithuanian citizenship after acquiring a citizenship of another state friendly to Lithuania. In this case, dual (multiple) citizenship would be available.
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 Lithuania, or a residence permit card of a family member of an EU citizen, a foreign national will be able to collect the produced card at a different division of the Migration Department than the one where the application was submitted.
VFS Global offices in the specified countries accept applications of individuals for issuance of temporary residence permits. Foreigners can submit not only documents, but also biometric data, that is transferred to the decision-making specialists of the Migration Department. It should be noted that the list and requirements of the necessary documents which are submitted together with the applications remain the same.
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, damaged, or otherwise lost his/her temporary residence permit card in Lithuania, to apply for reissuance of this permit through the external service provider VFS Global.
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 Republic of Lithuania.
The members of the Seimas have decided that a possibility to acquire citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania will not be restricted both to Russian and Belarusian nationals.
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 the application is being processed.
Also, there are no more national visas for individuals intending to work in Lithuania: visas will be only available for seasonal workers, posted workers, and ship crew members.
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 their visits to the customer service departments in advance online or by phone. Service in a live queue will be provided only in exceptional cases.
Restrictive measures for citizens of Russia and Belarus:
1. Suspension of acceptance of the applications from Russians and Belarusians to issue a visa at Lithuanian visa services abroad, except for cases where the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuanian acts as an intermediary in the process of submitting an application to issue a visa;
2. Cessation of acceptance of the applications from Russians and Belarusians to issue national visas through a foreign external service provider;
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 rendered from the 28th of July. The published updated list of the state fees is provided hereunder:
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 provider.
The Migration Department has chosen VFS Global bureaus as the provider of such service, through which documents regarding visas were also submitted until now.
From now on, foreigners will be able to apply for temporary residence permits on the basis of highly qualified employment (Blue Card) under the simplified conditions.
Firstly, the List of Shortage Occupations Requiring High Professional Qualifications has been repealed. It has been replaced by a new list “List of Shortage Occupations with High Added Value in the Republic of Lithuania”
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 persons born in South Africa – 72 persons, the second place – to persons born in Brazil – 63 persons, and the third place – to persons born in Israel – 50 persons. In total, in March 2021, citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania was reinstated to 225 persons who were born in the following countries:
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 reside and work in the Republic of Lithuania, will be subject to mitigated migration conditions.
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 and their descendants, who have not acquired citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania before the entry into force of this law, shall have an indefinite right to reinstate citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania, irrespective of whether they are permanently residing in the Republic of Lithuania or in any other state.”
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 of the Republic of Lithuania, only if they come to the Republic of Lithuania to submit such applications physically. It should be noted that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania has denied this fact by issuing a notice pleading an error as regards thereof.
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 regarding amendment of Article 12 of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, – retention of Lithuanian citizenship acquired by birth after acquiring citizenship of another state, – to be held in 2024 in tandem with the presidential election, in accordance with the procedure and terms laid down by laws of the Republic of Lithuania.
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 accordance with the new provisions of the Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania, all minors until 18 years old, who acquired citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania by birth, have the right to multiple citizenship, i.e. the right to hold both Lithuanian and other country citizenship, regardless of when they acquired citizenship of other country – by birth or later, until they reached 18 years old.
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 practice when an institute of multiple/dual citizenship is considered an exception relating to the retained rights and obligations to the motherland, and drawing attention to the fact that those citizens of the Republic of Lithuania who live abroad pass to the future generations experience of statehood, acquired maturity, and provide the necessary guarantees of historical survival, the aforementioned Commission requested the President, the Seimas and the Government of the Republic of Lithuania the following:
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 South Africa – 138 cases, the second place – to persons born in Israel – 114 cases, the third place – to persons born ir Brazil – 66 cases. Altogether, in January 2021, Lithuanian citizenship was reinstated to 424 persons born in the countries mentioned thereunder:
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 Exercising the Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania and Approval of the Description of the Procedure for Preparing Documents Relating to Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania” and set forth it in a new version, and approved the Description of the Procedure for Submission and Examination of Documents Relating to Lithuanian Citizenship.
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 Brazil – 38 cases, the second place – to persons born in Israel – 37 cases, the third place – to persons born in South Africa – 33 cases. Altogether, in February 2021, Lithuanian citizenship was reinstated to 129 persons born in the countries mentioned thereunder:
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 the Republic of Lithuania before 15 June 1940.
Moreover, Article 2 of the Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania was amended by paragraph 11, which establishes that
“A person who held Lithuanian citizenship before 15 June 1940 shall mean a person who held citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania at any time prior to 15 June 1940. This concept shall not embrace individuals who have lost Lithuanian citizenship after carrying out the mandatory procedures provided for in the laws of the Republic of Lithuania and for whom decisions on the loss of Lithuanian citizenship stipulated in the laws of the Republic of Lithuania have been adopted.”
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 of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania. The provisions of the draft attempt to harmonize the law with the provisions of the Agreement on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland From the European Union.
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 recorded electronic identification certificate and a qualified electronic signature certificate.
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.
The aforementioned methodology states the following:
Direct evidence approving that a person or his/her parents, grandparents, great-grandparents or one of them had Lithuanian citizenship before 15 June 1940 inclusive, are documents provided for in paragraph 4 of Article 38 of the Republic of Lithuania Law on Citizenship:
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 Republic of Lithuania, oath of allegiance to the Republic of Lithuania, and regarding issuance of certificates approving the Lithuanian descent or the right to restore Lithuanian citizenship, also, applications regarding children’s citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania or other matters will have to be submitted electronically through the Lithuanian Migration Information System (MIGRIS).
It is intended to supplement Article 7 of the Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania by paragraph 11, establishing that a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania may be a citizen of another state at the same time, provided he is a person, who has not reached 20 years of age and who acquired citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania at birth, but who, before reaching 18 years of age, acquired citizenship of another state in other way than by birth.
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 Passport that an identity card shall be designated for use in the Republic of Lithuania and may be used to travel to foreign states where identity cards are recognized as a travel document. Citizens of the Republic of Lithuania can travel with an identity card through all the countries of the European Union, whereas a passport of the Republic of Lithuania is intended for travelling to all foreign countries, including the non-EU countries, as well as for usage in the Republic of Lithuania.
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 of a personal identity card as a matter of urgency. Currently, citizens of the Republic of Lithuania, who have submitted an application for identity document in any division of the Migration Department before 12 p.m., will be able to collect identity document on the next working day.
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 while implementing the Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania and approval of Description of the procedure for preparing documents relating to citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania”, the Description of the procedure for preparing documents relating to citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania has been altered. New requirements for a preparation of documents relating to citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania shall be applied since 01 July 2019.
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 be provided to the Migration Department only by electronic means via the MIGRIS Information System:
- Applications of third-country nationals to issue/change a temporary or permanent residence permit in Lithuania;
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 thereof were insufficient. Therefore, Article 12 of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania regarding the retention of dual citizenship will not be amended.
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 and Greens Union herewith. This date was approved by the majority of votes of parliamentarians participating in the meeting of the Seimas. 85 members of the Seimas voted in favour of adoption, none of members of the Seimas voted “no”, and 3 parliamentarians refrained from voting.
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 Procedure for Issuing a Certificate of the Right of Temporary or Permanent Residence in the Republic of Lithuania” as of 22 February 2019 have entered into force.
By this Order, from 01 March 2019, citizens of the Member States of the European Union and of the European Free Trade Association entitled to temporarily or permanently reside in the Republic of Lithuania will be issued with certificates of the new format – documents in the card form, wherein biometric data – facial image and two fingerprints – of EU citizens for the confirmation of identity will be electronically recorded.
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, allowing more people to acquire dual citizenship.
In order for the referendum on dual citizenship to take place, the majority or about 1.3 millions voters residing in Lithuania must vote therein.
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 of Lithuania in 1918, hereupon, the institute of Lithuanian citizenship has been established.
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 requirement for adopted persons to decide upon retention of Lithuanian citizenship thereof until 21 years of age will not be applied. Children who have acquired dual citizenship due to adoption will be able to retain it for life.
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 12 and 26 May 2019. The two days for voting are proposed subject to the fact that the provisions of the Constitution may be altered only if more than a half of the citizens of Lithuania with the electoral right, who are entered into lists of voters, vote in favour thereof. The Presidential elections and elections to the European Parliament will also be planned on these days
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 Lithuania shall be acquired at birth and on other grounds established by the Constitutional Law. Citizens of the Republic of Lithuania by origin, who have acquired the citizenship of another state chosen by the Republic of Lithuania and consistent with the criteria of European and transatlantic integration established under the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Lithuania, shall not lose the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania. In other cases, a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania may not be a citizen of another state, except for the cases provided by the Constitutional Law. The procedure for the acquisition and loss of citizenship is established by the Constitutional Law.”
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 dual citizenship legalization is mostly desirable by those who left Lithuania after the restoration of independence on 11 March 1990, who, with some exceptions, cannot have dual citizenship. Previously, the Constitutional Court has explained that dual citizenship cannot be a widespread phenomenon, and legalization thereof by law would contradict the Constitution.
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 risk of illegal migration of the alien may arise” entered into force. The provisions of the Order are aimed at ensuring an effective control of aliens entering Lithuania by preventing the abuse of established migration procedures.
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. The Project is planned to be implemented until January 2021.
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:
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 regarding a non-reinstatement of citizenship of Lithuania. The applicant has acquired the citizenship of another country and does not intend to renounce this citizenship. He may restore Lithuanian citizenship and have dual citizenship if he would meet the exception provided for in Subsection 7, Article 7 of the Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania – is a descendant of the person who departed from Lithuania before the restoration of independence of Lithuania on 11 March 1990. The applicant was a descendant of the person who departed from Lithuania during the World War II.
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 the governmental programme has been presented to the governing majority and it points out that dual citizenship in Lithuania should be legitimized in the fourth quarter of the year 2019. The major institutions responsible for the said process will be the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Interior.
This intention of the Government of Lithuania is important for the whole Lithuanian World Community, Lithuanian emigrants and their progeny who are citizens of a foreign state and strive to preserve the citizenship of Lithuania.
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 on the previously developed practice applicable by the Migration Department of Lithuania, a person applying for a dual citizenship on the grounds that his/ her ancestors had been citizens of Lithuania by 15-Jun-1940 and left Lithuania by 11-Mar-1990, was obliged to present the Migration Department with additional evidences of the reasons why he/ she or his/ her ancestors left Lithuania.
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. Initiation and adoption of these amendments was stimulated by the practice formed by the Migration Department, according to which the Migration Department used to require Lithuanian Jews (Litvaks) who themselves or their ancestors left Lithuania before 1940, to provide evidence proving that they had left Lithuania due to the actual threat, political or historical reasons, resistance to the occupation regime or persecution. Such documents were extremely difficult to provide, so as the result, many Lithuanian Jews (Litvaks) could not have Lithuanian citizenship reinstated.
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 to hold dual citizenship.
From now on, upon the approval of amendments to the to the Law on Citizenship of Lithuania by the Seimas of Lithuania, a citizen of Lithuania with outstanding merits to the state may acquire the citizenship of another state and keep his Lithuanian citizenship.
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 age of 21.
Provisions of the Citizenship Law of the Republic of Lithuania which had been valid until now provided exceptional cases when the dual citizenship had been possible in Lithuania, including the possibility of a child’s dual citizenship by determining that a child acquired Lithuanian citizenship and a citizenship of another state by birth.
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 alien applies for a temporary residence permit in Lithuania and for a permanent residence in Lithuania.
Up to 14 October 2015, the requirement to submit the certificate of conviction was mandatory for individuals applying for a temporary residence permit in Lithuania only.
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 to engage in lawful activities in the Republic of Lithuania, provided that the alien:
1) is a participant in an enterprise, which, at least the past 6 months prior to the alien's application for the issue of a temporary residence permit, has been carrying out activities in the Republic of Lithuania
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, the Centre of Registers will no longer accept registered lists of shareholders, submission of member data will be conducted upon signing in the Centre of Register’s self-service system only (www.registrucentras.lt/savitarna).
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 the Republic of Lithuania and the rules for the identification of marriages of conveniences, registered partnerships, and fictitious adoptions”.
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 activities in the Republic of Lithuania, ground, status, also the verification of incorporated or managed companies’ fiction, the requirements for foreigners living area, the other changes in the fields of foreigners’ working and studying in Lithuania.
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 of the Republic of Lithuania to Reside in the European Community” entered into force.
The Order regulates the procedure for the issue, replacement and withdrawal of long-term residence permit of the Republic of Lithuania in the European Union in an urgent case – at the alien’s request, the decision on the issue of a permanent residence permit can be adopted as a matter of urgency.
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 other changes there is shortened the list of submission of necessary documents, which have to be submitted by Lithuanian origin or the person who has the right to restore Lithuanian citizenship, applying for the issue or change the temporary residence permit of Lithuania.