Upon arrival in Lithuania

Opening of a bank account shall enable persons to save and store their funds safely, to control them conveniently, to carry out payments online (or by a mobile telephone), to replenish the bank account in cash and to withdraw money from the account at a bank office or an ATM, to receive a salary and to carry out other financial operations.

For opening a bank account, you may arrive to a branch of the chosen bank office and conclude a current account agreement.

Search for a new housing is a difficult and responsible task for any person. In course of selection of a new housing, one must take into account the own needs and to analyze them thoroughly, to decide what part of the city is preferable for him(her), what area of housing should be optimum and so on. One of the most important steps will be a serious assessment of the own financial capacities at present and in future.

On implementing the democracy principle, the right of information gathering and spreading is guaranteed for Lithuanian mass media. The said right may be restricted in exceptional cases, i.e. when such information gathering and spreading may violate (or violates) the right of other persons to private life and (or) other personal non-property rights.

Transport system of Lithuania is well-developed and it satisfies the needs of permanent residents and persons coming there for a short time; they can use both private vehicles and public transport.

First of all, it should be mentioned that urban transportation networks (buses and trolleybuses) exist in large towns of Lithuania only. In the largest cities of Lithuania (Vilnius and Kaunas), the population and visitors may use services of buses and trolleybuses according to the fixed routes and schedules.

In a majority of large towns of Lithuania, Tourism information centers operate. They provide detailed information about the tourism services available in the relevant town to residents and visitors. The principal purpose of Tourism information centers in Lithuania is spreading information on the specific town and (or) district.

Tourism information centers of the relevant towns provide information on the tourism infrastructure of the town, the places of interest of the town and (or) the total region, concerts, exhibitions, museums, fiestas and other events and entertainments free of charge

The national holidays in Lithuania:

1 January – New Year’s Day;
16 February – The Day of Restoration of Lithuanian State;
11 March – The Day of Restoration of Lithuania’s Independence;
27 March (2016) – The Easter;
1 May – The International Labour Day;

The mutual telephone number of emergency services in Lithuania is 112. It may be used for calling to the emergency medical service, police or the fire-extinguishing service. Other emergency telephone numbers in Lithuania include:

Emergency medical service: 03, 103, 033;

Police: 02, 102, 112, 022;

Fire-extinguishing service: 01, 101, 011.

A citizen of another state having a Driver’s License issued in the said state may drive a car with the same License for a period up to a half of year. If the state having issued the Driver’s License had not acceded to Vienna Convention on Road Traffic of 08 November 1968, an international Driver’s License is required. After expiry of the half-year period, the alien shall replace his (her) Driver’s License by a Lithuanian one. In Lithuania, national Driver’s Licenses conform to Driver’s Licenses of EU model (cards). 

In Lithuania, any physical person or legal entity of Lithuania or a foreign state may acquire a car or another vehicle. Persons residing in Lithuania and enterprises, offices & organizations registered in Lithuania may acquire a vehicle registered in Lithuania.

An alien wishing to acquire a vehicle in Lithuania should have a Permit for Residence in Lithuania. A vehicle also may be acquired and registered in Lithuania in the name of a Lithuanian enterprise owned by a foreigner.

The lifestyle of Lithuanians may be disclosed through their hobbies, everyday habits, customs, traditions, culture, feast, religion and so on.

Culture. In Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, abundant art galleries are worthy to be visited. They include the National Art Gallery, the Modern Art Center with its Fluxus art collection and so on. Lithuanian cinema and theatre actors as well as musicians are recognized on the international scale

Vilnius is a multilingual European city that unites people of various nationalities. One of the major problems arising for persons having come to Lithuania for residence is a lack of Lithuanian skills. The language skills are particularly important, if the person plans staying in the country for a long period.

According to its intensity, Lithuanian language teaching courses are divided to ones of usual intensity, intensive courses and individual teaching. Teaching is arranged in groups or individually.