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Are you married to a Lithuanian citizen, or did your spouse die after having Lithuanian citizenship while you were married?
Benefits
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Lithuanian passport and ID
A Lithuanian passport is valid for 10 years over age 16, 5 years at ages 5–16 and 2 years under age 5.
An identity card can be used for travel where accepted.
It is normally valid for 10 years at ages 16–70 and 30 years from age 70, with shorter periods for children.
Live in Lithuania for life
Lithuanian citizens can live in Lithuania indefinitely and return to settle at any time.
Citizenship does not expire, and there is no minimum time you must live in Lithuania to keep it.
Work in Lithuania
Lithuanian citizens can choose a job or start a business in Lithuania without immigration restrictions on their right to work.
Get help abroad
Lithuanian citizens can seek consular help abroad, including a return certificate or temporary passport if a document is lost.
Where Lithuania has no embassy or consulate outside the EU, another EU country's embassy or consulate can help with emergencies, including lost documents, arrest or serious illness.
Vote and run for office
Lithuanian citizens can vote from age 18, unless a court has declared them legally incapable.
Citizens can also take part in government and stand for office, with separate eligibility rules for each office.
Use public healthcare
People with compulsory health insurance can use covered healthcare in Lithuania; people without the required insurance generally pay for treatment.
Permanent residents are entitled to emergency medical help.
In other EU countries, access depends on eligibility and insurance rules.
Get social support
Lithuanian citizens can qualify for pensions and support for old age, disability, unemployment, sickness, widowhood, loss of a breadwinner and other circumstances.
Payments depend on the conditions for each benefit.
Social-security rules can also coordinate support across EU countries.
How to apply
Applying from inside LithuaniaApplying from inside Lithuania
Find your local office
Find the Migration Department customer-service office for the place where you live.
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Fill in the application
Create or sign in to your Lithuanian Migration Information System (MIGRIS) account, select the citizenship service and fill in the application for citizenship by naturalisation.
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Gather your documents
Prepare the documents requested for your application.
See required documentsSubmit your application
Upload the requested scans and submit your application in MIGRIS.
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Pay the fee
Pay the €159 citizenship by naturalisation examination fee using the official payment instructions. The payment code is 5740.
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Book an appointment
When MIGRIS tells you to book a visit, use your account to make an appointment at the Migration Department office for your place of residence.
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Go to your appointment
Bring your original documents and a valid identity document to the Migration Department office. Citizenship applicants are served in Lithuanian.
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Wait for the decision
Follow your application in your MIGRIS account and respond if the Migration Department asks for more information or documents.
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Take the oath
If your application is approved, follow the Ministry of the Interior's instructions to take the oath, unless you are exempt. You become a Lithuanian citizen after taking the oath and can then apply for a Lithuanian passport.
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Documents needed
Family certificates and recordsFamily certificates and records
Marriage certificate
Provide a record of your marriage to your Lithuanian spouse. Use the version requested by your MIGRIS checklist.
Spouse's citizenship record
Provide proof that your spouse is or was a Lithuanian citizen. Check your MIGRIS checklist for the record to provide.
Spouse's death certificate *
Provide your Lithuanian spouse's death certificate. Use the version requested by your MIGRIS checklist.
* Only if your Lithuanian spouse has died.
May need translationMay need apostille/legalisationSpouse's status record *
Provide a record showing that your Lithuanian spouse is a deportee, a political prisoner, or the child of a deportee or political prisoner who was born in exile. Check your MIGRIS checklist for the record to provide.
* Only if you are applying after five years because of your Lithuanian spouse's history.
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Reporting another citizenship
If you acquire another citizenship, you generally must notify Lithuania within two months, unless an exception applies.
You can notify the responsible Lithuanian office, embassy or consulate.
Tax on public income
In certain circumstances, Lithuanian citizens receiving Lithuanian public funding or pay may be treated as Lithuanian tax residents, including when abroad.
Tax residents are generally taxed on income from Lithuania and abroad, with tax agreements taken into account.
Military and defence duties
Lithuanian citizens may have to perform military or alternative service or other defence duties, including when living abroad.
Who is called depends on the rules, including age, health, exemptions and postponements.
Women are not subject to the same universal peacetime call-up rule as men.
Citizenship can be lost
Citizenship can end if you give it up, gain another without an exception, or fail to give up another by 21 when required.
It can also end through unauthorised service for another state, a treaty, fraud, forged documents, unmet conditions or an unlawful decision.
A child may lose it when a parent does, but generally not if acquired at birth, or if this leaves the child without any citizenship.
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