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Proposed Amendments submitted to Citizenship Law of Lithuania
According to the recent change of interpretation of Lithuanian Citizenship Law in November 2017 (due to a recent court decision that set a precedent and changed how the Migration Department processes the applications), fewer people can get dual...
Interpretation of Lithuanian Citizenship Law changed – dual citizenship is available for less applicants
According to recent change of interpretation of Lithuanian Citizenship Law (due to a recent court decision that set a precedent and changed how Migration Department processes the applications) less people can get Dual Lithuanian citizenship. If at...
Dual citizenship can be legalized only by changing constitution, Lithuanian Constitutional Court decided
The head of the Constitutional Court Dainius Žalimas announced that according to the constitution of Lithuania, the Seimas cannot establish by law that Lithuanian citizens who have left after the restoration of independence (in 1990) may be both...
Constitutional Court of Lithuania will decide whether to allow dual citizenship for those that left after 1990
At the request of Lithuanian parliament, constitutional court will clarify whether the law can establish the right to have dual citizenship for those citizens that left Lithuania to European Union (EU) and NATO countries. At the end of June, the...
Are Lithuanians with dual citizenship drafted to Lithuanian army?
When a young man is restoring his Lithuanian citizenship he thinks of the possibility to be drafted to serve in the army. But is this really a question to worry about? Generally speaking, all young men can be subject to military service, but not...
More people can get dual Lithuanian citizenship now…
Lithuanian Parliament recently amended the Citizenship Law allowing descendants of Lithuanian citizens that left before 1940 to get dual Lithuanian citizenship. Until now, the Citizenship Law allowed dual citizenship only for those who fled...
Lithuanian citizenship law part of “healing process” for Litvaks
According to immigration lawyers in South Africa, there has been a recent surge in applications for Lithuanian citizenship by South African Litvaks… Such interest appeared after amendments to the citizenship law. They remove obstacles for...
Litvak community is eligible for dual Lithuanian citizenship again
Today (June 23, 2016) Lithuanian parliament adopted amendments (project Nr. XIIP-4532(2)) to a law on citizenship, which allows Litvaks to get dual Lithuanian citizenship. Until about 2014, Litvaks who left before 1940 and their ancestors could...
New amendment allows keeping dual citizenship for Lithuanians born abroad
On Thursday (19 November 2015), Lithuanian parliament adopted an amendment to the citizenship law allowing foreign-born Lithuanians that automatically acquire dual citizenship, to keep the dual citizenship indefinitely. Until now Lithuanians that...
Lithuanian government backs dual citizenship referendum
The Government of Lithuania on Wednesday backed an initiative by a group of lawmakers to call a referendum on dual citizenship alongside general elections next year. But the Cabinet also suggests a different formulation for the question to be put...
Lithuanian Prime Minister backs dual citizenship referendum proposal
Today it was announced that Lithuanian Prime Minister backs dual citizenship referendum proposal. This question has been discussed for more than a decade now, since hundreds of thousands of Lithuanians emigrated and thousands lost their Lithuanian...
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