Due to amendments to citizenship law of Lithuania that came into force on the 1st of July, 2016 – more people can now get a dual Lithuanian Citizenship again. Until the recent law change, descendants of Lithuanian citizens that left Lithuania prior to 1940 could only get single Lithuanian citizenship and had to renounce their current one.
Proposed amendments stipulate that a person who acquired Lithuanian citizenship by birth and acquired the citizenship of another state before the age of 18 without being born there, will be able to choose which citizenship … Read more
Lithuania is a small but very unique country located in Northern Europe. Visitors of Lithuania fall in love with the splendid views, forest reserves, and the magnificent Baltic shoreline. Apart from these, there are a … Read more
From Monday (May 4th, 2020) the Migration Department of Lithuania started offering a new service – issuing Lithuanian passport on the same day. The new service is offered only at a branch of the Migration … Read more
Citizenship applications will have to be submitted in person From the 1st day of July 2019, citizenship applicants are no longer allowed to submit Lithuanian citizenship applications by simply sending them through post. The … Read more
On Sunday, May 12th, Lithuanians voted in a referendum on dual citizenship. 52.63% of all registered voters participated in the referendum. 73.45% of the voters were in favor of changing the Constitution and allowing dual … Read more
Latest poll indicate that, most likely, number of voters voting in favor of changing the Constitution of Lithuania to allow dual and multiple citizenships will not be sufficient. Currently, there are about 2.5 million Lithuanian … Read more
Lithuania accepts multiple citizenship and there is no problem with having simultaneously three or four citizenships and passports. Back in June, the Lithuanian Parliament amended the Citizenship law allowing descendants of Lithuanian citizens that left … Read more
The Constitutional Court’s ruling reduced chances of successful dual citizenship referendum in Lithuania VILNIUS, LITHUANIA – February 15, 2019 The Lithuanian Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that a referendum to change an article of Lithuania’s … Read more
On October 18, the parliament of Lithuania decided to hold a referendum to applicants for dual citizenship could not obtain it anymore due to sudden changes in the interpretation of the constitution and citizenship laws. … Read more