Migration Department

  • Society

Decisions on visas made twice as fast, InterMin says

Lithuania's Migration Department made decisions on 700 national visa applications in March, compared to around 300 a month earlier, the…

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Ban on 44 Russians to enter Lithuania takes effect

The heads of the Lithuanian Interior Ministry and the Migration Department signed on Monday decrees barring another 44 Russian citizens…

7 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian government approves migration system reform principles

The Lithuanian Cabinet approved on Wednesday principles for a migration system reform that envisages making one body responsible for citizenship…

7 years ago
  • Politics

Interior minister proposes new Migration Service to replace Migration Department

The Lithuanian Interior Ministry proposes to establish a new Migration Service by merging the capacities of the police, border guards…

7 years ago
  • Society

17 refugees sent back to Lithuania from other EU countries

Seventeen refugees have been sent back to Lithuania from other countries of the European Union (EU) after being relocated to…

7 years ago
  • Politics

Government to discuss Migration Department overhaul in mid-May

Lithuanian Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas thinks that the Migration Department should be a separate agency, but he will in mid-March…

7 years ago
  • Society

Migration Department in Vilnius replaces live lines with online registration for visas

The Lithuanian Migration Department in Vilnius has on Monday eliminated live queues for foreigners to come and fill out applications…

7 years ago
  • Society

Migration Department refuses residence permits to 100 foreigners

Lithuania's Migration Department has refused issuing residence permits to around 100 foreigners after cracking a plot for their arrival for…

7 years ago
  • Politics

President urges interior minister stop laying blame, focus on immigration challenges

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday called on Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas to be more active in addressing the challenges…

7 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian Migration Department’s director stays in her post

Evelina Gudzinskaitė does not plant to resign as director of the Lithuanian Migration Department under the Interior Ministry after receiving…

7 years ago
  • Society

Migration Department pledges online registration for applicants for resident permits

Lithuania's Migration Department plans to introduce early online registration for temporary residence permits instead of the current live queue. [...]

7 years ago
  • Opinion
  • Society

Refusals in extension of a residence permit in Lithuania. Causes and consequences.

Since 2017, amendments to the law of the Republic of Lithuania “On the Legal Status of Aliens” have come into…

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuania’s Magnitsky list made public, includes Chechnya’s leader Kadyrov

The Lithuanian Migration Department on Monday made public a list of 49 Russian nationals banned from entering the country over…

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuania bans entry to 49 Russians under ‘Magnitsky Act’

Lithuanian Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas on Friday banned 49 Russian nationals accused of human rights violations and money laundering from…

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Visa delays in Lithuanian Migration Department caused by bad management – interior minister

Visa-issuing delays in the Migration Department subordinate to the Interior Ministry is a result of poor management, says Lithuania's Interior…

7 years ago
  • Society

Migration Dept again warns about visa delays

Issuing of national visas is again delayed at Lithuania's Migration Department. [...]

7 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania receives another 16 Syrian refugees under EU program

Lithuania on Tuesday relocated another 16 Syrian refugees under the European Union (EU) program on Tuesday, the Migration Department said.…

7 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania’s theatre figures ask for asylum for Afghan actor

The crew of the Dreamland play of the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre have turned to the country's top officials with…

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

15 Syrian refugees relocated to Lithuania under EU program

Some 15 Syrian refugees were relocated to Lithuania under the European Union (EU) program last Friday. [...]

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuania to speed up issuance of visas, residence permits to foreign business people

The Lithuanian Centre of Registers and the Migration Department have signed an agreement aimed at speeding up the issuance of…

7 years ago