Migration Department

  • Society

Lithuania to tighten residence permit issuance procedure

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed the amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens, under which responsible…

9 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Ukraine’s minister Abromavičius may lose Lithuanian citizenship after all

Ukraine's Economy Minister Aivaras Abromavičius may lose his Lithuanian citizenship, as Lithuania's laws do not provide for an exception for…

10 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuania pauses decisions on granting asylum for Ukrainians

Lithuania has suspended the decisions on granting asylums to Ukrainian citizens, Lietuvos Žinios daily said on Wednesday. [...]

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania’s migration system to be reformed

On March 25, the Government will consider the reform of the migration system and the Migration Department. Based on the…

10 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuania considers making its national black list public

Lithuanian institutions suggest that the country should no longer keep secret the national black list of people barred from entering…

10 years ago
  • Society

Interior Ministry to probe how Russian criminals received Lithuanian residency permits

The national television news service announced that the Ministry of the Interior of Lithuania has promised to ascertain who and…

10 years ago
  • Society

Russian criminal boss gets residence permit in Lithuania

Akhmed Yevloyev, a high-ranking Russian criminal known as a "vor v zakone," or “thief in law", has been issued with…

10 years ago
  • Society

Dual citizenship debate continues as prominent compatriots lose Lithuanian passports

Lithuanian businessman Aivaras Abromavičius, who was recently appointed to run Ukraine's Ministry of Economy, is about to lose his Lithuanian…

10 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuanian president suggests changes to tighten residency permits

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė has proposed changes that would ban issuing residency permits to foreigners who are suspected of or…

10 years ago
  • Society

Interior minister denies reports that Russian criminals are granted residence in Lithuania

Russian citizens Akhmed Yevloyev and Oleg Shamanin have not been granted residence permits in Lithuania, the criminals are not on…

10 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuanian authorities to make quicker decisions about personae non gratae

Lithuanian authorities will be able to make make swifter decisions on declaring foreign nationals personae non gratae after the government…

10 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania receives 25 Ukrainian asylum requests

Twenty-five Ukrainian nationals have asked for asylum in Lithuania over the first half of this year in the wake of…

10 years ago