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 Ministry of the Interior says. […]
Migration Department
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 from entering the country. […]
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 matters and visa and identity document issuance. […]
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 and the current Migration Department. […]
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 Lithuania under the EU program but violating the requirement to settle in the country. […]
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 present the government with several alternative options for overhauling the existing system. […]
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 for national visas without prior registration. […]
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 sham volunteering. […]
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 of growing immigration and pay less attention to finding someone to blame or replacing officials. […]
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 a negative assessment of her work. […]
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. […]
Opinion
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 force. Despite the fact that new immigration rules have established preferential terms for technological start-ups that are at an early stage of their development with a scalable and innovative product or business model, now it is more difficult to obtain a residence permit based on legal activity in Lithuania than before. […]
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 human rights violations and money laundering. […]
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 entering the country. […]
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 Minister Eimutis Misiūnas. The department’s director says she has not had time to hire additional staff, as the minister only signed a decree on a bigger staff in late December. […]
Society
Migration Dept again warns about visa delays
Issuing of national visas is again delayed at Lithuania’s Migration Department. […]
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. […]
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 a request to help Afghan national Zabi Ahmadi performing in the play to receive asylum in Lithuania. […]
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. […]
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 temporary residence permits and visas to foreign business people. […]