Visas

Visas

Visas

Lithuanian Visa Application Center in Astana accept documents for Schengen (type C). Registration for the submission of application is carried out through the websites of visa centers.

We also inform you that documents for obtaining a visa are submitted exclusively at VFS Global Visa Application Center in Astana.

Documents for obtaining Schengen visas can be submitted to the Embassy only by third-country nationals who are beneficiaries in accordance with Article 3 of Directive 2004/38 / EC (on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to free movement and residence). Members of official delegations can also apply for a visa at the Embassy.

Beneficiaries of Directive 2004/38/EC and members of official delegations are accepted during business hours of the consular department, by appointment by phone +7 717 2 79 27 47 or by e-mail - amb.kz@urm.lt .

Cooperation with external service providers

According to the agreement between Lithuania and VF Services (UK) Ltd., the latter is entrusted with the  performance of the following tasks:

1. providing general information on visa requirements and application forms;
2. informing the applicant of the required supporting documents;
3. collecting data and applications (including collection of biometric identifiers) and transmitting the application to the visa authority of the Republic of Lithuania or the central authorities;
4. collecting the visa fee;
5. managing the appointments for the applicant, where applicable, at the visa authority of the Republic of Lithuania or at the premises of an external service provider;
6. collecting the travel documents, including a refusal notification if applicable, from the visa authority of the Republic of Lithuania or the central authorities and returning them to the applicant.

The examination of applications, interviews (where appropriate), the decision on applications and the printing and affixing of visa stickers shall be carried out only by the visa authority of the Republic of Lithuania.

According to the agreement between Lithuania and VF Services (UK) Ltd, the standard fee for the service is EUR 17.90 if the country has a Lithuanian visa service and EUR 33.80 if it does not. Service fee for children under 12 years old is waived.

The service fee is charged in local currency. The ratio between local currencies and the euro exchange rate is reviewed and adjusted accordingly at least once a month.

Criteria for an application to be considered admissible

At the time of submission of the first application, the applicant is required to appear in person. Applications shall be lodged no more than 6 months, and for seafarers in the performance of their duties no more than 9 months, before the start of the intended visit, and, as a rule, no later than 15 calendar days before the start of the intended visit. In justified individual cases of urgency, the visa authority of the Republic of Lithuania or the central authorities may allow the lodging of applications later than 15 calendar days before the start of the intended visit.

A Schengen Member State may require that the central authorities of other Member States consult its central authorities when dealing with applications submitted by nationals of specific third countries or a list of specific categories of such nationals can be found here.

Each applicant shall submit completed application form in Russian or English. The application form shall be signed. Persons included in the applicant’s travel document shall submit a separate application form. Minors shall submit an application form signed by a person exercising permanent or temporary parental authority or legal guardianship.

The applicant shall present a valid travel document satisfying the following criteria:

• its validity shall extend at least three months after the intended date of departure from the territory of the Member States or, in the case of several visits, after the last intended date of departure from the territory of the Member States. However, in a justified case of emergency, this obligation may be waived;
• it shall contain at least two blank pages;
• it shall have been issued within the previous 10 years.

The following biometric identifiers of the applicant shall be collected:

• a photograph (according to this sample), scanned or taken at the time of application, and
• 10 fingerprints taken flat and collected digitally.

Where fingerprints as part of an earlier application were collected for the first time less than 59 months before the date of the new application, they shall be copied to the subsequent application. If at the time when the application is lodged, it cannot be immediately confirmed that the fingerprints were collected within the period of 59 months, the applicant may request that they be collected.

The following applicants shall be exempt from the requirement to give fingerprints:

• children under the age of 12;
• persons for whom fingerprinting is physically impossible. If the fingerprinting of fewer than 10 fingers is possible, the maximum number of fingerprints shall be taken. However, should the impossibility be temporary, the applicant shall be required to give the fingerprints at the following application;
• heads of State or government and members of a national government with accompanying spouses, and the members of their official delegation when they are invited by Schengen Member States’ governments or by international organisations for an official purpose;
• sovereigns and other senior members of a royal family, when they are invited by Schengen Member States’ governments or by international organisations for an official purpose.

However, where there is reasonable doubt regarding the identity of the applicant, the visa authority of the Republic of Lithuania shall collect fingerprints within the period of 59 months.

A visa fee must be paid.

SCHENGEN VISA

• Airport transit visa (A) - a visa valid for transit through the international transit areas of one or more airports of the Schengen Member States (applies only for Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka nationals).
• Short-stay visa (C) – a visa valid for transit through or an intended stay in the territory of the Schengen Member States of a duration of no more than 90 days in any 180-day period.

The Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Kazakhstan also represents and accepts documents for obtaining of short-term Schengen (C) visa with the purpose of visiting Kingdom of Norway and Iceland from Kazakhstani nationals and third-country nationals permanently residing (having residence permit) in the Republic of Kazakhstan;

The Embassy is competent for examining and deciding on an application for a uniform visa if:

• Lithuanian territory constitutes the sole destination of the visit(s);
• if the visit includes more than one destination, or if several separate visits are to be carried out within a period of two months, Lithuanian territory shall constitute the main destination of the visit(s) in terms of the length of stay, counted in days, or the purpose of stay; or
• if no main destination can be determined, Lithuanian external border should be first the applicant intends to cross in order to enter the territory of Schengen Member States.

Visa authorities of the Republic of Lithuania are competent for examining and deciding on an application for a uniform visa for the purpose of transit if:

• in the case of transit through Lithuania only; or
• in the case of transit through several Schengen Member States, Lithuanian external border should be first the applicant intends to cross to start the transit.

The application is examined and decided by the Lithuanian Visa Service, which has jurisdiction over the place where the visa applicant legally resides. The territorial jurisdiction of the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Kazakhstan includes Astana, East Kazakhstan, North Kazakhstan, Karaganda, Pavlodar, Akmola, Kostanay and Ulytau regions. Applicants residing in the cities of Almaty, Shymkent and Almaty, Atyrau, Kyzyl-Orda, Zhetysu, West Kazakhstan, Turkestan, Zhambyl regions fall under the territorial jurisdiction of the Consulate General of the Republic of Lithuania in Almaty. Citizens of other countries who require a Schengen visa can apply to the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Kazakhstan if they can justify a long legal stay in Kazakhstan (have a residence permit in Kazakhstan). The Lithuanian Visa Service also considers an application submitted by a third-country national who is legally present but does not reside in a place under its jurisdiction and makes a decision on it if the visa applicant has substantiated the submission of the application in that visa service.

The applicants must provide these documents:

• valid travel document;
• completed and signed (paragraph 36 and last page) application for obtaining a Schengen visa;
• one color photo 35x45 mm, corresponding to the age of the person attached to the application;
• valid medical insurance, the insurance sum of which is at least 30 thousand euros confirming the document;
• documents listed at an executive decision of the Commission, specifying supporting documents that must be presented by applicants for obtaining a visa in Kazakhstan;
• documents with the indication of the place of residence and/or confirmation of the availability of sufficient funds to pay for the residence;
• documents proving that the person applying for a visa has sufficient funds (50 euros per day) both for the time of the intended stay and for returning to the country of origin or residence, or transit to a third country to which it must be allowed or legally able to receive such funds. This requirement does not apply to a minor foreigner accompanying an adult family member;
• an intermediary letter (invitation). Please note that mediation letters for the arrival of a foreigner in the Republic of Lithuania must be valid and issued no later than 30 calendar days in advance. In the case of submitting documents for a visa to Norway official invitations are also accepted - samples of which can be found on the websites of the migration departments of Norway.
• in cases of representation to issue Schengen visa, the applicant must prove having the means of subsistence for one day: Norway - 500 NOK, Iceland - 4000 ISK.
• information that helps to estimate whether the visa applicant intends to leave the territory of the member states before the end of the validity period of the requested visa.

Submitted documents must be prepared in Lithuanian, Russian or English.

A foreigner who has been issued a multiple-entry visa may enter and stay in the Schengen zone during the validity of the visa, but not for more than 90 days during any 180 days. If you often visit the Schengen zone, we recommend using the calculator.

FAMILY MEMBERS OF AN EU CITIZEN OR A CITIZEN OF AN EFTA MEMBER STATE

According to the Article 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, every citizen of the Union shall have the right to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States, subject to the limitations and conditions laid down in the Treaties and by the measures adopted to give them effect. These restrictions and conditions are, among others, set out in Directive 2004/38 / EC on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States. If applicants meet the status of a family member* of an EU citizen as laid down in the Directive, the visa authority of the Republic of Lithuania will give them every opportunity to obtain the required visa and provide them with the best conditions to obtain it, including**:

• no visa fee;
• visas are issued as soon as possible (the processing of a visa application for more than 15 days can only be exceptional and duly justified), and an appointment should be made on more favourable conditions than for other third-country nationals;
• a limited list of supporting documents (a proof that there is an EU citizen, from whom certain rights are derived, that the visa applicant is a member of the family of such an EU citizen and that the person applying for a visa accompanies the EU citizen in the host Schengen Member State, or joins him or her there).

*family member:

• a spouse or a person with whom an EU citizen has contracted a registered partnership.
• direct descendants of a citizen and/or spouse or person with whom a registered partnership agreement has been concluded, who are under the age of 21, or who are dependents.
• dependent relatives according to the direct upper line of the citizen, spouse or person with whom a registered partnership agreement has been concluded.

The Directive 2004/38/EC applies for those family members who together with EU citizen are traveling (or intending to join him/her) to a Member State other than his/her nationality or already living in such a Member State.

For instance: a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan, together with spouse, which is a Polish citizen, are going to Lithuania or intends to meet there.

The rights granted by the Directive are generally not applicable to EU citizens living in the Member State of their nationality, except of:

• Citizens of two EU Member States;
• EU citizens returning to the Member State of their citizenship, who have lived in another Member State;
• EU citizens who used the right of free movement in another member state, but did not live there, for example: provided services in another Member State.

**The same conditions also apply to family members of a national of an EFTA (European Free Trade Association) Member State.

DECISION ON THE APPLICATION AND THE APPEAL PROCEDURE

Applications shall be decided on within 15 calendar days of the date of the lodging of an application which is admissible. That period may be extended up to a maximum of 45 calendar days in individual cases, notably when further scrutiny of the application is needed.

Applicants who have been refused a visa receives are notified by means of the standard form on the refusal, annulment or revocation of the visa, stating the reasons for the decision.

Applicants have the right to appeal against the decisions to the Regional Administrative Court (Žygimantų St. 2, LT-01102 Vilnius, tel .: +370 5 264 8703) within 14 days from the date of the delivery of the decision. In accordance with the procedure established by the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on the Legal Status of Aliens and the Law on Administrative Proceedings of the Republic of Lithuania, an appeal must be lodged in Lithuanian, and documents written in other languages must be translated into Lithuanian and approved in accordance with the established procedure. A stamp duty of EUR 30 must be paid for the appeal (if the appeal is lodged to a court only by electronic means, 75 % of the amount of the stamp duty must be paid).

The decision to refuse to issue a visa cannot be appealed administratively.

Having a visa does not automatically entitle you to entry. Visa holders must present evidence at the external border that they comply with the entry conditions set out in Article 6 of the Schengen Borders Code.

Complaints procedure

Applicants may lodge complaints about the he conduct of staff at visa authorities of the Republic of Lithuania and, where applicable, of the external service providers or the application process. In accordance with the Article 2 p. 12 of the 1999 June 17 Law on Public Administration of the Republic of Lithuania No. VIII-1234, a complaint is a written application of a person to a public administration entity, stating that his or her rights or legitimate interests have been violated and asking to defend them. Pursuant to Article 3 p. 8, the complaint can be lodged to the Embassy of Lithuania or directly to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Complaints are examined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14 and Section 3 of the Law, decisions on appeals shall be taken within 20 working days. Where, for objective reasons, the complaint cannot be dealt with within that period, the period may be extended, but for no longer than 10 working days. The person shall be notified in writing of the extension within 2 working days.

CONSULAR FEE

Guided by the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of January 22, 2020 “On the Government of the Republic of Lithuania in 1994. On November 16, Decree No. 1135 “On the approval of the rates of consular fees of the Republic of Lithuania and the description of the procedure for paying and refunding the consular fees of the Republic of Lithuania” and the Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council ( EU) of June 20, 2019 No. 2019/1155 amending Regulation (EU) No 810/2009 establishing the Community Visa Code, a consular fee is charged for the acceptance and processing of applications for the issuance of visas or equivalent documents, decisions on issuance of visas or equivalent documents:

     Schengen visas (C) -  90 EUR;

         • for children from 6 to 12 years old - 45 EUR.

In accordance with the Law on Consular Fees of the Republic of Lithuania, consular fees are not charged for:

• children under 6 years;
• school pupils, students, postgraduate students and accompanying teachers who undertake stays for the purpose of study or educational training;
• researchers, as defined in point (2) of Article 3 of Directive (EU) 2016/801 of the European Parliament and of the Council, travelling for the purpose of carrying out scientific research or participating in a scientific seminar or conference;
• representatives of non-profit organisations aged 25 years or less participating in seminars, conferences, sports, cultural or educational events organised by non-profit organisations;
• family members of a citizen of the European Union or a citizen of a Member State of the European Free Trade Association, where such family members are nationals of third countries, as well as to the family members of citizens of the Republic of Lithuania;
• in cases provided for by the agreement between the European Union and a third country on the facilitation of the issuance of visas.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

From July 1, 2023, the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Kazakhstan no longer considers applications for national (type D) visas. The applicants traveling to Lithuania for a long stay (more than 90 days) shall apply for national D visa or resident permit at the regional VFS Global visa application Centre:

https://visa.vfsglobal.com/uzb/en/ltr/ - Uzbekistan, Tashkent

https://visa.vfsglobal.com/kgz/ru/ltr/ - Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek

https://visa.vfsglobal.com/kaz/en/ltr/ - Kazakhstan, Almaty

https://services.vfsglobal.com/tjk/en/ltr/ - Tajikistan, Dushanbe

Applications for National visas or residence permits are processed by the Migration Department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania. You can learn more about these changes here.

The latest and most up-to-date consular information is also published on the consular information page of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs https://keliauk.urm.lt