Added
created the Lithuanian-origin residence permit, issued for five years, with permanent residence available on the same ground and no state fee (https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/TAIS.232378/RZsVWVTDPS).
Financial threshold
—
no minimum listed
Stay
60
months, renewable
Application fee
$0
Tax
20.0%
20% to 36 average wages, then 25% and 32%
Path to staying
- Residence permit60 months
- Renew60 months at a time
- Permanent residencypossible
- Citizenshippossible
- Permanent residency
- Citizenship
- Dual citizenship not allowed
Overview
- Country
- Lithuania
- Program
- Lithuania Origin Residence
- Local name
- Leidimas laikinai gyventi lietuvių kilmės asmeniui
- Type
- Ancestry
- Status
- Active
- Initial duration
- 60 months
- Renewable
- Yes (60 mo)
Temporary residence permit for a foreigner of Lithuanian origin, issued for five years on a document confirming that origin. Permanent residence is a separate ground with no prior five-year stay and no language exam. The permit does not grant citizenship.
Eligibility
- Criminal record check not required
- Health check not required
- Health insurance not required
Work rights
- Employment allowed
- Self-employment allowed
- Own a business allowed
- Work permit included
Family and dependents
- Dependents allowed
- Yes
- Spouse included
- Yes
- Max child age
- 18
- Parents allowed
- Yes
Benefits and mobility
- Schengen access
- Bank account can open
- Property purchase allowed
- Public healthcare no access
- Must be primary residence required
Tax
- Tax regime
- Worldwide
- Tax rate
- 20.0%
- Regime name
- 20% to 36 average wages, then 25% and 32%
- Foreign income taxed
- Yes
- Capital gains taxed
- Yes
How to apply
- Method
- online, in person
- Processing time
- 45–90 days
- Apply from abroad
- Yes
Ancestry requirements
- Generational limit
- 2 generations
- Ancestor must have been citizen
- No
Notes
Lithuanian origin means a parent or grandparent, or one of them, is or was Lithuanian, and the applicant declares in writing that they consider themselves Lithuanian. The authorised institution issues the confirming document. Subsistence, private health insurance, the accommodation undertaking and the travel-history list are waived for this permit and for permanent residence on the same ground, and for family members. The state fee for the temporary permit is also waived for the applicant and for family members. The ordinary decision takes up to three months, halved if urgent. Article 40 allows the temporary permit to be changed. Article 42 states only that it is issued for five years. A permanent-residence card on this ground is issued and renewed for five years. Living abroad for more than six months revokes the temporary permit. A person of origin who has never held Lithuanian citizenship may be granted it by the simplified procedure only if they are not a citizen of another state, with no residence period and without the naturalisation exams. Ordinary naturalisation remains ten years, category I Lithuanian (A2), and a renunciation. A related five-year temporary permit exists for a person who already has the right to restore Lithuanian citizenship; that route belongs with citizenship restoration.
Last verified Oct 9, 2026 Last changed Oct 10, 2026 Source