SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA RESOLUTION ON THE PROCEDURE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA LAW ON CITIZENSHIP The Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania resolves:
- The Republic of Lithuania Law on Citizenship shall enter into force on 11 December
- To establish that documents confirming citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania which persons had until 15 June 1940 shall be their domestic or foreign passports of the Republic of Lithuania retained by them, their birth certificates, as well as archival or other documents confirming the fact.
- To establish that under this Law, a person shall be considered as permanently residing in Lithuania if he or she: - has been registered in the register of permanent residents of the Republic of Lithuania; - and has acquired living quarters in Lithuania by the right of ownership or leased same for an indefinite period, or is the owner's or tenant's family member; - and is employed in Lithuania under employment contract or has another paid occupation in Lithuania, is somebody's dependent or is paid a pension legally due to him or her in Lithuania; - and pays on the territory of Lithuania income tax, and other taxes established by the laws of the Republic of Lithuania, or is exempt therefrom in the manner established by law.
- To establish that persons who are citizens of the Republic of Lithuania under this Law and serve in the army of another state (except persons conscripted by force), or are employed as officers of state power or state governing bodies of another state, must terminate said service within the period up to 1 March 1992 or may apply to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania for permission to temporarily continue their service. After the expiration of the term, or upon being refused permission, the person shall be recognised as having severed actual links with the Republic of Lithuania, and shall lose citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania in the manner established by this Law.
- To state that persons serving in the armed forces, internal troops and state security structures, as well as other law enforcement and repressive structures of the Soviet Union which have been unlawfully stationed and operating in Lithuania since 15 June 1940, may not be considered as permanently residing or employed in Lithuania.
- To establish that the registration of foreigners who are legally permanently residing in Lithuania, and who have passports of the USSR, shall be performed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania. Said persons must apply, not later than by 1 July 1992, to agencies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania for permits to reside permanently in Lithuania. The permits must be issued within one month from the day of application. Said persons must have their internal passports of the USSR changed for foreign passports of their [respective] states by 1 July
- To state that with respect to persons specified in Article 1 of the Republic of Lithuania Law on Citizenship, citizenship of the Soviet Union shall be invalid.
- Upon issuing the passport of a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania, passport agencies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs must check whether the person has been issued a Citizen of the Republic of Lithuania Certification Card or a Certification Testifying to the [Person's] Decision to Acquire Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania on valid and lawful grounds. A person who has been issued Republic of Lithuania citizenship documents on invalid or unlawful grounds may not be issued the passport of a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania until the issue of his or her citizenship is resolved in pursuance of this Law.
- Persons specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 of part 1 of Article 1 of this Law, who have not signed the Pledge which is to be signed upon being issued a Citizen of the Republic of Lithuania Certification Card or a Certification Testifying to the [Person's] Decision to Acquire Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania shall be issued passports of a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania or any other citizenship document only after said persons have signed the Pledge. Upon issuing said persons with citizenship documents, passport agencies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs must require [the persons present] and check documents proving that the persons meet the requirements set forth in paragraphs 1 and 2 of part 1 of Article 1 of this Law.
- From the day of entry into force of the Republic of Lithuania Law on Citizenship, passport agencies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania must cease the issuance of internal passports of the USSR. To establish that during the period until the passports of the Republic of Lithuania are issued, citizens of the Republic of Lithuania shall use a Citizen of the Republic of Lithuania Certification Card or a Certification Testifying to the [Person's] Decision to Acquire Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania, and their current passports.
- To commission the Government of the Republic of Lithuania to determine the documents confirming the right to citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania by 1 March
- Priority in issuing passports of a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania shall be given to persons who are 16 years of age and receive a passport for the first time, to political prisoners, deportees, and participants in the resistance movement, as well as to persons who by 17 September 1991 had returned their passports of the USSR to passport agencies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs or submitted applications concerning their refusal of the passports of the USSR.
- This Resolution shall enter into force on 11 December
- Vytautas Landsbergis President Supreme Council Republic of Lithuania Vilnius 10 December 1991 No. I-2080