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Pagalba Official translation REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA LAW ON CITIZENSHIP 17 September 2002 No IX-1078 (as amended by 18 July 2006 No. X – 768) Vilnius CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS Article 1. Citizens of

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of this Law: a copy of the document confirming the person’s identity; a copy of the birth certificate; a document relating to the grounds for the loss of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania held by the person; documents confirming that the person is permanently residing in the territory of the Republic of Lithuania and has a legal source of support. 7. .The following documents shall be submitted together with the application for the restoration of citizenship of the Republic

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of this Law: documents confirming that the person held citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania prior to 15 June 1940 or was a permanent resident in the present-day territory of the Republic of Lithuania (or is a child, grandchild or great-grandchild of such a person); a documents confirming the person's Lithuanian descent; a copy of the document confirming the person's identity (a copy of the passport of a citizen of a foreign state or a corresponding personal document); a document confirming citizenship of a foreign state held by the person or renunciation thereof (or a document confirming that he is a stateless person), the person's place of residence as well as the certificate of retention of the right to citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania, if it had been issued to the person. Documents relating to the grounds on which the person lost citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania held by him shall be attached to the application for the restoration of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania.

  1. Applications to grant citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania by way of exception shall be submitted accompanied by the following documents: recommendations of state politicians of the Republic of Lithuania, citizens of the Republic of Lithuania of merit to the state of Lithuania, specifying the person’s activity of special importance to the Republic of Lithuania, documents relating to state awards, lists of publications, documents confirming the person’s integration into Lithuanian society as well as documents confirming the person’s identity (a copy of the passport of a citizen of a foreign state or an equivalent document).
  2. Applications of persons who are under 18 years of age to grant citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania, to exercise the right to citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania, to renounce citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania or to restore it shall be submitted by their legal representatives.
  3. The decision on recognising a person to have lost citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania under paragraph 3 of Article 18 of this Law, on declaring the act on the granting of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania invalid under paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 21 of this Law shall be adopted by the Vilnius Regional Administrative Court. The right to appeal to court in the cases specified in this Article shall be vested in the Minister of the Interior or an institution authorised by him as well as the Minister of Foreign Affairs or an institution authorised by him. The court. having adopted the decision on recognising a person to have lost citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania or on declaring the act on the granting of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania invalid, shall publish the information in "Informaciniai pranešimai" (information supplement to the official gazette "Valstybës žinios" ).
  4. Applications for the granting of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania or for restoring it under paragraph 1 of Article 20 of this Law as well as applications for the granting of citizenship by way of exception shall be submitted to the President of the Republic. The persons shall submit applications for the granting of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania or for restoring it via the Migration Service, while the application for the granting of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania by way of exception shall be submitted directly to the President.
  5. Applications for the renunciation of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania or the restoration of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania under paragraph 2 of Article 20 of this Law shall be submitted to the Minister of the Interior or an institution authorised by him. Persons residing in the Republic of Lithuania shall submit the above-mentioned applications via the Migration Service, while persons residing in foreign states – via the diplomatic mission or consular post of the Republic of Lithuania abroad or via an institution authorised by the Minister of the Interior.
  6. Persons specified in paragraph 1 of Article 17 of this Law shall submit applications for the exercise of the right to citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania to the Minister of the Interior or an institution authorised by him, the Migration Service or diplomatic missions or consular posts of the Republic of Lithuania abroad. Article
  7. Citizenship Commission
  8. The President of the Republic shall form the Citizenship Commission (hereinafter - the Commission) for preliminary consideration of issues of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania and approve the rules for the consideration of issues of citizenship in the Commission.
  9. The Commission shall have the right to invite to its meetings the person the issue of whose citizenship is being decided, to instruct state institutions to give their opinion within the time period prescribed by the Commission and to present all the necessary documents relating to the application or recommendation under consideration in the Commission. Wishing to receive information about the circumstances specified in Article 13 of this Law, the Commission shall address, according to its competence, the State Security Department of the Republic of Lithuania, the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania, if the institution which prepared the documents relating to the granting of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania or its restoration under paragraph 1 of Article 20 of this Law did not check the circumstances. Should the Commission so decide, the Lithuanian Genocide and Resistance Investigation Centre may addressed for the information about the circumstances specified in Article 13 of this Law.
  10. A meeting of the Commission shall be valid if not less than two-thirds of the members take part therein. Decisions of the Commission shall be adopted by a simple majority vote of all the Commission members and recorded in the minutes The minutes shall be signed by all the Commission members participating in the meeting.
  11. The Commission shall submit to the President of the Republic proposals to grant applications for citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania and, in case the Commission refuses to recommend granting citizenship, it shall notify the applicant thereof in writing, setting forth the reasons for refusal
  12. The Commission shall consider applications for citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania under Article 16 of this Law and shall submit to the President of the Republic proposals to grant the applications.
  13. Repealed on 1 April
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  15. Adopting Decisions on Applications and Recommendations on the Issues of Citizenship
  16. The issues concerning the granting, restoration of citizenship of the Republic

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of this Law shall be resolved by the President of the Republic, who shall issue appropriate decrees thereon. The decree of the President of the republic on the restoration of citizenship of the Republic

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of this Law shall be issued after the person submits a document confirming that he is not a citizen of another state. The decrees of the President of the Republic concerning the granting of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania, its restoration shall be signed by the Minister of the Interior.

  1. If it transpires that the person has acquired citizenship of another state, with the exception of persons specified in paragraph 2 of Article 18 of this Law, the Minister of the Interior or an institution authorised by him shall state the fact of the loss of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania under subparagraph 1, paragraph 2 or paragraph 4 of Article 18 of this Law. Such a person shall be considered to have lost citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania as of the day of acquisition of citizenship of another state.
  2. After the granting of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania the rights and duties of the citizen of the Republic of Lithuania shall arise only after the person takes an oath to the Republic of Lithuania.
  3. Persons who, by acquiring citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania, lose citizenship of any other state held by them shall take an oath to the Republic of Lithuania after they present proof that they have lost citizenship of the other state.
  4. The diplomatic missions or consular posts of the Republic of Lithuania abroad shall within 7 days notify the Office of the President of the Republic and an institution authorised by the Minister of the Interior of the persons who have taken an oath to the Republic of Lithuania at diplomatic missions or consular posts of the Republic of Lithuania abroad.. The institution authorised by the Minister of the Interior shall within 7 days notify the Office of the President of the Republic of the persons who took an oath to the Republic of Lithuania at the Ministry of the Interior.
  5. The issues relating to the renunciation, restoration of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania under paragraph 2 of Article 20 of this Law shall be resolved by the Minister of the Interior or an institution authorised by him.
  6. Decisions on the exercise of the right to citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania under subparagraphs 1, 2 or 3 of Article 1 of this Law by persons permanently residing in the Republic of Lithuania as well as decisions on the exercise of the right to citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania under paragraph 3 of Article 17 of this Law by persons permanently residing in the Republic of Lithuania who have retained the right to citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania according to subparagraph 1 of paragraph 1 of Article 17 of this Law shall be adopted by Minister of the Interior or an institution authorized by him or by Migration Services, and on the exercise of the right to citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania under paragraphs 3 of Article 17 of this Law by persons permanently residing abroad under subparagraphs 1 or 3 of Article 1 of this Law as well as by persons permanently residing in foreign states who have retained the right to citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania according to subparagraphs 1 or 2 of paragraph 1 of Article 17 of this Law shall be adopted by the Minister of the Interior or an institution authorised by him.
  7. The issues of renunciation and restoration of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania under paragraph 2 of Article20 of this Law shall be decided the Minister of the Interior or an institution authorised by him. Article
  8. Adoption of Decisions on the Change of Citizenship of Children In the cases specified in Articles 22-25 of this Law, the issues relating to the change of citizenship of children shall be resolved and documents shall be processed by an institution authorised by the Minister of the Interior. Article
  9. Publication of Acts on the Issues of Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania Orders of the Minister of the Interior or head of an institution authorised by him concerning the renunciation, restoration of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania under paragraph 2 of a 20 of this Law, on its loss under subparagraph 2 of paragraph 1 and paragraph 4 of Article 18 of this Law shall be published in "Valstybės žinios" (the official gazette). Article
  10. Reconsideration of Applications and Recommendations Concerning Issues of Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania The applications of persons for the granting or restoration of citizenship of the Republic

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of this Law shall be repeatedly accepted not earlier than one year after the adoption of the previous decision. Article

  1. Preparation of Documents of Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania
  2. Citizenship documents of persons who are permanently residing in Lithuania shall be prepared by Migration Services, whereas those of persons residing in other states - by the Minister of Foreign Affairs together with the Minister of the Interior or by an institutions authorised by them.
  3. In the cases specified in this Law and in other cases when there are no sufficient documents for resolving the issue of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania the issue may be considered by the Commission formed by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania for considering issues of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania which shall submit a conclusion of recommendatory nature.
  4. The rules for the preparation of documents of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania and the composition of the commission formed by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania for considering the issues of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania and its regulations shall be approved by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. CHAPTER 6 FINAL PROVISIONS Article
  5. Application of International Treaties on Citizenship Issues If an international treaty of the Republic of Lithuania establishes rules other than those set by this Law, the rules of the international treaty shall apply. Article
  6. Entry into Force of the Law
  7. This Law shall enter into force as of 1 January
  9. Upon the entry into force of this Law the following legal acts shall be repealed: 1) Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Citizenship (5 January 1991, No. I-2072); 2) Law of the Republic of Lithuania on the Validity of Citizenship Documents of the Republic of Lithuania and on Supplementing the Law on Citizenship (10 December 1991, No. I-2079); 3) Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Amending Articles 28 and 31 of the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Citizenship (11 February 1992, No. I-2312); 4) Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Amending Articles 14 and 25 of the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Citizenship (19 November 1992, I-3067); 5) Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Amending and Supplementing the Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania (16 July 1993, No. I-240); 6) Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Amending Article 18 of the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Citizenship (7 December 1993 No. I-320); 7) Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Supplementing Article 23 of the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Citizenship (14 December 1993, No. I-332); 8) Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Amending the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Citizenship (13 June 1995, No. I-945); 9) Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Amending and Supplementing the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Citizenship (21 October 1995, No. I-1053); 10) Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Supplementing Articles 17 and 22 and Amending Article 31 of the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Citizenship (6 February 1996, No. I-1159); 11) Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Amending Articles 1, 17 and 28 of the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Citizenship (2 July 1997, No. VIII-391). I promulgate this Law passed by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC VALDAS ADAMKUS

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