Lithuania - Passport & Nationality - Lithuanian Citizenship
•Persons who were citizens of the Republic of Lithuania prior to 15 June 1940, their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, residing in other states (provided that such persons, their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren did not repatriate); •Persons of Lithuanian descent who reside in other states. The persons who were citizens of the Republic of Lithuania prior to 15 June 1940, their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, residing in other states (provided that such persons, their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren did not repatriate) shall append the following documents to an application for the exercise of the right to citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania: • Documents or their copies confirming the person’s identity (a passport of a citizen of a foreign state or an equivalent document); •A document or its copy attesting that the person holds citizenship of a foreign state or that he is a stateless person; •Documents specified in paragraph 4 of Article 26 of the Law on Citizenship or their copies proving that the person held Lithuanian citizenship prior to 15 June 1940;* •Documents or their copies proving kinship, if a child, a grandchild or a great-grandchild of the person who held Lithuanian citizenship prior to 15 June 1940, applies for the exercise of the right to citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania; •Documents or their copies attesting the changing of the name or the surname, if such data have been changed; •A certificate of retention of the right to citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania, if it has been issued. ________________________________________ Persons of Lithuanian descent shall submit the following documents together with the application for the exercise of the right to citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania: •Documents or their copies confirming the person’s identity (a passport of a citizen of a foreign state or an equivalent document); •A document or its copy attesting that the person holds citizenship of a foreign state or that he is a stateless person; •Documents or their copies confirming the person’s place of residence in a foreign state; •Documents specified in paragraph 4 of Article 26 of the Law on Citizenship or their copies proving the person’s Lithuanian descent;** •Documents or their copies proving kinship, if a child or a grandchild of the person of Lithuania descent applies for the exercise of the right to citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania; •Documents or their copies attesting to the changing of the name or the surname, if such data have been changed; •A free form written statement of the person confirming that he considers himself Lithuanian; •A certificate of retention of the right to citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania, if it has been issued. Such persons may file an application for the issuance of a passport of the Republic of Lithuania.