Migration

• All documents issued abroad should ideally be translated into Lithuanian; however, English is also accepted by the migration office.
• Translations must be official, bound to a certified true copy of the original document, and attested by the translator’s signature.
• The PCC:
  • Must be translated into Lithuanian or English unless it is issued in English.
  • If the PCC states a prior conviction, it must be translated into Lithuanian.

1. Submit your documents via the Migris system.
2. Book an appointment at your External Service Provider (VFS).
3. Attend the appointment to submit your original documents and biometric data.

• TRP processing time:
  • General order: up to 2 months.
  • Urgent order: up to 1 month.
• TRP cards will be sent to the VFS where you submitted your documents. Delivery to the VFS may take up to 2 weeks.
• Begin the migration process as early as possible to avoid delays.
• You can legally travel to Lithuania only after receiving your TRP card.

National visa D is issued on for ERASMUS and EMMIE students.

All international students from non EU/EEA countries coming for studies to Lithuania according to student exchange programme are required to get a national visa (D).

The application documents for the issue of visa D should be submitted to:

• An external service provider if you are abroad (Temporary residence permit and national visa services – Migration Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania);
• The Migration Department if you are legally in Lithuania.

The decision to issue a national visa is made within 15 calendar days from the date of the request. This period may be extended by up to 45 calendar days.

Important:

• If you want to apply for national visa after coming to Lithuania, you need to have legal basis to come to Lithaunia, for example Schengen visa. Keep in mind that you need to be in Lithuania legally while submitting the documents, while waiting for the decission and when collecting your national visa.
• Visa might be issued very quickly, but the process might take up to 45 days, so be ready to have a possilibility to be in Lithuania legally for 45 days till national visa is issued for you.
• The national visa is issued for a maximum of 1 year.
• If you applied for national visa and submitted documents to external service provider, you will have to collect national visa also from the same external service provider. You can not submit documets to external service provider and collect national visa in Lithuania.

Other remarks:

• if you have been issued with a national visa for 1 year or several national visas with a total validity period of 1 year, you may be issued with another national visa if more than 180 days had elapsed from your previous visa or the total validity period of all visas you had. The total period of validity of several national visas must be counted from the date of issue of the previous national visa, if less than 180 days have elapsed since the expiry of its validity;
• if you are holding a national visa, valid for 1 year or several national visas with a total validity of 1 year, and intending to apply for a temporary residence permit, in order to stay in Lithuania during the consideration of the application will have to submit this application in advance – 1,5 to 3 months before the expiry of the actual national visa.

Required documents to obtain national visa D:

• EPIS mediation number (university will provide it to you).
• Completed application form in MIGRIS system (go to https://www.migracija.lt/, choose EN language, choose “For foreigners” and follow the steps). Please fill it in online and submit it to Migris).
• A valid travel document (passport) issued within the last ten years, that validity period is at least 3 months longer than the validity period of the requested visa and containing at least 2 blank pages.
• Proofs of sufficient funds:
  • The subsistence amount is 0,5 minimum monthly salary (519 €) per month, the amount for return to the country of origin or a foreign country to which you are entitled to travel, the amount of funds – 1 minimum monthly salary (1038 €). For example, if you apply for visa of 6 months, you need to have in your account 519 € x 6 months + 1038 € = 4152 €.

Keep in mind that the amount of minimum montly salary may change from 1st of January 2025.

• Funds or received regular income must be sufficient to live in Lithuania for the entire period of validity of the visa. These documents may be submitted in English or a certified-by-the-interpreter’s-signature translation to English from a different language may be submitted.
• A document confirming health insurance that will be valid during the stay in the Republic of Lithuania (the minimal health insurance sum comprises EUR 30 000) that covers urgent medical care costs and costs that may occur because of applicant‘s return to a foreign state due to health causes (transportation, including personal health care specialist (specialists) escort), and shall be valid during the period of applicant‘s stay or residence in the Republic of Lithuania or a document confirming that the applicant has compulsory health insurance in cases stipulated in the Law on Health Insurance of the Republic of Lithuania. It must be valid in all states of Schengen Area.

The list of required documents is the same as for students from non-EU countries.

Documents issued abroad must be translated into Lithuanian language and certified by an interpreter. If documents, confirming marriage, divorce, death of the sponsor, birth certificate, proof of health insurance or bank statement are required, these may be given in the original English language or may be translated from other language to English and certified by an interpreter. At the request of an authorized employee of the Migration department, a foreigner must submit translations of these documents into Lithuanian, certified by an interpreter.

Documents issued by foreign states must be legalized or certified by certificate (Apostille) in accordance with the procedure established by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, except for the cases provided for by the international treaties or legal acts of the European Union where documents do not need to be legalized or approved by certificate (Apostille).

IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MEET IMMIGRATION REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA

University representatives can only provide general information about this.
You must check requirements for your own specific circumstances with the relevant Embassies/Consulates/Migration Office. Requirements do change and you must check the up to date position in good time.

If you have doubts on any matters you can call to Migration Office in Vilnius on +370 707 67 000 and press 3 for menu in English and visit the website for more information www.migracija.lt.

International students have to apply for a visa or a residence permit depending on their citizenship and the length of their studies at ISM university. 

Please check if you do need a visa or residence permit to enter Lithuania: Do I need a visa to enter Lithuania?