Invest Lithuania is the official agency for Foreign Direct Investment and Business Development. We’ll partner with you to get your business set up and off to the best start possible:

• Helping you with decision-making during international expansion
• Facilitating the overall relocation process for your team
• Helping you with business establishment procedures by connecting you with relevant stakeholders to guarantee a soft landing
• Once your business is up and running, we’ll continue being there for you, providing aftercare and support

The company planning to relocate its employees to Lithuania shall provide a list of employees and their family members containing the following information should be provided to Invest Lithuania:

• Name and Surname
• Date of Birth
• Passport Number
• Passport expiration date
• Passport date of issue
• Passport issuing country
• The officially registered name of the company

Timeline: The Invitation Letter will be prepared within 3-5 working days after the list of employees with the required information has been received.

*Citizens of Belarus, Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and South Korea.

The employee and their family members, whose details have been provided in the Invitation Letter, will have to fill in an application form for the National (D) Visa.

The following documents are required for D Visa Application, which can only take place at the Lithuanian Embassy:

• Printed and Signed D Visa Application Form;
• Travel insurance covering the full duration of the visa (181 days);
• Documents demonstrating that the employee has sufficient funds for subsistence in Lithuania, preferably a bank statement providing evidence that the employee has EUR 2,200 in their personal Bank account (EUR 2,200 for each adult and EUR 1,100 for each child).

Note: The embassy recommends that applicants prepare company statements as they might be easier to obtain than personal bank statements. Each applicant needs to provide an Individual statement at the Embassy (not a single statement for all employees).

• 1 passport format picture (color, physical format).

Employees should pay the application fee at the Lithuanian Embassy in Belarus. Payments are only accepted in cash and in euros. At the embassy, the applicant will have to provide all the above mentioned documents, together with their passport and fingerprints. Children younger than 12 do not have to submit their visa application in person, their parents or legal guardians can submit the application on their behalf.

Citizens of Belarus and their family members may obtain a 6 months valid visa and arrive in Lithuania. Currently the only way to obtain the national visa under the simplified procedure is through Lithuanian embassies in Minsk, Moscow, other countries (Istanbul, Almaty, Yerevan) visa centres.

Once the National D Visas are issued, employees and their family members can enter Lithuania. The National D Visa allows an individual to stay in Lithuania for 6 months.

Due to Covid-19 situation, all persons, arriving to Lithuania on regular, special and charter passenger routes organised and operated by carriers by all modes of transport are obligated to register with the National Public Health Center and show proof of registration; all persons, arriving to Lithuania by their own transport until the moment of crossing the border of Lithuania, are obligated to register with the National Public Health Center.

Before boarding a plane, ferry, bus, or train, the traveller will have to fill in a form on the website of the National Public Health Centre, and present the received confirmation (QR code) at the time of boarding.

Personal protective equipment covering the nose and mouth (masks) is mandatory in all indoor and crowded outdoor public places. 

List of private laboratories in Lithuania performing testing for COVID-19 can be found  here. 

Once the legal entity of your company is established in Lithuania, your employees can apply for the EU Blue Card.

Important information about the EU Blue Card:

• The EU Blue Card is a residence and work permit specifically designated for highly skilled non-EU citizens.
• Applicants for the EU Blue Card can start working as soon as their application for the EU Blue Card has been submitted.
• An application for the EU Blue Card should be submitted at the Migration Department either physically or electronically through the Lithuanian migration system MIGRIS.
• In case an application for the EU Blue Card has been submitted electronically, an applicant needs to visit the Migration Department upon a separate notification to provide biometric data and original documents.
• An EU Blue Card is valid for up to 3 years and can be extended for up to 3 years afterwards.
• EU Blue Card holders have the ability to bring their family members.
• EU Blue Card holders are eligible for permanent residence after 5 years.

Main criteria for the EU Blue Card:

• The employee possesses a higher education degree (they hold a diploma or have at least five years of professional experience equivalent to a higher education degree)
• Their salary is not less than 1.5X the average monthly gross salary in Lithuania (~2,300 Eur)
• They have an employment contract that is not shorter than 1 year

Note: An EU Blue Card can also be issued to the Director of the company, but additional documents must be provided.

Timeline: 15 days (fast track) or 1 month (standard).

State fee: €240 (fast track) or €120 (standard).

More information can be found here: eubluecard.lt

• Go Vilnius: Erika Fedorenčikaitė, erika@govilnius.lt
• Kaunas IN: Gytautas Kulakauskas, gytautas@kaunasin.lt
• Klaipėda ID: Kristina Postornak, kristina@klaipedaid.lt

For general information on the latest developments on COVID-19 in Lithuania, including health advice and travel arrangements, please visit the National Public Health Center page.