Lithuania ETIAS
Lithuania to enforce obligation to hold a valid ETIAS Visa Waiver to incoming travelers from 2025 from 60 Visa Waiver Countries
Lithuania ETIAS: core details
Lithuania to enforce obligation to hold a valid ETIAS Visa Waiver to incoming travelers from 2025 from 60 Visa Waiver Countries
ETIAS allows for a combined stay in Lithuania and 33 more European Nations of maximum 90 days out of every 6 months and only for purposes of either tourism, commerce and trade, transit or medical treatment
ETIAS application to be put forward electronically only
ETIAS holders coming to Europe must have at least 3 months of residual validity on their passport for the entire duration of stay in the EU/Schengen Area
Lithuania’s diplomatic growth
Situated between the Scandinavian Peninsula and the Russian Federation, Lithuania lived an history, both ancient and more recent, that well express its being a on a threshold between political Europe and what used to be the Soviet Union.
The last 30 years have been particularly important to Lithuania who gained back its independence from the Soviet Union in 1990 and that, in 2004, accomplished to become UN Member State and EU Member State reaffirming its cultural and political heritage that made its people feel much closer to Europe than to the Russian Federation.
Despite these most recent changes, Lithuania emancipated economically very quickly and soon became a wealthy nation that can also claim one of the highest standards in the Human Development Index.Lithuania in European institutions diplomacy
Becoming an active member of the European Union since 2004, Lithuania also came to be part of the Schengen Area only three years later and is therefore to be among the 34 Countries that in 2025 will launch and enforce the newborn ETIAS Protocol.
Through its implementation ETIAS System aims to offer visitors to Lithuania, and 33 more European Nations, faster and more efficient border control checks upon arrival at the EU’s air, land or sea borders. At the same time ETIAS System is also expected to have the effect of dramatically reducing episodes of border rejections.
With the goal of creating a safer travel environment without de facto creating any hindrance to travelers the ETIAS application procedure has been designed so as to be intuitive and easy to approach and will require each applicant no more than 10 minutes of time.How to digitally apply for an ETIAS to Lithuania
In order to submit their application for ETIAS, all potential visitors to the Republic of Lithuania, elders and minors included, are required to fill out a short form where they are to declare their personal data and contact details, travel to Europe schedule and to answer a short set of background check and general eligibility questions.
Once the application has been sent through by mean of ETIAS taxes payment and feedback becomes available, in most cases within 72 hours and with a positive response, ETIAS Visa Waiver will be sent to the personal e-mail of each applicant.
When issued ETIAS Visa Waiver is valid for 3 years from its date of issue and allows for multiple entries in Lithuania and the other 33 Member and de facto Member Countries as long as such trips comply with the general ETIAS limitations for purpose and duration of stay as summarized above.ETIAS use in practice
Visitors that already hold a valid Schengen Visa or a Permit of Stay issued by a Schengen Member Country are not required to have a valid ETIAS to enter the Lithuania or any other ETIAS Area Country. Reversely a Residence Permit or National Visa issued by an ETIAS Nation still to become part of Schengen is currently not considered valid to be absolved form the requirement of having an ETIAS Visa Waiver.
As a consequence, any individual holding Visa Waiver rights to Europe whose aim to move, work or study in the Republic of Lithuania on a long-term basis will not be considered eligible for ETIAS and will still be required to apply for Consular Schengen Visa.
Although it must be pointed out that ETIAS Visa Waiver can be used to enter Lithuania for short training programs (such as language classes and corporate training courses) if the stay in the ETIAS countries area will not surpass the threshold of ninety days within six months.Entering Europe on an ETIAS
When arriving in Europe’s Schengen Area, whether air, land or seaway, Border Control Officers will always have the authority to ask ETIAS holders to present additional documents to assess the purpose of their travel and to make sure no passenger plans to overstay in the ETIAS Area.
Among the supporting documents that might be required are:- Return ticket to the country of origin or onwards ticket to a non-ETIAS country
- Health travel insurance
- Proof of sufficient funds to support one’s stay in the ETIAS Area
While an ETIAS will be required, from 2025, to enter Lithuania, it is important to underline that the nearby area of Kaliningrad’s Oblast, also facing the Baltic Sea, is part of the Russian Federation and therefore to access such territory Russian Immigration Rules, including Visa Obligations, are to be followed.