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The Embassy of Lithuania in the Republic of South Africa is organizing a consular mission to Cape Town on December 5-7, 2023.  During the Mission, Consul will accept only the following documents of the CITIZENS of the Republic of Lithuania: Applications for the issuance or replacement of a passport and identity card. Declarations of residence of citizens who have left Lithuania for a period of more than 6 months. Applications for Repatriation certificate. Declarations of lost ID documents. Applications for the entry in the Lithuanian registry accounts of civil status acts registered abroad. Applications for the issuance of records of civil status accounts in the Lithuanian registry. Applications for consular certificates.

The consular mission will take place at the premises of the Bagraims Attorneys' Office at 5 De Lorentz Street, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001. Citizens will be served on Dec. 5 from 13:00 till 16:30, Dec. 6 from 8:30 to 16:30, Dec. 7 from 8:30 to 13:30.

During the consular mission, only those who have been pre-registered and have received confirmation of registration will be served. ONLY ONE PERSON and ONE APPLICATION PER TIME SLOT, ABSOLUTELY NO EXCEPTIONS. Registration takes place in the electronic registration system ONLY.  Link will be open on November 6, 2023 at 2 p.m. and will close on November 30, 2023 at 5 p.m. local time.

During consular missions, the consular service fee is increased by 50% (the amounts of the consular fee are published here Services and fees | General Information | Travel and Residence | Ministry of Foreign Affairs (mfa.lt) 

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THE LIST OF DOCUMENTS YOU NEED TO BRING IN FOR YOUR APPOINTMENT IN THE APPONITMENT” CONFIRMATION LETTER AND PLEASE COMPLY TO THE LETTER. 

Everyone, applying for issuance and renewal of the Lithuanian documents must have a recently made photo that meet specifications at the time of the appointment. If you wish to designate a person to collect documents at the Lithuanian Embassy in Pretoria, you will have to specify it at the time of your appointment, providing their names as in passports, their Lithuanian ID number or their birthday, if not a Lithuanian citizen. 

Information about the functions performed by the consular mission officers and the documents required to be submitted is published on the website of the Embassy of Lithuania in the Republic of South Africa Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania (mfa.lt).

Before registering for a consular mission, please assess whether the necessary services of the Lithuanian authorities could be obtained remotely. Below we present a list of services relevant to Lithuanian citizens living abroad and links to portals through which you should apply for the following services:

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• Notification of the loss of a person's identity and citizenship document;

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• Declaration of departure from Lithuania;

• Issuance of a certificate of the initiation of a pre-trial investigation or criminal record (criminal record);

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• Entry in the accounts of civil status acts registered abroad in Lithuania;

• Issuance of extracts attesting to the records of civil status acts and their multilingual forms;

• Issuance of certificates on marital status and on the absence of obstacles to marriage;

• Submission of an application for registration of marriage;

• Change of name, surname due to the entry in the accounts of civil status acts registered in a foreign country in Lithuania;

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• Approval of contracts, powers of attorney, statements and other documents (except for the approval of wills and their adoption for safekeeping and the assertion of the fact that a person is alive and in a certain place);

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• Issuance of documents confirming the length of service and remuneration received;

• Issuance of documents confirming the fact of civil registration (birth, marriage, divorce or death) before 2007;

• Issuance of documents confirming the fact of residence in Lithuania (before 1942) and the composition of the family;

• Issuance of other documents confirming certain legal facts.