GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SUBMISSION OF THE DOCUMENTS AND BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIERS

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SUBMISSION OF THE DOCUMENTS AND BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIERS

The applicant shall present a valid travel document satisfying the following criteria:

• The validity of a travel document shall extend at least 3 (three) months after the intended date of departure from the territory of the Member States or, in the case of several visits, after the last intended date of departure from the territory of the Member States. However, in a justified case of emergency, this obligation may be waived;
• A travel document shall contain at least 2 (two) blank pages;
• A travel document shall have been issued within the previous 10 (ten) years.

Submitting an application and supporting documents

Applications shall be lodged no more than 6 (six) months, and for seafarers in the performance of their duties no more than 9 (nine) months, before the start of the intended visit, and, as a rule, no later than 15 (fifteen) calendar days before the start of the intended visit. In justified individual cases of urgency, the visa authority of the Republic of Lithuania or the central authorities may allow the lodging of applications later than 15 calendar days before the start of the intended visit.

Each applicant shall submit an electronically completed application form in Lithuanian or English. The application form shall be signed. Persons included in the applicant’s travel document shall submit a separate application form. For minors a separate application form signed by a person, exercising permanent or temporary parental authority or legal guardianship shall be submitted.

The following biometric identifiers of the applicant shall be collected:

a) a photograph (check this sample), taken at the time of application, enclosed, not stapled;

b) 10 fingerprints collected digitally on the spot.

Whereas fingerprints as part of an earlier application were collected for the first time less than 59 months before the date of the new application, they shall be copied to the subsequent application. If at the time when the application is lodged, it cannot be immediately confirmed that the fingerprints were collected within the period of 59 months, the applicant may request that they be collected.

The following applicants shall be exempt from the requirement to give fingerprints:

a) a child under the age of 12;

b) a person for whom fingerprinting is physically impossible. If the fingerprinting of fewer than 10 fingers is possible, the maximum number of fingerprints shall be taken. However, should the impossibility be temporary, the applicant shall be required to give the fingerprints at the following application;

c) Heads of State or government and members of a national government with accompanying spouses, and the members of their official delegation when they are invited by Schengen Member States’ governments or by international organizations for an official purpose;

d) Sovereigns and other senior members of a royal family, when they are invited by Schengen Member States’ governments or by international organizations for an official purpose.

However, where there is reasonable doubt regarding the identity of the applicant, the visa authority of the Republic of Lithuania shall collect fingerprints within the period of 59 months.

Please read carefully the checklist and fill out the application form thoroughly. The printed and signed checklist is submitted with the application form at visitor’s appointment.

According to the Visa Code, the Embassy of Lithuania in South Africa is only responsible for processing application if your main destination is Lithuania.

Submission of false documentation or incorrect information will most likely result in a refusal or even a travel ban to Lithuania and other Schengen States.

The submission of incomplete documentation can result in a refusal. The Lithuanian Embassy in South Africa reserve the right to ask for additional documentation at any time during the processing of the application whenever deemed necessary.

Documentation sent via e-mail, courier or post, which has not been requested, will not be allocated to an application.

Please read the checklist and fill out the application form thoroughly. The printed and signed checklist has to be submitted with the visa application.

Please sort enclosures exactly in the following order in the checklist.

The European Union Legal Framework / Europos Sąjungos teisinė bazė

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of establishing the list of supporting documents to be submitted by applicants for short stay visas in Australia, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, South Africa, Thailand and Zambia.

ANNEXES to the Commission Implementing Decision establishing the list of supporting documents to be submitted by applicants for short stay visas in Australia, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, South Africa, Thailand and Zambia.

KOMISIJOS ĮGYVENDINIMO SPRENDIMAS dėl patvirtinamųjų dokumentų, kuriuos prašymą išduoti trumpalaikę vizą pateikiantys asmenys turi pateikti Australijoje, Bangladeše, Etiopijoje, Pietų Afrikoje, Tailande ir Zambijoje, sąrašo.

PRIEDAI prie KOMISIJOS ĮGYVENDINIMO SPRENDIMO dėl patvirtinamųjų dokumentų, kuriuos prašymą išduoti trumpalaikę vizą pateikiantys asmenys turi pateikti Australijoje, Bangladeše, Etiopijoje, Pietų Afrikoje, Tailande ir Zambijoje, sąrašo.