VISA AUTHORITY COMPETENT FOR EXAMINING AND DECIDING ON VISA APPLICATIONS

VISA AUTHORITY COMPETENT FOR EXAMINING AND DECIDING ON VISA APPLICATIONS

An application for a Schengen visa has to be submitted to the Embassy of the country, which is your main destination in terms of length and purpose of your intended stay. If no such main destination can be ascertained, please contact the representative of the country of your first entry into the Schengen Area.

Visa authority of the Republic of Lithuania is competent for examining and deciding on an application for a uniform visa:

a) if Lithuania constitutes the sole destination of the visit(s);

b) if the visit includes more than one destination, or if several separate visits are to be carried out within a period of two months, Lithuanian territory shall constitute the main destination of the visit(s) in terms of the length of stay, counted in days, or the purpose of stay;

c) if no main destination can be determined, Lithuanian external border should be first the applicant intends to cross in order to enter the territory of Schengen Member States (thereinafter – Member States).

Visa authority of the Republic of Lithuania is competent for examining and deciding on an application for a uniform visa for the purpose of transit:

a) in case of transit through Lithuania only;

b) in case of transit through several Member States, Lithuanian external border should be first the applicant intends to cross to start the transit.

An application shall be examined and decided on by the visa authority of the Republic of Lithuania in whose jurisdiction the applicant legally resides.

The visa authority of the Republic of Lithuania shall examine and decide on an application submitted by a third-country national legally present but not residing in its jurisdiction, if the applicant has provided justification for lodging the application at that visa authority.