Citizenship of Lithuania

Updated 2024-11-09

Dual Citizenship

A citizen of the Republic of Lithuania can also be a citizen of another state (dual citizenship) only if they satisfy one of the following conditions:

acquired citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania and of another country by birth;
is a person who was deported from the occupied Lithuania prior to 11 March 1990 and has acquired citizenship of another state;
is a person who left Lithuania prior to 11 March 1990 and has acquired citizenship of another state;
is a child, grandchild or great-grandchild of the person specified in Points 2 or 3;
when contracting marriage with a citizen of another state acquired citizenship of that state by the fact itself (ipso facto);
is a person who has been adopted by a citizen (citizens) of the Republic of Lithuania before the age of 18 and has acquired the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania as a result thereof in accordance to part 1 of Article 17 of the Republic of Lithuania Law on Citizenship;
is a person who is a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania and who was adopted before she or he became 18 by the citizens (citizen) of another state and because of this they acquired citizenship of another state;
acquired citizen of the Republic of Lithuania exceptionally while a citizen of another state;
is a person who has retained the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania or to whom the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania has been returned due to the fact that he or she has special merits for the State of Lithuania;
acquired citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania having the status of a refugee in the Republic of Lithuania.
is a person who acquired the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania at birth, and acquired the citizenship of another state before the age of 18, not at birth.

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