Application Process for Temporary Resident
Visa for Lithuania
Option 1: Visit Lithuania To File Application
· Company
incorporation formalities in Lithuania are carried out. We guide you on all
required areas, get all documents signed and do all required filing.
· Principal
applicant visits Lithuania to file the application
with immigration office at
Vilnius. For this purpose, the applicant must apply for visit visa to
nearest Lithuanian Embassy. Applicant must ensure to file the visit visa
application with appropriate documents and after proper research and exchange
or along with a personal or business invite.
· Unmarried
may go alone for the visit while married have a choice to go with spouse or
alone.
· Married
have a choice to make application for self as well as spouse or all alone. Each
adult person who applies must have company and working agreement with the
company. It hold true for the applicant as also the Spouse.
· If
married and the applicant want TRP approval for both self and spouse, then
spouse should be accompanying him during the visit.
· During
this visit the principal applicant can also open company bank account. Till
such time the applicant is not a TRP holder, opening of bank account process
can take around 3-5 working days and even more at times.
· Post
filing of application in Lithuania, the applicant comes back to his country of
origin and waits for decision on his application for temporary resident permit.
· Applicants
having longer stay visa need not come back during the visa validity. They can in
fact continue to stay on Lithuania and wait for TRP approval. If TRP approval
happens while they are staying on a legally valid status, they can come back
with TRP in hand!
·
· Ideally
the applicant needs to be in Lithuania at least 5 working days (Monday-Friday).
For application filing one just needs few hours in a working day. But opening
bank account can take 3-5 days. It may be added that opening bank account is
not a necessity unless one needs to meet requirement for deposit of 50K litas
(around Euro 14,500) so that spouse can make also make TRP application as a
second director.
· The
application processing will takes around 16-24 weeksfrom the date you file in
person.
· Applicant(s)
will get intimation on decision on the filed application for temporary resident
permit. If the application is approved, then the applicant(s) will then apply
to Lithuanian Embassy for a visit visa.
· Applicant(s)
will then fly into Vilnius to formalize the TRP, after 10 days applicant can
collect ready-made TRP card in person.
· With TRP
in hand, the applicant can initiate settlement procedures – make arrangement
for residential accommodation ( temporary/permanent) etc and (if married and if
so desired) make plans to call spouse and children. TRP for self does not give
right to get TRP for spouse. Spouse has to pass same procedure as mentioned in
foregoing lines. Accompanying Children can apply for and get automatically with
parents.
· If
applicant (if married), wishes for a TRP for spouse, he/she must deposit at least 50K Litas
(Around Euro 14,500) in the company account. The spousal application is being
filed as a shareholder/director of the company and increasing paid up capital
will make him/her eligible to file her TRP. Unless this paid up capital
enhancement is not done, he/she will not be able to make her TRP application.
· Applicant,
if desiring to do so, can then invite the spouse to visit Vilnius and file the TRP application.
From
here on same process – as has been followed by the applicant, to get the TRP
will be repeated. Spouse will visit and file application for TRP. Spouse
then comes back and revisits again to collect the TRP once it is approved.
· The money
deposited in the company account belongs to the company and can be towards
company business operations including directors’ salary.
· If
applicable, Dependent children (below 18 years) can accompany parents (on visit
visa) when they are going to collect their TRP’s and their TRP will be applied
and issued when they are with their parents in Lithuania. All need to apply
same time if they wish to get same time, in first application time of man he
must fill information that he want to bring children, or when spouse apply.
· At
various stages applicant will be required to make payment for visit visa fee
(around Euro 60 onwards) and TRP visa fee (around Euro 80 onwards) per person.
The fee is to be paid at actual and to the visa/immigration office.
The fee is subject to
change without any
notice.
·
· Applicant
will be incurring travel expenses for visit to Lithuania (first to apply and
then to collect the visa) and related boarding and lodging expenses during
these visits.
· Our
consulting fee includes TRP services for both spouses and children and excludes
all visa fee (TRP and visit) and travel (for multiple visit to Lithuania and
back), boarding (for visit to during visit to Lithuania) related costs.
· Overall
application processing time under this option could be around 3-6 months when
above procedures are followed. The time is to be counted from the date of filing
at immigration office in Vilnius, Lithuania.
·
Option 2: File The Application At Local Lithuanian
Embassy/Consulate
Under this option, the application is prepared and filed at Local
Lithuanian Embassy. The Embassy then forwards the application Office in Vilnius, Lithuania. The Immigration office reverts with
decision to the Embassy and the Embassy then let the applicant know about the
decision. IF biometric facilities are not available at Local Embassy, the
applicant may have to fly down to Vilnius to collect TRP Card. Overall
application processing time could be around 6-12 months though normally
"informed" application processing time frame is around 6 months.
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