Republic of Lithuania Law on the Implementation Procedure of the Republic of Lithuania Law on Citizenship, No. I-1070

Article 1.

Persons shall lodge applications for the issue of the citizen of the Republic of Lithuania passport under sub-paragraphs 1 and 3 of paragraph 1 of Article 1 of the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Citizenship and applications for the issue of documents confirming the retention of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania under paragraph 1 of Article 17 of the Law with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, diplomatic missions or consular institutions of the Republic of Lithuania abroad or the chairmen of the World Lithuanian Community country boards who may certify the person's application and the documents attached thereto. The above-mentioned certified documents may also be filed and used when deciding on the issue of citizenship.

Children found or residing in the territory of the Republic of Lithuania whose parents are unknown or dead, or whose parents have been deprived of parental rights and who are kept at care and maintenance institutions or are in the care of their relatives shall be held of the same status as the children specified in Article 11 of the Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania.

Departure for one's ethnic homeland or settlement in one's ethnic homeland shall be considered repatriation.

Article 2.

A foreign national or a stateless person who applies for citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania under Article 12 or paragraph 1 of Article 14 of the Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania shall file documents confirming his lawful entry and permanent residence for the period specified in the Law on Citizenship as well as other documents confirming compliance with the requirements of the Law on Citizenship.

Article 3.

A person who has been groundlessly or unlawfully issued Republic of Lithuania citizenship documents, may not be issued the passport of a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania until the question of his citizenship is resolved in accordance with the Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania.

The fact that the Republic of Lithuania citizen's certificate, the certificate concerning a person's decision as regards the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania is declared invalid shall be of consequence only for the citizenship documents.

Unlawfully or groundlessly issued certificates of the citizen of the Republic of Lithuania, certificates concerning a person's decision as regards the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania or passports of a citizen Republic of Lithuania shall be taken by the migration agencies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Persons who have been groundlessly or unlawfully issued citizen of the Republic of Lithuania certificates, certificates concerning a person's decision as regards the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania or passports of a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania must submit the above-mentioned documents to the migration agencies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Article 4.

Upon ascertaining that a person had been, through no fault of his, unlawfully or groundlessly issued the passport of a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania prior to 31 December 1993, the person shall be citizen of the Republic of Lithuania provided that he was permanently residing in the Republic of Lithuania on the day of coming into effect of this Law and his passport of citizen of the Republic of Lithuania had not been declared invalid prior to the coming into effect of this Law. The issue as to whether or not the persons specified in this Law had been issued the documents confirming their citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania through no fault of theirs and whether or not the persons had been permanently residing in Lithuania by the date specified herein and are still permanent residents of Lithuania, and whether or not their passports were declared invalid shall be resolved by the Migration Department at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania.

The Article shall not apply to persons who have come into possession of the passport of a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania by fraud.

Article 5.

Persons specified in sub-paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of paragraph 1 of Article 1 of the Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania who have not signed the pledge required in order to be issued the certificate of the citizen of the Republic of Lithuania or certificate concerning a person's decision as regards the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania, shall be issued the passport of a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania only after they have signed the following pledge:

"I (name, surname), on being issued the passport of a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania, do promise to observe the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Lithuania, to respect the independence of the State of Lithuania and its territorial integrity."

Passport services of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania while issuing citizenship documents to persons specified in paragraph 1 hereof must request and verify the documents proving that the persons meet the conditions set forth in sub-paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of paragraph 1 of Article 1 of the Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania.

Article 6.

The Government of the Republic of Lithuania shall be the institution of the Republic of Lithuania authorised to issue permits to enlist in the military service of another state or be employed as an officer in the service of the state.

I promulgate this Law passed by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania

PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC  ALGIRDAS BRAZAUSKAS