Visa, work permit and residence permit application centers

Updated: 2024-03-14

To apply for a Lithuanian Schengen business visa, work permit in Lithuania or a temporary residence permit in Lithuania the applicant has to register an account on the VFS global website and make online reservation at his chosen visa office center to submit documents. If you do not have a visa center in your country to process Lithuanian visa or a residence permit application, you may reach any nearest visa center to apply for the visa.

Anyone can apply in any visa office center worldwide, it is not mandatory to apply at the visa office center of your nationality country. If you are Indian national and you are living in UAE, you may apply in Dubai visa office agency for the visa application. Another example if you are Bangladeshi and there is no visa office center in your country you may travel to the nearby visa office centers to apply in Nepal, India, Turkey, Egypt or other countries.

VFS global visa office center which accepts business visa, work permit and residence permit applications for Lithuania are located in following countries:

C type Visa application can be lodged here: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Canada, Georgia, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Moldova, Nepal, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, the Republic of South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Uzbekistan and Venezuela.

Work permit, residence permit and D type visa applications can be lodged here: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Canada, Georgia, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Moldova, Nepal, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, the Republic of South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Uzbekistan and Venezuela.

Branch in India will accept applications only on grounds of highly skilled workers (requires at least bachelor degree to qualify).

In some other countries Lithuania does not have their own embassies or VFS global visa office centers to apply at. It takes time while Lithuania’s government will develop and establish application centers in the remaining countries abroad.

In the following countries there are other country embassies processing visas on behalf of Lithuania, here you can apply only for visas, they do not process work permit and residence permit applications.

In Pakistan there is Hungarian embassy issuing visas on behalf of Lithuania

In Nigeria there are Belgium and French embassies issuing visas on behalf of Lithuania

In Iran there is Spanish embassy issuing visas on behalf of Lithuania

In Algeria there is German embassy issuing visas on behalf of Lithuania

In Benin there is French embassy issuing visas on behalf of Lithuania