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Double citizenship in Lithuania
Reinstatement of citizenship in Lithuania
Recently Lithuanian government has enacted a new amendment to the Law on Citizenship of Lithuania. A new amendment eases path to reclaim citizenship in Lithuania.
Reinstatement of citizenship of Lithuania means the exercise of the right to reinstate citizenship of Lithuania on the grounds and in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Law on Citizenship of Lithuania. Persons who held citizenship of Lithuania before 15 June 1940 and their descendants, who have not acquired citizenship of Lithuania before the entry into force of the Law on Citizenship of Lithuania, shall have an indefinite right to reinstate citizenship in Lithuania, irrespective of whether they are permanently resident in Lithuania or in any other state.
Generally, under the citizenship law, persons who held citizenship of Lithuania before 15 June 1940 and their descendants may reinstate citizenship of Lithuania provided they are not citizens of another state but exceptions apply.
When requirement to refuse citizenship of another state do not apply
The requirement to renounce citizenship of another state do not apply to persons who may be citizens of both Lithuania and another state at the same time:
- such a person who was exiled from the occupied Lithuania before 11 March 1990 and acquired citizenship of another state;
- such a person who left (recent amendment) Lithuania before 11 March 1990 and acquired citizenship of another state;
- such a person is a descendant of a person who was exiled from the occupied Lithuania before 11 March 1990 or who left Lithuania before 11 March 1990.
Should you have any questions of possibility to restore citizenship in Lithuania, please do not hesitate to contact our English speaking lawyers at info@gencs.eu.
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