Visa requirements for Lithuanian citizens are administrative entry
restrictions imposed on citizens of Lithuania by the authorities of other
states. In 2015, Lithuanian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to
159 countries and territories, ranking the Lithuanian passport 13th in the
world according to the Visa Restrictions Index.
History Many countries began relaxing visa
restrictions since Lithuanian independence in 1990 including Denmark,
Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Norway, Poland, Cyprus, Malta, Slovenia, Bulgaria
Iceland, Finland, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Greece, France Chile Portugal
Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands Spain, Uruguay, Japan and Israel.
Recent Since Lithuanian 2004 accession to the
European Union, visa restrictions for Lithuanian citizens were relaxed.
Following the accession to the European Union in 2004 and the Schengen Area in
2008, visa requirements were lifted by many countries including Macau, Hong
Kong, Slovakia, South Korea, Albania, Serbia and Montenegro, Argentina Panama
Ukraine, Costa Rica, Mauritius, New Zealand, Paraguay, Georgia, Macedonia,
Thailand, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Canada, Taiwan, United States,
Brazil and Turkey. Recently visa requirements for
Lithuanian citizens were also lifted by Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, the United Arab
Emirates, Timor-Leste, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Tonga and Palau.
Myanmar made Lithuanian citizens eligible for eVisas in October 2014.
India made Lithuanian citizens eligible for e-Tourist Visa in May 2015.
In 2014, Lithuania ranked 14th on the list of countries based on the visa
requirements for their citizens. This means that Lithuanians can travel to 157
countries and territories visa-free or can obtain visa on arrival. In 2009
Lithuanian citizens could travel to 125 countries without a visa, to 140 in
2010, and 149 in 2012. Visa-free and visa-on-arrival travel
Visa requirements Territories
Visa requirements for Lithuanian citizens for visits to various
territories, disputed areas and restricted zones:
Europe Abkhazia — Visa required.
Mount Athos — Special permit required. There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100
Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.
Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park — visa-free for 3 days; must first obtain
an electronic pass. Crimea — Visa issued by Russia is
required. Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus —
Visa free access for 3 months. Passport or ID card is required.
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus — Access Permit is required for travelling inside the
zone, except Civil Use Areas. Gibraltar — Visa not required.
Jan Mayen — permit issued by the local police required for staying for less
than 24 hours and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more
than 24 hours. Kosovo — visa free for 90 days.
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic — Visa required. Travellers with
Nagorno-Karabakh visa or evidence of travel to Nagorno-Karabakh will be
permanently denied entry to Azerbaijan. South Ossetia — Visa free. Multiple
entry visa to Russia and three day prior notification are required to enter South
Ossetia. Transnistria — Visa free. Registration
required after 24h. Africa
British Indian Ocean Territory — special permit required.
Eritrea — visa covers Asmara only; to travel in the rest of the country, a
Travel Permit for Foreigners is required.
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Ascension Island — Entry Permit must be obtained minimum 28 days in advance.
Saint Helena — Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 42190 days for 121625
pound sterling. Tristan da Cunha — Permission to land
required for 15/30 pounds sterling for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds
sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic — undefined visa regime.
Somaliland — visa required. Asia
Hong Kong — Visa not required for 90 days.
India — Protected Area Permit required for all of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur,
Mizoram and parts of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand.
Restricted Area Permit required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and
Lakshadweep and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally
lifted for a year. Macao — Visa not required for 90 days.
Taiwan — Visa not required for 90 days. Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province —
OIVR permit required and another special permit is required for Lake Sarez.
Tibet Autonomous Region — Tibet Travel Permit required.
Korean Demilitarized Zone — restricted zone.
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar — restricted zones.
Caribbean and North Atlantic Anguilla — Visa not required for 3
months. Aruba — Visa not required for 30 days.
Bermuda — Visa not required. Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba — Visa
not required for 3 months. British Virgin Islands — Visa not
required. Cayman Islands — Visa not required for 6
months. Curaçao — Visa not required for 3
months. Montserrat — Visa not required for 6
months. Puerto Rico — Visa not required under
the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA
required. Sint Maarten — Visa not required for 3
months. Turks and Caicos Islands — Visa not
required for 30 days. U.S. Virgin Islands — Visa not required
under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2
years. ESTA required. Oceania
American Samoa — Visa required. Ashmore and Cartier Islands — special
authorisation required. Clipperton Island — special permit
required. Cook Islands — Visa free access for 31
days. Guam — Visa not required under the Visa
Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA
required. Niue — Visa on arrival valid for 30 days
is issued free of charge. Pitcairn Islands — 14 days visa free and
landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.
United States Minor Outlying Islands — special permits required for Baker
Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway
Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island. South Atlantic and Antarctica
Falkland Islands — Visitor Permit valid for 4 weeks is issued on arrival.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands — Pre-arrival permit from the
Commissioner required. Antarctica and adjacent islands —
special permits required for British Antarctic Territory, French Southern
and Antarctic Lands, Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic
Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands,
Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.
Arab League — Certain countries will deny access to holders of Israeli visas
or passport stamps of Israel because of the Arab League boycott of Israel.
Vaccination Many African countries, including
Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire,
Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger,
Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia require all
incoming passengers to have a current International Certificate of
Vaccination. Some other countries require vaccination only if the
passenger is coming from an infected area.
Passport validity Many countries require passport validity
of no less than 6 months and one or two blank pages.
Non-ordinary passports Holders of various categories of
official Lithuanian passports have additional visa-free access to the
following countries - Azerbaijan, China, Kazakhstan and Russia. Holders of
diplomatic or service passports of any country have visa-free access to Cape
Verde, Ethiopia, Mali and Zimbabwe. Right to consular protection in non-EU
countries When in a non-EU country where there is
no Lithuanian embassy, Lithuanian citizens as EU citizens have the right
to get consular protection from the embassy of any other EU country present
in that country. See also
Visa requirements for the European Union citizens
Lithuanian passport Visa policy in the European Union
References