{"id":156122,"date":"2025-09-18T12:44:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T09:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/156122\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"number-of-belarusian-expats-in-lithuania-down-10-percent-since-years-start","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/156122\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of Belarusian expats in Lithuania down 10 percent since year\u2019s start"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pasport_vnzh_litva_POZ_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pasport_vnzh_litva_POZ_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pasport_vnzh_litva_POZ_1128x752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pasport_vnzh_litva_POZ_1128x752-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pasport_vnzh_litva_POZ_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 18, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The number of Belarusians holding Lithuanian residence permits has dropped by 10.4 percent to 51,520 since January, according to official data from Lithuania&#8217;s migration department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decrease was likely caused by expirations of temporary residence permits, as at the start of September, 47,386 Belarusians held temporary residence permits (446 people fewer compared to August), while the number of permanent residence holders increased by four persons to 3,918.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of European Union residence card holders in September remained unchanged: 141 people with temporary EU residence and 75 with permanent EU residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/147669\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lithuania denies residence permit to Belarusian woman over frequent trips home<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 18, Pozirk. The number of Belarusians holding Lithuanian residence permits has dropped by 10.4 percent to 51,520 since January, according to official data from Lithuania&#8217;s migration department. The decrease was likely caused by expirations of temporary residence permits, as at the start of September, 47,386 Belarusians held temporary residence permits (446 people fewer compared [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":59368,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-156122","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Number of Belarusian expats in Lithuania down 10 percent since year\u2019s start | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 18, Pozirk. 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