{"id":44595,"date":"2022-11-22T17:41:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T14:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/lithuania-tightens-legalization-procedures-for-foreigners-changes-to-affect-belarusians\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"lithuania-tightens-legalization-procedures-for-foreigners-changes-to-affect-belarusians","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44595\/","title":{"rendered":"Lithuania tightens legalization procedures for foreigners, changes to affect Belarusians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>November 22, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Lithuanian Interior Minister Agn\u0117 Bilotait\u0117 has approved amendments to the document issuing procedure for foreigners.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe must protect the state from persons who can pose a threat to national security by regulating immigration and citizenship verification procedures tighter,\u201d she said, as quoted by the interior ministry\u2019s press office.<\/p>\n<p> Additional documents or details would be required from certain categories of foreigners applying for visas, Lithuanian residence permits or residence cards of EU nationals\u2019 family members.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cFailure to provide the requested information or the provision of false details will help the migration department to estimate the illegal migration risk more effectively, making decisions to issue or cancel documents,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p> The interior ministry, with the assistance of other government agencies, would strengthen control over foreigners\u2019 stay and life in Lithuania.<\/p>\n<p> Bilotait\u0117 instructed the migration department to \u201ccheck whether foreigners who had arrived from Belarus under a business relocation scheme, especially Russian nationals (including those with double nationality), were present in Lithuania.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The department would also have to pay significant attention to the loss of nationality process for Lithuanians turning Belarusian or Russian nationals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 22, BPN. Lithuanian Interior Minister Agn\u0117 Bilotait\u0117 has approved amendments to the document issuing procedure for foreigners. \u201cWe must protect the state from persons who can pose a threat to national security by regulating immigration and citizenship verification procedures tighter,\u201d she said, as quoted by the interior ministry\u2019s press office. Additional documents or details [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-44595","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lithuania tightens legalization procedures for foreigners, changes to affect Belarusians | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 22, BPN. 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