Lithuania visa requirements · checked 26 September 2026
Visa & Entry Requirements for LithuaniaMost travellers need a visa for Lithuania: 105 of 198 passports must apply at an embassy or consulate, while 93 passports enter visa-free.
The UK government says Lithuania follows Schengen area rules, and EU nationals have the right to travel freely there. Under Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 (consolidated to 30 December 2025), nationals of the countries in its Annex II are exempt from the visa requirement for stays of no more than 90 days in any 180-day period, and nationals of the countries in Annex I must hold a visa; the Schengen Visa Code sets the visa fee at EUR 90. The UK government says only one border crossing point between Lithuania and Belarus remains open.
Do I need a visa for Lithuania? Quick answers
United States
Visa-free
90 days
United Kingdom
Visa-free
90 days
Germany
Freedom of movement
India
Visa required
China
Visa required
Canada
Visa-free
90 days
Australia
Visa-free
90 days
Poland
Freedom of movement
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Visa for Lithuania — requirements summaryAll travellers must meet the entry rules set by Lithuania, and they depend on your nationality. Find your passport below — you may be able to enter visa-free, or need an eVisa, a visa on arrival or a visa from an embassy.
| Passport | Requirement | Max stay | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Albania |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Algeria |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Andorra |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Angola |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Argentina |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Armenia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| Australia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Austria |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Azerbaijan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bahamas |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Bahrain |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bangladesh |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Barbados |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Belarus |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Belgium |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Belize |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Benin |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bhutan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bolivia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Botswana |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Brazil |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Brunei |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Bulgaria |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Burkina Faso |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Burundi |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Cambodia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Cameroon |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| Canada |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Cape Verde |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Central African Republic |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Chad |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Chile |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
| China |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Colombia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Comoros |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Costa Rica |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Côte d'Ivoire |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Croatia |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Cuba |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Cyprus |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Czechia |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Denmark |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Djibouti |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Dominica |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Dominican Republic |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 DR Congo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ecuador |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Egypt |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 El Salvador |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Equatorial Guinea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Eritrea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Estonia |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Eswatini |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ethiopia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Fiji |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Finland |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 France |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Gabon |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Gambia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Georgia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
| Germany |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Ghana |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Greece |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Grenada |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Guatemala |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Guinea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Guinea-Bissau |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Guyana |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Haiti |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Honduras |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Hong Kong |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Hungary |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Iceland |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
| India |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Indonesia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Iran |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Iraq |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ireland |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Israel |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Italy |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Jamaica |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Japan |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Jordan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kazakhstan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kenya |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kiribati |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Kosovo |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Kuwait |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kyrgyzstan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Laos |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Latvia |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Lebanon |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Lesotho |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Liberia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Libya |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Liechtenstein |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Luxembourg |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Macau |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Madagascar |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Malawi |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Malaysia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Maldives |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mali |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Malta |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Marshall Islands |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Mauritania |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mauritius |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Mexico |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Micronesia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Moldova |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Monaco |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Mongolia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Montenegro |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Morocco |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mozambique |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Myanmar |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Namibia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Nauru |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Nepal |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Netherlands |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 New Zealand |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Nicaragua |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Niger |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Nigeria |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 North Korea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 North Macedonia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Norway |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Oman |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Pakistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Palau |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Palestine |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Panama |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Papua New Guinea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Paraguay |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Peru |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Philippines |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| Poland |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Portugal |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Qatar |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Republic of the Congo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Romania |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Russia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Rwanda |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Saint Lucia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Samoa |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 San Marino |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Sao Tome and Principe |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Saudi Arabia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Senegal |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Serbia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Seychelles |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Sierra Leone |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Singapore |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Slovakia |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Slovenia |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Solomon Islands |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Somalia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 South Africa |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 South Korea |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 South Sudan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Spain |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Sri Lanka |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Sudan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Suriname |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Sweden |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Switzerland |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Syria |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Taiwan |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Tajikistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tanzania |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Thailand |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Timor-Leste |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Togo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tonga |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Tunisia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Türkiye |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Turkmenistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tuvalu |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Uganda |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ukraine |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 United Arab Emirates |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
| United Kingdom |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
| United States |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Uruguay |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Uzbekistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Vanuatu |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Vatican City |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Venezuela |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Vietnam |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Yemen |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Zambia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Zimbabwe |
Visa required | — | Details → |
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Lithuania visa types, fees and processing timesUnder the Schengen Visa Code as amended by Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1415, children from six and below 12 pay EUR 45, and children under six are exempt.
Official application site →The EU–Armenia visa facilitation agreement (Article 6) sets the fee at EUR 35 and waives it for pensioners and children under 12, among other listed categories.
Official application site →The EU–Azerbaijan visa facilitation agreement (Article 6) sets the fee at EUR 35 and waives it for pensioners and children under 12, among other listed categories.
Official application site →The EU–Belarus visa facilitation agreement (Article 6) sets the fee at EUR 35, or EUR 70 when the applicant has requested a decision within two days and the consulate has accepted, and waives it for children under 12, among other listed categories. Council Decision (EU) 2021/1940 suspended some of the agreement's provisions as regards members of Belarusian official delegations and certain officials.
Official application site →The EU–Cabo Verde visa facilitation agreement as amended in 2021 (Article 5) sets the fee at 75% of the amount charged under domestic law (the European Commission lists EUR 67.50); children aged 12 to below 18 pay 50% of it, and children under 12 pay nothing, among other listed categories.
Official application site →Standard fee under the Visa Code (Article 16): children from six and below 12 pay EUR 45, and children under six are exempt. Council Decision (EU) 2022/1500 suspended the EU–Russia visa facilitation agreement in whole as regards Russian citizens from 12 September 2022. The European Commission says Russian nationals will no longer be able to receive multiple-entry visas.
Official application site →Entry requirements for LithuaniaThe UK government says Lithuania follows Schengen area rules: your passport must have a date of issue less than 10 years before the date you arrive and an expiry date at least 3 months after the day you plan to leave the Schengen area.
UK FCDO — Lithuania travel advice, entry requirements✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
Your passport needs at least 2 blank pages.
Visa Code (Regulation (EC) No 810/2009), consolidated text — EUR-Lex✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
Under the Schengen Visa Code, visa applicants must hold travel medical insurance valid throughout the territory of the Member States and covering the entire period of the intended stay; the minimum coverage is EUR 30,000. Canada's travel advice says you may be requested to show proof of medical insurance upon entry to Lithuania, and may otherwise be required to obtain health insurance from a Lithuanian insurer on arrival.
Visa Code (Regulation (EC) No 810/2009), consolidated text — EUR-Lex✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
No official source we could read states that a return or onward ticket is required. The UK government says that at Lithuanian border control British travellers may need to show a return or onward ticket and proof of accommodation.
UK FCDO — Lithuania travel advice, entry requirements✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
The European Commission's table of reference amounts lists EUR 50 as the minimum amount per day and per person for Lithuania.
European Commission — Reference amounts required for the crossing of the external border, fixed by national authorities✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
The EU's Travel Europe site says that the first time you arrive at a border crossing point since the EES started, passport control officers will take a photo of your face and/or scan your fingerprints, and your passport will not be stamped. The UK government says you do not need to take any action before you arrive at the border, and that there is no cost for EES registration.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Lithuania travel advice: entry requirements✓ Checked 7 Oct 2026
The EU's ETIAS site says an ETIAS travel authorisation is an entry requirement for visa-exempt nationals travelling to any of the 30 European countries concerned, but that ETIAS is currently not in operation, no applications are collected, and the EU will announce the start date several months before launch.
ETIAS — Official EU website✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
Accommodation providers must make sure every guest, except accompanying minor children, shows a valid identity document. Within 24 hours of the day of accommodation, the provider must submit the guest's identity-document data electronically to the National Tourism Information System, a state information system. Rural-tourism providers are excluded from this rule.
Seimas (e-seimas.lrs.lt) — Law on Tourism VIII-667, consolidated edition from 2025-11-01✓ Checked 12 Oct 2026
Breaching the rules on foreigners' entry, stay, transit or departure is punished by a warning or a fine of seventy to three hundred euro. A foreigner must leave Lithuania before the end of the permitted stay, unless they receive a document confirming their right to stay. A foreigner who has been expelled from Lithuania is banned from entering it for a period of up to 5 years.
Seimas (e-seimas.lrs.lt) — Code of Administrative Offences, consolidated edition (PDF)✓ Checked 12 Oct 2026
The EU says that if you enter or leave the EU with EUR 10,000 in cash (or its equivalent in other currencies) you must declare it to the customs authorities of the EU country you are entering or leaving.
Your Europe (EU) — travelling with cash✓ Checked 3 Oct 2026
Lithuania visa requirements statisticsWe track the entry rules of Lithuania for 198 passports. The most common situation is visa required, which applies to 105 passports (53%). 47% of passports can enter without a visa. The least common is visa-free (93 passports).
Open your passport in the table for the exact rules — maximum stay, fees, how to apply and the official source. Entry rules change at short notice: confirm with the embassy of Lithuania or its official immigration website before you travel.
Frequently asked questions about Lithuania visasData: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0) — official sources are linked on each passport page. Gaps filled from the Passport Index dataset (MIT).
Travelling from Lithuania?
Lithuania passport holders can visit 117 countries without a visa. Open a country for the exact rules.
Albania
90d
Andorra
∞
Angola
30d
Antigua and Barbuda
180d
Argentina
90d
Armenia
180d
Austria
∞
Bahamas
90d
Barbados
90d
Belarus
30d
Belgium
∞
Belize
∞
Bolivia
90d
Bosnia and Herzegovina
90d
Botswana
90d
Brazil
90d
Brunei
90d
Bulgaria
∞
Cape Verde
30d
Chile
90d
Colombia
90d
Costa Rica
180d
Croatia
∞
Cyprus
∞
Czechia
∞
Denmark
∞
Dominica
180d
Dominican Republic
∞
Ecuador
90d
El Salvador
180d
Estonia
∞
Eswatini
30d
Fiji
120d
Finland
∞
France
∞
Gambia
90d
Georgia
360d
Germany
∞
Greece
∞
Grenada
90d
Guatemala
90d
Haiti
90d
Honduras
90d
Hong Kong
90d
Hungary
∞
Iceland
∞
Ireland
∞
Israel
90d
Italy
∞
Jamaica
30d
Japan
90d
Kazakhstan
30d
Kosovo
90d
Kyrgyzstan
60d
Latvia
∞
Liechtenstein
∞
Luxembourg
∞
Macau
90d
Malaysia
90d
Malta
∞
Marshall Islands
90d
Mauritius
90d
Mexico
180d
Micronesia
90d
Moldova
90d
Monaco
∞
Mongolia
30d
Montenegro
90d
Morocco
90d
Netherlands
∞
Nicaragua
90d
North Macedonia
90d
Norway
∞
Palau
90d
Palestine
∞
Panama
90d
Paraguay
90d
Peru
90d
Philippines
30d
Poland
∞
Portugal
∞
Romania
∞
Saint Kitts and Nevis
90d
Saint Lucia
90d
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
90d
Samoa
90d
San Marino
∞
Sao Tome and Principe
15d
Senegal
90d
Serbia
90d
Seychelles
90d
Singapore
90d
Slovakia
∞
Slovenia
∞
Solomon Islands
90d
South Korea
90d
Spain
∞
Sweden
∞
Switzerland
∞
Taiwan
90d
Tajikistan
30d
Thailand
60d
Timor-Leste
90d
Tonga
90d
Trinidad and Tobago
90d
Tunisia
90d
Türkiye
90d
Tuvalu
90d
Ukraine
90d
United Arab Emirates
90d
United Kingdom
180d
Uruguay
90d
Uzbekistan
30d
Vanuatu
120d
Vatican City
∞
Venezuela
90d
Zambia
90d
