Information for Ukrainian citizens

REGISTRATION. Upon arrival in Lithuania, you must go to the Registration Centre (Pramonės g. 1B, Alytus).

CONDITIONS FOR STAYING IN LITHUANIA, after registration you will be able to:

• obtain a temporary residence permit in Lithuania (for 1 year);
• a national visa (for 1 year).

VISA-FREE REGIME FOR UKRAINIAN CITIZENS. Ukrainian citizens with biometric passports are applied a visa-free regime (90 days within 180 days).

ACCOMMODATION. If you do not have a place of residence, after registration you will be taken to temporary accommodation (in municipalities or with private individuals).

Contact person for admitting children of war refugees from Ukraine to Vilnius District Municipality educational institutions: Janina Klimaševska, Deputy Head of the Education Division of Vilnius District Municipality Administration, No (8 5) 275 1997, +37067100971, E-mail: Janina.Klimasevska@vrsa.lt

RELEVANT CONTACTS:

Migration Department: ph. +370 5 271 7112, e-mail info@migracija.gov.lt, information: www.migracija.lrv.lt

Lithuanian Red Cross (humanitarian aid, information, restoration of family ties): Juozapavičiaus st. 10A, Vilnius, ph. +370 5 212 7322, e-mail info@redcross.lt, www.redcross.lt

Caritas of the Vilnius Archdiocese (humanitarian aid): Kalvarijų str. 39, Vilnius, ph. +370 673 24 225, e-mail kulturunamai@vilnius.caritas.lt

Order of Malta (Humanitarian Aid): Gedimino Ave. 56B, Vilnius, ph. +370 5 249 73 04, www.maltieciai.lt, https://www.facebook.com/maltieciai

Food Bank (food support): Vytenio st. 54, Vilnius, ph. +370 686 44244, e-mail info@maistobankas.lt, facebook.com/maistobankas

Save the children (help for children and pregnant women): Vilniaus st. 39, Vilnius, ph. +370 5 261 0815, e-mail info@savethechildren.org

Accommodation for host families: ph. 1827, www.stipruskartu.lt

INFORMATION FOR WAR REFUGEES FROM UKRAINE

Information is provided to Ukrainian citizens on the hotline +370 5 271 7112 every working day and on weekends from 7.30 to 21.00.

REGISTRATION:

• if you have nowhere to stay after arriving in Lithuania, you must immediately arrive at the registration centre in Alytus (Alytus, Pramonės st. 1B), Marijampolė (Marijampolė, Parko st. 9) and Vilnius (Vilnius, Minties g. 3), open 24 hours a day;
• if you have a place to stay after coming to Lithuania, you can come to any branch of the Migration Department during working hours: Vilnius, Minties g. 3; Kaunas, A. Juozapavičiaus pr. 57; Klaipėda, Kauno g. 6; Šiauliai, Aušros al. 19; Panevėžys, K. Binkio g. 14; Alytus, Jotvingių g. 8; Marijampolė, Kęstučio g. 1; Utena, Maironio g. 4; Telšiai, Žemaitės g. 34; Tauragė; Stoties g. 15; Elektrėnai, Draugystės g. 32; Visaginas, Veteranų g. 13; Šalčininkai, Architekto g. 4. In this case, it is not necessary to go to the registration center.

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO REGISTER? It is necessary to register so that we can take care of you and create conditions for you to stay legally in Lithuania.

AT REGISTRATION CENTER:

• you will be provided with detailed information about the possibilities of your stay in Lithuania;
• you will be provided with temporary accommodation in Lithuania;
• you will receive food rations, you will receive basic medical care.

VISA-FREE REGIME FOR UKRAINIAN CITIZENS. Ukrainian citizens with biometric passports are applied a visa-free regime (90 days within 180 days).

CONDITIONS FOR STAYING IN LITHUANIA, after registration you will be able to:

• obtain a temporary residence permit in Lithuania (for 1 year);
• a national visa (for 1 year).

MORE INFORMATION: https://migracija.lrv.lt/.

For health services, contact the medical establishment of the municipality where you are registered. You can get there:

• emergency and health care services;
• medical rehabilitation for those wounded in the war in Ukraine;
• vaccination against Covid-19 (tel. 1808; if you call from a non-Lithuanian number, dial: +370 66 01 1808).

Register and ask questions at the Employment Service, tel.: 1883 or email: info@uzt.lt, also:
+370 658 26 755 Vilnius
+370 374 09 882 Kaunas
+370 672 28 204 Jonava
+370 672 98 949 Alytus
+370 658 24 346 Klaipėda
+370 610 38 727 Panevėžys
+370 616 46 608 Šiauliai
+370 607 54955 Marijampolė

For more information, visit: www.uzt.lt/ua.

You can start working:

• if you have a biometric passport, you can start working immediately. You do not need a work permit;
• if you do not have a biometric passport, you will be able to start working after registering with the Migration Department (department or registration center). You do not need a work permit.

Contact the Reception Desk of the municipality where you are staying.

Study in Lithuania www.studyin.lt.

In Russian:

• 1809, or +37066465792 I-V 18.00-21.00; VI-VII 12.00-15.00
• 8 800 77277 I-VII 16.00-19.00
• +37064051555 I-V 16.00-20.00, VI 12.00-16.00

Russian and Ukrainian video consultation www.manodaktaras.lt/slava-ukraini.

Self-help www.samopomi.ch.

TRAINS

Travel by train in Lithuania free of charge. You will have to show your identity document.

BANK SERVICES

Banks operating in Lithuania are ready to open accounts and provide basic banking services to war refugees from Ukraine free of charge.

To open an account in a credit institution, a Ukrainian citizen’s passport - biometric or ordinary - will be enough for the purpose of identification. Other required documents may differ bank to bank.

With the outbreak of Russia’s war against Ukraine, credit institutions no longer exchange Ukrainian hryvnia cash to other currencies. To avoid interchange fees, Ukrainian citizens who have accounts with Ukrainian banks and payment cards issued by them are invited to open an account with banks operating in Lithuania, transfer funds from a Ukrainian bank account to the account in Lithuania and use a payment card issued in Lithuania. 

LIBRARIES

Use the services of Lithuanian libraries free of charge. Every city and town has a library. Ukrainian citizens shall be issued library cards at public libraries free of charge, provided access to computers and wireless Internet, family, youth and leisure facilities, they will be able to participate in educational activities, children’s sensory readings, visit exhibitions and other cultural events, access various board games and library collections of interactive games, music, films, books and periodicals in various languages.

BRINGING PETS TO LITHUANIA

The State Food and Veterinary Service has facilitated the entry of pets.

Ukrainians whose pets are properly marked, vaccinated, have a valid animal passport, and meet all the requirements for the entry of pets into the EU will follow the usual procedure for crossing the border. Animals coming from Ukraine that are not micro-chipped or have not been vaccinated against rabies will be micro-chipped and vaccinated, and therefore subjected to simpler quarantine conditions.

The State Food and Veterinary Service notes that the recent changes regarding the entry of pets into the EU apply exclusively to Ukrainian natural persons and not to legal entities such as sellers or breeders - the arrangements for the commercial entry of pets into the EU remain unchanged.