Civil registry

Civil registry

Lithuanian citizens have a legal obligation to register their marriages, births of their children, divorces if those events occurred after 11 March 1990 outside of Lithuania. Anyone can register the death of a Lithuanian citizen by providing the embassy with the death certificate and Lithuanian passport of the deceased.

If a child is born to a Lithuanian citizen abroad, the registration of the birth of the child is a prerequisite for the application for the first passport/ID card.

If a minor was born before you reinstated Lithuanian citizenship but the child did not reinstate Lithuanian citizenship, the registration of the birth of the child is a prerequisite for the application for the reinstatement of the citizenship of the child.

Request to register civil acts can be submitted electronically - https://mepis.registrucentras.lt

List of the documents to register a child:

• Application form, filled in Lithuanian. The Embassy will not accept inadequately filled forms (e.g. with online translation).
• Unabridged marriage certificate translated into Lithuanian.
• Valid passports of both parents (at least one- Lithuanian).
• Valid passport of the child.

List of the documents to register a marriage:

• Application form filled in Lithuanian. The Embassy will not accept inadequately filled forms (e.g. with online translation).
• Unabridged marriage certificate translated into Lithuanian.
• If your marriage certificate does not state that your surname was changed due to marriage and it was in fact changed, a following application form, filled in Lithuanian.
• Valid passports of both spouses.

List of the documents to register a divorce:

• Application form filled in Lithuanian. The Embassy will not accept inadequately filled forms (e.g. with online translation).
• Divorce decree issued by the High Court and translated into Lithuanian.
• Valid passports of both spouses.

*In case of divorce or if not the first marriage for either of the spouse, a divorce decree or death certificate of a previous spouse legalized with Apostille and translated into Lithuanian.

! The Embassy does not employ translators and does not perform translations.