Legalization confirmation of documents – Apostille certificate
Legalization confirmation of documents – Apostille certificate
Required documents:
- Valid Lithuanian passport or identity card;
- Original document, which needs to be confirmed by certificate Apostille.
Documents are submitted personally at the Embassy or by registered post or via courier.
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To confirm documents by the Apostille certificate, a consular fee has to be paid by card or in cash (List of fees) or transferred to the Embassy account 9046 0510 448 (when documents are sent by registered post or via courier).
The issuance of document confirmed by Apostille takes 1-2 months from the day the required documents are submitted to the embassy.
If you want to receive a confirmed document by post – bring or send envelope and post stamps to the Embassy.
Regarding foreign documents legalization:
Documents should be lodged in person only, directly to the Embassy or to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania (address J. Tumo-Vaižganto g. 2, LT-01108 Vilnius). The Embassy accepts applications only from persons belonging (for example, by citizenship) to its consular district. Consular district, according to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (in force in Lithuania since 14.02.1992), is the area assigned to a consular post for the exercise of consular functions. The area assigned to the Embassy includes Norway only.
Police Clearance Certificates for foreign nationals enrolled in educational institutions in Lithuania will be legalised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania when submitted by the educational institutions. If you intend to study in Lithuania, please contact the educational institution where you plan to study to have your documents legalised.
More information regarding the additional requirements for documents.
IMPORTANT! |
Documents issued before 11 of March of 1990 with symbols of Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic are neither legalised nor approved by certificate (Apostille). These documents must be renewed. |
Legalisation of documents is not required when the documents are drawn up and / or issued by diplomatic missions or consular posts of foreign states resident in the Republic of Lithuania.
