אזרחות ליטאית - החוק להשבת אזרחות
מתוך האתר הממשלתי בנוגע להשבת אזרחות ליטאית
Reinstatement of Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania
It is the implementation of the right to reinstate citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania to persons who had citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania and until 15 June 1940 and their descendants who have not acquired citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania before 2011-04-01 (the date of entry into force of the Republic of Lithuania Law on Citizenship). The aforementioned persons have an indefinite right to reinstate citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania, irrespective of the country in which they reside – in the Republic of Lithuania or another state – and if they are not citizens of another state. The requirement to renounce citizenship of another state does not apply to persons who have been deported from the occupied Republic of Lithuania before 11 March 1990, or left Lithuania before 11 March 1990, or their descendants.
Descendant of a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania means a child, grandchild or great-grandchild of a person who held citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania before 15 June 1940.
Person exiled from the occupied Republic of Lithuania before 11 March 1990 – a person who held citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania before 15 June 1940 or his/her descendant, who was/were forcibly expelled from Lithuania by decisions of institutions or courts of occupation regimes in the period from 15 June 1940 to 11 March 1990 for reasons of resistance to occupation regimes, political or social reasons or reasons of origin.
Person who fled Lithuania before 11 March 1990, – a person who held citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania before 15 June 1940 or his descendant, who left the current territory of the Republic of Lithuania before 11 March 1990 to reside permanently in another state, if their permanent residence on 11 March 1990 was outside Lithuania. This term does not include the persons who departed from the territory of the Republic of Lithuania to the territory of the former Soviet Union after 15 June 1940.
Reinstatement of Citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania
It is the implementation of the right to reinstate citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania to persons who had citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania and until 15 June 1940 and their descendants who have not acquired citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania before 2011-04-01 (the date of entry into force of the Republic of Lithuania Law on Citizenship). The aforementioned persons have an indefinite right to reinstate citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania, irrespective of the country in which they reside – in the Republic of Lithuania or another state – and if they are not citizens of another state. The requirement to renounce citizenship of another state does not apply to persons who have been deported from the occupied Republic of Lithuania before 11 March 1990, or left Lithuania before 11 March 1990, or their descendants.
Descendant of a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania means a child, grandchild or great-grandchild of a person who held citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania before 15 June 1940.
Person exiled from the occupied Republic of Lithuania before 11 March 1990 – a person who held citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania before 15 June 1940 or his/her descendant, who was/were forcibly expelled from Lithuania by decisions of institutions or courts of occupation regimes in the period from 15 June 1940 to 11 March 1990 for reasons of resistance to occupation regimes, political or social reasons or reasons of origin.
Person who fled Lithuania before 11 March 1990, – a person who held citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania before 15 June 1940 or his descendant, who left the current territory of the Republic of Lithuania before 11 March 1990 to reside permanently in another state, if their permanent residence on 11 March 1990 was outside Lithuania. This term does not include the persons who departed from the territory of the Republic of Lithuania to the territory of the former Soviet Union after 15 June 1940.
