Proving your Lithuanian descent for citizenship restoration

How to prove the ancestral link for reinstating Lithuanian citizenship or citizenship by descent: who qualifies (the pre-1940 basis and the descendant rule), searching the Lithuanian archives, and building an unbroken descent chain.

6-9 min

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Getting legal status sorted early prevents blockers on work, housing, and banking.

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Migration Department of Lithuania
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