Keeping your current citizenship when restoring Lithuanian citizenship

Lithuania restricts dual citizenship in general, but restoration and descent applicants whose ancestor left or was deported before 11 March 1990, and their descendants, may keep both. How the exception works and how to check it.

4-6 min

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Migration Department of Lithuania
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