COVID-19: Information for travellers
Updated 2020 08 03
Border Control
All passengers arriving to Lithuanian airports and the Klaipėda State Seaport need to go through border control. Please plan additional time in your total journey for your document check. Find more information here.
Entering Lithuania
Every week, Lithuania publishes a list of affected countries. As of 27 July, affected areas are the countries with coronavirus infection incidence rates exceeding 16 cases per 100,000 people over the last 14 days. The list includes countries mostly outside the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA). The entry of foreigners into the Republic of Lithuania from those countries shall be limited to exceptional cases and those entering Lithuania will be subject to 14-day self-isolation.
When planning your trip to Lithuania, please evaluate the situation surrounding your country’s 14-day cumulative number of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Citizens and residents from countries with a 14-day cumulative number of 16 cases or higher will be subject to mandatory self-isolation or denied entry altogether.
Please find updates about the latest 14-day cumulative number of COVID-19 cases for various countries here:
For citizens and residents of EU/EEA countries and the United Kingdom (Updated daily).
For citizens and residents of non-EU/EEA (Updated weekly, usually on Fridays).
The obligation to self-isolate also applies, when COVID-19 affected countries are crossed (by car, public transport, etc.), except air transport, if you do not leave the transit area at the airport.
If you are planning to come to Lithuania, you must pay attention to the following:
- Whether it is possible to come from your country;
- Whether visitors from your country are subject to mandatory isolation upon arrival;
- Whether you are required to fill in a traveller's form.
Choose from the options below to learn more:
The Ministry of Health recalls that this procedure applies to foreigners from the countries of the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. There are some exceptions – see them below in the Exceptions section.
Please keep in mind that the list of countries is subject to change without notice. The list of countries should be updated on 10 August.
No entry for residents of the following countries:
Andorra
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
Portugal
Romania
Spain
Sweden
Free entry with mandatory isolation for residents of the following countries:
Austria
France
Switzerland
Important! Travellers arriving from these countries (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic and Switzerland) are required to register within 24 hours by submitting their details to the National Public Health Centre. Find the form here.
Free entry and no isolation required for residents of the following countries:
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Iceland
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia
United Kingdom and Northern Ireland
Source: koronastop.lrv.lt
Foreign nationals from third countries included in the list of affected countries are not allowed to enter the country. Travellers from countries not yet included on the list are allowed to enter Lithuania; however, they must register and self-isolate for 14 days upon the arrival.
Please keep in mind that the list of countries is subject to change without notice.
A list of affected countries:
Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Cape Verde
Chile
Colombia
Congo
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Eswatini
Gabon
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greenland
Guam
Guatemala
Honduras
India
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kosovo
Kuwait
Lebanon
Lesotho
Libya
Madagascar
Maldives
Mauritania
Mexico
Moldova
Montenegro
Morocco
Namibia
Oman
Palestine
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Republic of Northern Macedonia
Russia
Saint Martin
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saudi Arabia
Seychelles
Serbia
Singapore
South Africa
Suriname
Turks and Caicos Islands
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United States
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Virgin Islands
Zambia
Source: koronastop.lrv.lt
There are some exceptions – see them below in the Exceptions section.
Lithuanian citizens returning from countries where the incidence rate exceeds 16 cases per 100,000 people over the last 14 days are required to self-isolate for 14 days.
Please keep in mind that the list of countries is subject to change without notice. The list of countries should be updated on 10 August.
Free entry, no isolation:
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Island
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Slovakia
Slovenia
United Kingdom and Northern Ireland
Free entry with mandatory isolation:
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Canada
Cape Verde
Chile
Colombia
Congo
Costa Rica
Croatia
Czech Republic
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Eswatini
France
Gabon
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greenland
Guam
Guatemala
Honduras
India
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kosovo
Kuwait
Lebanon
Lesotho
Libya
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Maldives
Malta
Mauritania
Mexico
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Morocco
Namibia
Oman
Palestine
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Republic of Northern Macedonia
Romania
Russia
Saint Martin
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saudi Arabia
Seychelles
Serbia
Singapore
South Africa
Spain
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Turks and Caicos Islands
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United States
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Virgin Islands
Zambia
Lithuanian citizens and foreigners with an entry permit who are returning from the affected countries included on the list or from other non-EU countries are required to register within 24 hours by submitting their details to the National Public Health Centre. Find the form here.
Source: koronastop.lrv.lt
The entry of foreigners into the Republic of Lithuania remains prohibited, except for:
- citizens of the countries of the European Economic Area, the Swiss Confederation and of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and persons lawfully residing in these countries, who arrive from these countries, provided the incidence of COVID-19 (coronavirus infection) in the country where they lawfully reside has not exceeded 25 cases/100 000 population in the last 14 calendar days. The list of such countries shall be approved and made public every Monday by the State Commander of National Emergency Operations. See the part above "I am a citizen of EU country, Switzerland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland".
- foreigners who hold a document confirming their right to reside in the Republic of Lithuania, or in whose respect the Migration Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania has adopted a decision to issue a document confirming the right to reside in the Republic of Lithuania, and foreigners who are family members (parents (adoptive parents), children (adopted children), spouses and carers) of the citizens of the Republic of Lithuania and of the foreigners who hold a document confirming their right to reside in the Republic of Lithuania;
- foreigners who hold a national visa of the Republic of Lithuania, or in whose respect the Migration Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania has adopted a decision to issue a national visa;
- foreigners lawfully residing in countries that have not been listed above, and which are included in the EU-level list of third countries, for the residents of which temporary restriction on non-essential travel to the EU should be lifted at external borders unless the incidence of COVID-19 disease (coronavirus infection) in these countries does not meet the incidence criteria specified above;
- persons enjoying immunities and privileges under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (1961), the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (1963) and under other international agreements and legislation of the Republic of Lithuania, their family members and their service personnel, also members of official delegations;
- persons serving in the military units of NATO and of NATO countries and their service personnel, also their family members;
- crew members, who are employed in Lithuanian companies engaged in international commercial transportation, or who carry out international commercial transportation by all the means of transport;
- health professionals arriving into the Republic of Lithuania for the provision of health care services;
- high-performance athletes, specialists of high-performance sports and physical activity, instructors of high-performance sports and physical activity, and their family members, who come to the Republic of Lithuania at the permission of the Minister for Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Lithuania for the preparation for and participation in high-performance athletic competitions;
- artists coming to the Republic of Lithuania at the permission of the Minister for Culture of the Republic of Lithuania for the participation in professional artistic events, and their service personnel;
- journalists coming to the Republic of Lithuania at the permission of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania;
- other exceptional cases, where foreigners are allowed entry to the Republic of Lithuania on the basis of individual permission by a minister holding the jurisdiction in the respective realm, and whose entry has been approved by the Government.
What is the procedure following arrival?
Foreigners will be required to register with the National Public Health Center under the Ministry of Health within 24 hours of arrival. Find the form here.
Foreigners arriving from countries included in the list of countries affected by the coronavirus, which is published weekly, are required, within 24 hours, to contact the Hotline 1808 or any testing body in order to be tested for the coronavirus.
If foreigners arrive in Lithuania for work or have a separate permission by the Minister of the relevant field, and their arrival is approved by the Government, and if those persons are required to stay in isolation, the employer, the inviting person or foreigners themselves must pay for the isolation premises as well as transportation to the isolation premises and to the place of taking a swab for the coronavirus infection.
Isolation will not be mandatory only for foreigners enjoying immunities and privileges under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, and under other international agreements and legislation of the Republic of Lithuania, their family members and their service personnel, also members of official delegations, persons serving in NATO and NATO military units and their personnel and their family members, special couriers working on transit trains and using simplified transit of persons from the territory of the Russian Federation to the Kaliningrad Region of the Russian Federation and back, and persons passing in transit through the territory of the Republic of Lithuania.
There will also be an exception for crew members, who are employed in the Lithuanian companies engaged in international commercial transportation, or who carry out international commercial transportation by all the means of transport (carriers): due to the nature of their work, they will be able to leave Lithuania before the end of the isolation period. It should be noted that exemptions have been and continue to be granted to carriers throughout the emergency and quarantine period in order not to restrict the movement of goods.
Source: www.urm.lt
Traveller form by the National Public Health Centre
Travellers returning or arriving from the affected countries included in the list are required to register within 24 hours by submitting their details to the National Public Health Centre. The same procedure applies to Lithuanian citizens returning from those countries and to foreigners with an entry permit. Find the form here.
Face masks
As of 1 August, face masks are mandatory in all indoor public places, including shops, points of service and on public transport.
Exceptions:
- In public catering facilities.
- During cultural and sporting events.
- Where service cannot be provided to a customer wearing a mask (e.g., beard trimming), the customer will be able to stay without a mask during the provision of the service.
- While exercising in sports clubs and staying in amusement parks (e.g. swimming pools).
For more details, see here.
Other relevant information
You can follow the latest news about the situation on:
- Koronastop.lrv.lt an official source of information by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania on the situation in Lithuania;
- LRT English website of the Lithuanian National Broadcaster.
COVID-19 Hotline in Lithuania: 1808 (free of charge).
If necessary, please contact us at tic@vilnius.lt, by phone +370 5 262 9660 or through social media: Facebook, Instagram
Daily new confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide
What to do if you suspect you have a virus
- If symptoms (fever, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing) occur you should call the COVID-19 hotline: 1808 (ph. +370 (37) 367 963 if calling from foreign phone number) or contact your family doctor, report the circumstances of the illness, and follow medical advice.
- IMPORTANT: please do not go to the hospital by yourself.
- Avoid any contact. Self-insulating until ambulance arrives. An ambulance crew will take you to the hospital.
- Laboratory diagnostics will be performed at the hospital or the mobile laboratories. Hospital staff will inform you of further steps.
- To prevent coronavirus infection, everyone is recommended to follow standard measures to reduce the spread of disease: wash hands frequently with warm water and soap, avoid touching the face and eyes, practice proper coughing and sneezing etiquette (coughing and sneezing into a tissue or bent elbow), practice safe cooking (especially with regard to meat or eggs) and avoid close contact with anyone who exhibits respiratory disease symptoms, like coughing or sneezing.
Latest news by the Lithuanian Ministry of Health.
More information about coronavirus is available on WHO webpage.