COVID-19: Information for travellers

The Ministry of Health recalls that this procedure applies to foreigners from the countries of the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Andorra, San Marino, the Vatican, Iceland, Lichtenstein, and Norway. There are some exceptions – see them below in the Exceptions section.

Please keep in mind that the list of affected countries is subject to change without notice. The list of countries should be updated on 28 September.

Free entry and no isolation required for residents of the following countries:  

Cyprus
Estonia 
Finland
Germany
Iceland
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Poland

Free entry with mandatory isolation + negative test results (test taken no later than 72 hours before the arrival) for residents of the following countries:  

Andorra
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Slovakia
Slovenia
Portugal
Romania
San Marino
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom and Northern Ireland


Important! Travellers arriving from these countries before boarding a plane, ferry, bus, or train, will have to fill in a form on the website of the National Public Health Centre, and present the confirmation received, the QR code, at the time of boarding. Find the form here. 

Source: koronastop.lrv.lt 

Lithuanian citizens returning from countries where the incidence rate exceeds 25 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 affected countries is subject to change without notice. The list of countries should be updated on 28 September.

Free entry, no isolation:

Cyprus
Estonia 
Finland
Germany
Iceland
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Poland

Free entry with mandatory isolation:

A list of countries can be found here.

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 before boarding a plane, ferry, bus, or train, by submitting the details to the National Public Health Centre, and present the confirmation received, the QR code, at the time of boarding. Find the form here. 

Source: 

A list of affected countries

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