Lithuania
Registration procedures and residence permits
- A foreigner seeking permanent or temporary residence in the Republic of Lithuania must obtain a residence permit by following the procedure provided for in the legislation of the Republic of Lithuania.
- Foreigners are issued with the following types of permit authorising them to reside in the Republic of Lithuania: a permanent residence permit or a temporary residence permit.
- Temporary residence permits for the Republic of Lithuania are issued to foreigners who are not nationals of an EU Member State. Foreigners must submit initial applications for a temporary residence permit and other documents to the diplomatic mission or consular body of the Republic of Lithuania in the country concerned, whilst foreigners who are legally staying in the Republic of Lithuania must submit them to the migration office of the area in which the foreigner intends to reside. A temporary residence permit is usually issued for a year, though it may also be issued for a shorter period.
- An application for a permanent residence permit and other documents must be submitted to the migration office of the area in which the foreigner intends to declare his/her place of residence. A permanent residence permit is issued to a foreigner for five years. At the end of this period, the permit is renewed. An application for a temporary/permanent residence permit must be examined within six months of the submission of the application.
- Foreigners who are nationals of another EU Member State may enter the Republic of Lithuania and stay for up to three months from the first day of arrival . EU Member State nationals and their family members who stay in the Republic of Lithuania for longer than three months within a six-month period must obtain a certificate attesting to their right to stay in the Republic of Lithuania. Such a certificate may be issued to EU Member State nationals and their family members for up to five years.
Kinds of employment
The minimum working age in Lithuania is 14. When concluding an employment contract with a young person aged 14–16 for types of employment young people are allowed to do, the employer must submit a description of the terms and conditions of the employment contract to the school which the young person is attending (during term time), to one of the parents or the young person's legal representative and to the young person's doctor, and must obtain written consent from the school which the young person is attending (during term time) and from one of the parents or the young person's legal representative along with authorisation (a certificate) from the young person's doctor stating that the young person is fit for the type of work referred to in the description of the terms and conditions of the employment contract.
Types of employment contract
- A fixed-term employment contract may be concluded for a certain period of time or for the period of the performance of certain work, but not exceeding five years. A fixed-term employment contract may not be concluded if the work is of a permanent nature, other than where provision is made for this by law or collective agreements.
- A seasonal employment contract is concluded for the performance of seasonal work. Seasonal work refers to work which, owing to natural or climatic conditions, cannot be performed all year-round and therefore is performed only during certain periods (seasons), for no longer than eight months (over a period of twelve consecutive months) and is included in the list of seasonal jobs.
- A temporary employment contract is concluded for a period which may not exceed two months.
- Employment contract for additional work and secondary duties - Legislation permitting, an employee may agree to take on other duties or perform additional work (not provided for under his or her contract) at the same place of work. An employee may perform secondary duties or do work in a different place of work.
- Teleworking contract the employment contract may provide that the functions agreed on in the contract be performed by the employee from their home.
- A contract for domestic services is an employment contract under which the employee undertakes to provide the employer with personal domestic services.
- An employer who intends to employ a third country national must contact the local labour exchange (in the area where the company is registered) and register a vacancy.
- An employer’s application requesting a permit for a foreign national to work in the Republic of Lithuania will not be examined if the employer has failed to register a vacancy a month before the submission of the application to the local labour exchange following the procedure established by law.
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