Lithuania: Law No. I-1119 of 1995 on Persons Considered to be Permanent Residents or Residents of the Republic of Lithuania

ARTICLE 1.

This law shall establish requirements to be applied to a person, who is considered to be a permanent resident or resident of the Republic of Lithuania in accordance with the Law On the Register of Residents, Law On the Elections to the Seimas, Law On Presidential Elections, Law On the Legal Status of Foreigners in the Republic of Lithuania, and the Law On the Procedure and Conditions of the Restoration of the Rights of Ownership to the Existing Real Property.

ARTICLE 2.

A citizen of the Republic of Lithuania who in fact, has lived in Lithuania for a period covering not less than one year, shall be considered a permanent resident or resident .

The fact of permanent residence shall be attested to by a record of the place of permanent residence in the citizen's passport. A state institution may demand additional information, in the event a question should arise as to whether the person actually resides in the Republic of Lithuania.

ARTICLE 3.

A citizen of the Republic of Lithuania, actually residing in the Republic of Lithuania, however, not having a record entered in his passport concerning a permanent place of residence or not having a permanent place of residence within the Republic of Lithuania, shall be considered a permanent resident or a resident of Lithuania, if he has been employed in Lithuania for a period covering no less than the preceding year, or has had some other taxable occupation in Lithuania, or if he is drawing a legal pension, or has another legal means of support, or has been paying, during a period of, no less than the preceding year taxes on income earned on Lithuanian territory, or other taxes established by laws of the Republic of Lithuania or has been excused from them, according to procedure established by laws; or else has been paying social insurance payments, for a period covering no less, than the preceding year, or is substantiating his actual presence in Lithuania, during the preceding one-year period, by other means.

ARTICLE 4.

A citizen of the Republic of Lithuania, who has come from another state, to live in the Republic of Lithuania, shall be considered permanently residing or residing in the Republic of Lithuania provided he:

has acquired property according to property right or has rented living quarters in Lithuania, or is a member of the family of the owner or tenant and his citizen's passport contains a record of his permanent place of residence; and

he has been employed for a period of no less than the preceding year, in Lithuania or has another taxable occupation in Lithuania, or receives a legal pension from Lithuania, or is supported in Lithuania by other persons, or has other legal means of support; and

has paid taxes for a period of no less that the preceding year on income earned within the territory of the Republic of Lithuania and other taxes established by the Republic of Lithuania laws, or has been exempted from them according to the procedure established by the laws of the Republic of Lithuania.

Article 5.

A foreigner shall be considered to be a permanent resident of the Republic of Lithuania, if he has legally acquired permission to reside in Lithuania permanently:

has acquired according to right of ownership, or has rented living quarters in Lithuania, or is a family member of the owner or the tenant and his personal documents contain a record of his place of residence; and has been employed in Lithuania for a period covering no less than the preceding year or has another taxable profession in Lithuania, or receives a legal pension in Lithuania, or is supported by other persons in Lithuania, or has another legal means of livelihood: and has been paying income and other taxes on the territory of Lithuania in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Lithuania, during a period covering no less that the preceding year or has been exempted from them in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Lithuania; and has been paying social insurance payments (except pensioners who are unemployed) for a period covering no less than the preceding year.

ARTICLE 6.

The one-year term established in articles 2,3,4,5 of this Law shall be applied in instances whereby a different term has not been established (has not been established otherwise) in Article 1 of this Law.

The interested party shall submit documents attesting to permanent residence in the Republic of Lithuania, to the appropriate state institutions, whose decision may be appealed in court.

ARTICLE 7.

To propose to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania to coordinate the normative acts of the Government with the requirements of this Law, by March 1, 1996.

I promulgate this law passed by the Seimas  of the Republic of Lithuania.

PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC ALGIRDAS BRAZAUSKAS