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Who may take the practical test?

Examination services are available only for persons permanently residing in the Republic of Lithuania*:

 

1. To take the examination, a person must have declared his/her place of residence in the Republic of Lithuania.

In compliance with the Lithuanian legislation, a person shall be considered permanently residing in the Republic of Lithuania if he/she normally lives in the Republic of Lithuania at least 185 days in every calendar year.

The procedure of declaring your place of residence is extremely simple. You can do this online HERE.

 

2. In case your place of residence is not declared within the Republic of Lithuania or it has been declared for less than 185 calendar days within a given calendar year, you may use the documents of your choice for substantiating your personal or working relationship with the Republic of Lithuania.

Possible relationship with Lithuania Confirming documents
you started working in Lithuania employment contract; a self-employment certificate; a business licence; a extract from the Employment Service, etc.
you are a student or a pupil from Lithuania and currently attend an educational establishment abroad a document from an educational establishment translated to Lithuanian and legalized**
you are a student or a pupil of the foreign countries, and you attend university/college or school in our country for at least 6 months a document from an educational establishment
you were away on a temporary basis to a foreign country for the purpose of performing or are currently performing a fixed-term professional task or internship a certificate issued by a company on the business trip; the internship agreement entered into with a company or other documents translated to Lithuanian and legalized**

you live and work abroad, but you are constantly returning to the Republic of Lithuania for personal relationships, for example:

  • your husband/wife and/or minor children live in Lithuania;
  • in the event of illness of the next-of-kin (custody, nursing, etc.);
  • other.
a statement about the composition of the family and the place of residence declared by the family members from the Center of Registers; a certificate from a medical facility confirming the fact of custody or nursing of the next-of-kin; etc.

*Place of residence - the applicant's place of residence where he or she normally resides for at least 185 calendar days within a given calendar year due to personal or working relationship, or in case of absence of working relationship, and only the presence of personal relationship which closely links the applicant to the place where he resides; Place of residence of an applicant whose personal and working relationships are in different states and who therefore travels to different places of residence in two or more States shall be deemed to be his or her place of personal relationship only if the applicant returns there constantly (this condition does not apply when the applicant is in a foreign country to perform a task of a defined duration); School or university attendance does not constitute for proper grounds to change the permanent residence address.

NOTE. Persons representing foreign countries or international organisations within the Republic of Lithuania and their family members exercising diplomatic privileges and immunities in accordance with the international law are not considered to be permanent residents of the Republic of Lithuania.

**The documents issued in some foreign countries must be legalized.