Entry into Lithuania for Russians by car. Submission of documents at the Visa Application Centers. Issuance of a visa at the invitation of individuals.

You can travel through Lithuania using the Schengen visa tourist visa or by issuing a special transit document. For residents of Russia who often travel to Kaliningrad in this way, a generally accepted and simplified visa format is available in 2017. The difference in the required package of documents and the cost is 30 euros. Which visa for transit through Lithuania is better to choose depends on the specific case.

View of the catholic church in Vilnius the capital of Lithuania

The Schengen Agreement is in force on the territory of Lithuania, which means that Russians will definitely need to obtain permits for entry in advance. Moreover, this procedure is necessary both for those who travel as a tourist to see the sights, and for those who travel to a third country. A transit visa through Lithuania is issued even if you are not going to leave the special area of the airport and enter the city during the connecting window.

If you have a valid one, then you may well come to Lithuania. Both in transit, to travel to a third country, and as a tourist. If you do not possess such a treasure, then it is necessary to issue a permit to enter the territory of the state.
Depending on your future plans and route, you can apply to the embassy for both a transit visa - category A, and a short-term tourist visa - C.

This is what visa C looks like

An A visa is needed if you do not have an open valid Schengen or multi-Schengen visa and you are traveling to a third country that has not signed the relevant agreement. Holders of such a visa can easily arrive at any international Airport Lithuania and transfer to the next scheduled flight. At the same time, exit transit zone and walking around the city while waiting will be prohibited.

It is also suitable for those travelers who are not going to fly to a third country through Lithuania, but, for example, go by car. Previously, a special category B transit visa was issued for these purposes, but now this type has been canceled.

A short-term visa of category C is, in fact, an ordinary tourist Schengen. Therefore, if after your arrival in Lithuania you plan to go further on a tour of the EU countries, then one such visa will be enough for you. It is not necessary to issue a special transit visa.

When should I get a C visa at the Lithuanian Embassy?

It is possible at the embassy of any state that has signed the relevant agreement. However, there are several cases when it is necessary to apply to the Lithuanian visa department.

When traveling by air through Lithuania in transit to a third country that is not part of the Schengen Agreement, you need to apply for a category A visa. You need to request it only at the embassy of the country where the transplant will be carried out.

Documents for obtaining a transit visa

make out transit visa Category A to Lithuania is required in advance at the embassy. It is impossible to make it upon arrival at the airport. To do this, you need to collect a complete package of documents. Most likely, when accepting an application and checking all the papers, some of them will be returned to you, but it is better to take unnecessary copies home than to waste time due to a certificate not received in advance.

What exactly is required:

In addition to these documents, in order to obtain a transit visa, you need to pay a consular fee. It is 35 euros and is paid in this currency, in cash, at the time of submission of documents, at the same window.

Simplified transit system

Residents of Russia can pass through the Lithuanian border without having to carry. This was done so that the inhabitants of the country could freely and without any special bureaucratic obstacles get to their remote territories - Kaliningrad. However, there are a number of strict conditions for this rule.

You must be a Russian citizen;
Cross the territory of Lithuania using any land means of transport;
Re-cross the Lithuanian border no later than 24 hours;
When traveling by train, do not leave the carriage during stops in the territory of Lithuania;
Have a simplified transit document in hand.

Documents for obtaining UTD

You can apply for a simplified transit visa at the Lithuanian Embassy. You need to submit documents in advance, although the document is prepared faster than a simple category A visa. It will take a little more than a week– 7 working days.

Sample simplified visa to Lithuania

To do this, the applicant must personally appear at the embassy with the following package of documents:

Passports - foreign and domestic. Both documents must be valid, and copies of pages with personal information– photo and registration;
A completed visa application form with a standard "Schengen" photo. Moreover, this should be a questionnaire for a simplified transit document;
Medical insurance for the period of crossing the territory of Lithuania;
Documents that confirm the need to visit Kaliningrad frequently. These are any certificates of family ties with people living there, certificates of ownership of real estate, working and partnership relations.

In addition to the tight deadlines in which a simplified transit visa is prepared, it also costs much less than a standard Schengen visa. Consular fee is only 5 euros.

Such a document will allow crossing the Russian-Lithuanian and Lithuanian-Russian borders many times, but at the same time, each time the time spent on the territory of Lithuania cannot exceed 24 hours.

This time is considered sufficient to travel across the republic from and to Russian possessions.

UTD in railway transport

When crossing Lithuania from Russia to Russia, that is, on the way to Kaliningrad, by rail, a simplified transit document is also required. Only this is not done by every passenger personally, but by Russian Railways employees. That is why you can buy a ticket to Kaliningrad at least 28 hours in advance.
After completing the standard travel document at the box office, your data is sent to the consular department, where a personal permission to cross the border is issued. In fact, it has the same validity as a transit visa, with only a few restrictions:

Such a document in 2017 allows you to cross the border four times - Russian-Lithuanian and Lithuanian-Russian when traveling to Kaliningrad, as well as in the reverse order when returning.

Where can I apply for a visa

Lithuanian visas can be obtained both independently by contacting the consular department, and through intermediaries - travel agencies, agencies, visa centers. The structure of diplomatic missions is quite convenient, spheres of influence are well-distributed. Representative offices can be found in strategically important major cities.

In order to simply pass through Lithuania, you need an open Schengen visa. When a Russian citizen does not have it, then in order to travel through Lithuania, it is necessary to issue a document called a transit visa. Since 2016, Russian citizens visiting Kaliningrad have the opportunity to receive a simplified format. Its cost is approximately 30 euros and its registration requires a slightly different set of documents than for Schengen. But do not forget that with such a visa you cannot leave the airport or train station area and visit the country's cities.

Happy holders of a Schengen multi-visa do not experience any difficulties with visiting Lithuania. They can visit cities, they can simply pass through it, following to other EU countries. But what about those who do not have this document? What can be done so that a transit visa to Lithuania is issued quickly and correctly? Here, your specific intentions come to the fore - just cross the territory without stopping anywhere or linger a little in it.

Transit visa to Lithuania - looks like any other Schengen visa

What are categories A and C?

If you just need to make a transfer at some Lithuanian airport without leaving the transshipment zone, then category A is quite enough.

If you would like to spend some time in the country while traveling, then you should apply for a short-term category C. To travel by your own car, this form will also be quite enough. Category B visa was issued some time ago specifically for road trips through this Baltic state, for example, in order to travel to Kaliningrad by car, but now this species abolished. Category C will also be enough for a trip to other EU countries. Therefore, if you have made this category, you don't need anything else.

Rules for registration of category C

This short-term visa is issued at the embassy of a member state of the European Union. But there are some cases in which it is necessary to apply specifically to the visa department of the Lithuanian Embassy:

This is your only destination, you do not plan to visit other countries.
You will go to different states included in the Schengen area, but in the Republic of Lithuania you will spend most trips.
You will spend most of your time in the Republic of Lithuania, although you plan to enter through another country (not Russia).
During the journey, you will pass through several EU countries, giving each of them approximately the same amount of time, but entry will be made specifically through the Baltic country.

What documents are required?

It will not be possible to issue it at the airport, so you should take care of collecting all the certificates in advance. In addition, the list is quite impressive:

A questionnaire filled out strictly in block letters. It will be better if you fill it out online via the Internet.
A photo that is attached to the above questionnaire. A photograph must meet certain standards that workers in any reputable photo studio know.
Two passports (a citizen of the Russian Federation and a foreign passport), their photocopies. Passports that have expired will also need to be submitted. You need to copy the very first spread, which has your photo and pages containing registration information. But it may not be superfluous to copy the rest of the pages.
Medical insurance. It is standard for everyone who goes on holiday abroad. The period must correspond to the period of stay abroad. Minimum amount this insurance is 30 thousand euros.
Availability confirmation permanent place work or study. It is issued on a genuine letterhead and certified by a seal.
Proof of permanent income. In this capacity, copies of passbooks, statements from personal accounts and some other financial papers can act, on the basis of which it can be concluded that you have the necessary funds in your account.
A detailed description of your travel itinerary, to which it is desirable to attach photocopies of air tickets, booked rooms and so on. By submitting the entire package, you will significantly increase your chances of a favorable outcome. Thanks to the detailed data provided, the embassy employees will not doubt your intentions and will not additionally double-check all the data and slow down the case.
Paid fee of 35 euros.

transit system

As you know, residents Russian Federation forced to pass through the territory of the neighboring European state, following to the city of Kaliningrad, located in the Western Russia. It is for Russian citizens who want to freely and without unnecessary consular obstacles to get to this city that a special transit visa through Lithuania has been developed - UTD, which stands for a simplified transit document. This, one might say, is a special transit visa to Kaliningrad by car.

FTD is also issued at the embassy, the period of its production is quite short. It will be approximately 7 working days, subject to the timely submission of all necessary information. You must provide the following:

The application form and the photograph attached to it, in accordance with the Schengen standards.
Two passports and photocopies of relevant pages.
Medical insurance covering the time required for travel.
Materials with which you confirm your need for frequent visits to the city. These are certificates of your close relatives permanently residing in this city, certificates of real estate located in the city and being your personal property, partnership agreements with enterprises or legal entities Kaliningrad.
Paid fee of only 5 euros.

Having completed all this, you should not stay in the territory of Lithuania for more than 24 hours. In the state of Lithuania, a transit visa will be valid for exactly one day.

For traveling by car, 2017 is very convenient in terms of fast clearance. Following to Kaliningrad from Ukraine, from Belarus, you can also use this UTD. By the way, for Belarusians, when visiting Kaliningrad through this Baltic state, it is also necessary to issue a travel permit.

In order to cross the Baltic state, following to the former Koenigsberg by train, it is also necessary to issue a FTD. But this will no longer be done by you personally, but by special employees of the Russian railways. You are required to buy a ticket. But remember that there should be more than a day before the departure time (approximately 28-30 hours). At the ticket office of the station, you issue a standard ticket, and then the data will be sent to the appropriate consular department. And already there, the workers will issue a personal permit to cross the border with Lithuania by train. But it will contain the following restrictions:

You should not stay on the territory of Lithuania for more than 6 hours (this is the time the train passes through the country).
You cannot use other modes of transport.
You must remain in your seat in the carriage at all stations located on the territory of Lithuania.
FTD must be in your hands throughout the trip.
UTD in 2017 gives the right to cross the border four times to visit Kaliningrad.

If you do not want to personally mess with the design, you can use the services of various intermediaries, such as numerous travel agencies that are available in almost any city, agencies that provide such services. A transit visa to Lithuania can be issued specifically by you. To do this, contact the Consulate General of the Republic of Lithuania directly. Its branches are in various (but often quite large) cities of the Russian Federation. The address of the consular department of Lithuania in Moscow: per. Borisoglebsky, 4. You can ask questions that interest you and agree on the exact time of admission by calling the numbers listed on the website of the department. St. Petersburg branch is located on the street. Ryleeva, house number 37. The Consulate General in Kaliningrad is located on Proletarskaya Street, house number 133.

Thus, obtaining permission to cross the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania is a rather troublesome business, but really doable. You just need to prepare all the data required from you and submit them to the right authority in a timely manner. Good luck and successful travel!

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Vladimir Ravilov | 2013-10-14

All tourists wishing to visit the most western part Russia - the Kaliningrad region - in a private car, they stumble upon an unfortunate need in the form of a mandatory transit visa. The Republic of Lithuania has recently been part of the Eurozone, which means that without obtaining a transit Schengen visa, travel through the territory of Lithuania is impossible.

A transit visa is issued for a period of 4 days: 2 days there, 2 days back and it can be issued without providing travel vouchers and travel documents.

The list of documents required to obtain a transit visa is quite extensive. Yes, you need:

international passport which expires at least 3 months in advance. before the travel date.
financial documents, confirming your financial solvency, namely: a 2-NDFL certificate or an information letter from work, which confirms your financial solvency, at the rate of 40 euros per person per day.
travel insurance with the amount of coverage of 30,000 euros for the duration of transit (about 150 rubles per person);
original and copy Russian passports(sheets where there are marks);
route map movement in the Republic of Lithuania, compiled in an arbitrary form (I compiled it in the form of a table, with the numbers of roads and border crossing points, I also added a map of the route section there);
vehicle documents(PTS and vehicle registration certificate) and their copies (if the car is not yours, then you need a power of attorney with the right to export vehicle outside the Russian Federation, certified by a notary).

Having collected all these documents, you are sent to the VFS Global visa application center or directly to the Embassy of Lithuania. There, if everything is fine, submit the documents and pay a visa fee of 35 euros, as well as a fee for processing documents - about 800 rubles. My transit visa cost me 2226 rubles. (May 2013). Processing time - 1 week.

As for insurance, you will not be allowed to cross the border if you do not have a green card. This is an analogue of OSAGO for foreign trips. They say that it can be purchased at the border, but I did not risk it. In Russia, the price of insurance is the same everywhere, it is useless to look for cheaper. In addition, insurance is needed for transit through the territory of Belarus.

Having received a visa and getting ready for the trip, do not forget to prepare the car for the trip, equip it with a reflective vest, first aid kit, fire extinguisher, warning triangle, and eliminate leaks of process fluids. In addition, follow the tire tread depth - it should not be less than the maximum allowable, otherwise you will not be allowed into Lithuania. IN winter time use winter tires - this is important.

For residents of Kaliningrad use the website of the Consulate General of the Republic of Lithuania in Kaliningrad as a source of information in your region. This consular office accepts applications for a Schengen visa completed on a specialized Internet resource. (rev. 20.03.2014)

In addition, for residents of Kaliningrad and Kaliningrad region it is possible to obtain a FTD (Simplified Transit Document). UTD is issued for a period of up to 3 years in the presence of permanent or temporary registration in the region. If the registration is temporary, then the FTD is valid until the end of its validity. detailed information about UTD.

Application forms for Lithuanian Schengen visa and Simplified Transit Document (MS Word format):

Questionnaires are filled out by hand in large block letters in Russian, if possible, the questionnaire must be filled out on a computer and printed out.

Bon Voyage!

Lithuania is one of the closest countries to Russia European Union. The beauty as well as the cultural and historical richness of this Baltic country always attract Russian tourists. In addition, it is through Lithuania that the shortest way to other countries old europe. It is also a connecting bridge for travelers who want to visit Kaliningrad or live in this remote Russian city. Many Russians prefer to travel to Lithuania by car. Some do it in order to save money, others want to slowly get acquainted with local attractions. The goals may be different, but both need to have the appropriate entry permit to cross the border.

When planning a trip to Lithuania, a Russian citizen needs to apply for an entry visa in a timely manner. Depending on the purpose of the trip, you can apply for a tourist or transit visa, as well as get a simplified transit document that allows you to travel through the territory of Lithuania by car, bus or train. Documents for a visa can be submitted:

To the Embassy of Lithuania in Moscow.
to the regional consulate.
To a specialized service and visa center.

Border crossing

The Lithuanian border can be crossed at specialized checkpoints from both Russia and Belarus. However, regardless of the selected point, the crossing order does not change and must be strictly followed.

Arriving at the checkpoint, you need to prepare the required documents.
After the entrance barrier, you should decide which of the corridors to pass further: Red or Green.
At the checkpoint, you need to turn off the car engine and provide the car for inspection by representatives of the customs service.
All travelers should get out of the car and approach the employee with documents passport control to get a border crossing stamp.
Obtain a mark of availability from the transport inspector.

If goods subject to customs duties are carried in the car, you should use the Red Corridor. If travelers do not have such goods with them, they can follow the Green Corridor.

Customs regulations

When traveling by car, it should be remembered that the laws of Lithuania allow only a certain amount of products per person to be brought into the country:

Two bottles of beer, wine or liquor.
A bottle of strong alcoholic drink.
40 cigarettes.
No more than one kilogram of plant products.

It is forbidden to import:

Meat and dairy products.
Chicken eggs.
Canned food, sausages.
Milk chocolate.

Violators of the rules can be fined by employees border service and the goods found were confiscated.

Required documents for traveling by car

To travel to Lithuania by car in 2017, you need to have a set of certain documents with you:

A foreign passport, which is valid for another three months after returning from a trip.
Permit to enter the territory of Lithuania of the corresponding type.
Medical insurance policy with a coverage of 30 thousand euros.

Driving license of international standard.
Documents for the car.
Green card is an international insurance certificate.
Documents for animals if they travel with their owners.

In some cases, border guards may request information about hotel reservations or documents confirming transit through the territory of Lithuania.

Green card where to buy it

Green card in Russia is called the policy of international compulsory insurance of civil liability of car owners when traveling through the territories of foreign states. 48 countries are parties to the Green Card Recognition Agreement.

Issue in Russia green card It is possible through the Russian Union of Motor Insurers. The official website of this organization contains an up-to-date list of addresses of all points of sale of insurance policies. To date, seven leading Russian insurance companies are participants in the Green Card program.

The minimum policy period is 15 days. The cost of the Green Card for a trip to Lithuania is 30 euros.

Basic traffic rules

Lithuanian rules traffic not much different from Russian, with the exception of a few features:

Drivers with less than two years of driving experience are not allowed to drive at speeds over 70 km/h.
In the period from November 1 to April 1, only cars equipped with winter tires can be operated.
The driver must have a reflective vest in the car and put it on when leaving the car outside the city at night.
Road users have the opportunity to turn right at a red traffic light if it is equipped with a sign with an arrow.
It is not allowed to tint the windshield and front side windows of the vehicle.
Radar detectors are prohibited.

Especially strictly Lithuanian police monitor compliance with the speed limit and personal safety rules:

All car passengers must be fastened
Even in the daytime, the low beam must be on in the car.
Children up to 135 cm tall are required to sit in a special chair.

Order of refueling, cost of gasoline

Lithuanian gas stations sell the same grades of gasoline, as well as diesel fuel, as in Russia. The only exception is 92 gasoline, which has recently disappeared from sale in Lithuania.

The cost of fuel can fluctuate at filling stations even within a single network. Current gasoline prices can be found on the website. However, given the difference in the cost of fuel in the European Union and Russia, experts advise filling the car tank before crossing the Lithuanian border. Besides, customs regulations allowed to carry a canister with 10 liters of gasoline.

Payment for the purchased fuel is made after the completion of the operation, for the actual amount of gasoline poured into the tank. You can pay in cash and credit card. At night, most gas stations operate on a prepaid basis.

Parking Rules

The greatest difficulty for the Russians is the rules paid parking. The vast majority of parking lots in Lithuania are paid. They can be divided into:

Municipal.
Private.

All parking lots are marked with appropriate signs and parking meters informing the driver about the zone, time and procedure for paying for parking. Payment can be made in cash or via SMS. When paying for parking time via SMS, you should be aware that money will be debited from the phone until the operator receives a second message with the word "STOP".

It is forbidden to park the car in places reserved for cars of organizations. In parking lots, they are marked with a sign "Rezervuota".

Private parking lots are usually equipped with a barrier. To enter its territory, you should press a button on a special device and receive a receipt indicating the time. To leave, you need to pay through a special terminal.

Transit through Lithuania by car

Travelers traveling by car through the territory of Lithuania to Kaliningrad or other European countries, you can not get a Schengen or national Lithuanian visa. For such cases, the immigration legislation of the country provides for the issuance of a simplified transit document - FTD.

FTD gives its owner the right to stay in the territory of Lithuania for no more than 24 hours. To process a document at the Embassy of Lithuania or a visa center, you need to provide:

International passport.
Original and copies of completed pages of the internal passport.
indicating the intention to cross Lithuania by car.
Photograph.
Receipt of payment of the consular fee.
Documents confirming the transit purpose of the trip.

A trip around Lithuania by car can be an unforgettable event for a traveler. However, experts recommend, in order to avoid misunderstandings and financial losses, to study in advance all the information necessary for the traveler about the rules for crossing the border and staying in this beautiful country.