On 12 May, Lithuania held a referendum on amending the country’s constitution in order to allow dual citizenship with countries of the European Union, European Economic Area, NATO and the OECD, while retaining prohibition of dual nationality with countries that are members Read More …
On 12 May, Lithuanians will vote to change their constitution to allow dual citizenship. Article 12(2) of the country’s 1992 Constitution stipulates a prohibition of dual nationality, which has been in place since independence. The draft constitutional law that would Read More …
On 19 November 2015, Lithuania amended its Citizenship law, enabling persons to have dual citizenship when both Lithuanian and foreign citizenship were acquired by such persons by birth. This amendment came into force on 28 November 2015. For more information Read More …
On 22 December, the Lithuanian parliament adopted amendments to the country’s citizenship law, allowing dual citizenship for Lithuanians with ‘special merits’, defined as activities that strengthen Lithuania’s statehood, power and authority internationally. The current Constitution forbids dual citizenship except in Read More …
The President of Lithuania recently declared that he was in favour of organising a referendum on dual citizenship, following recent news reports that a number of Lithuanian expatriates were being stripped of their citizenship after having acquired a foreign nationality. Read More …
by EUDO CITIZENSHIP expert Egidijus Kūris
30 June 2010 **UPDATE**
As recently reported on EUDO CITIZENSHIP (see below), the parliamentary vote on the new Law on Citizenship was planned for 29 June 2010. The new Law had to replace the current one which, after two prolongations, is valid until 1 January 2011. It was also expected that, together with the adoption of the new Law, the Seimas (parliament) would refer it to the Constitutional Court to review the constitutionality of some of its provisions, namely those which open widely the doors to multiple citizenship.
However, the citizenship issue (as many others, too) was removed from the agenda of the Seimas due to the fact that on that day the Seimas held a solemn sitting to commemorate the late Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas, President of Lithuania from 1993 to 1998, who had died three days earlier. So far, the citizenship issue is not included in the agenda of parliamentary sittings for the coming days. It is expected that the Seimas will go into summer recess on 3 July 2010. Thus, the vote on the new law may be held only in the fall session of the Seimas between 10 September and 23 December 2010 (unless an extraordinary session is convened earlier).
Consequently, in the meantime, the current provisional Lithuanian Law on Citizenship remains in effect.
The validity of the current Lithuanian Provisional Law on Citizenship was extended until July 1, 2010 in response to the failure of the Lithuanian unicameral Parliament, known as Seimas, to adopt a new Law on Citizenship by the end of Read More …
