Marriage to a Lithuanian Citizen

Every country has its own laws that apply to its citizens marrying a person from a different country. Getting married to a Lithuanian citizen with the goal of eventually bringing them to Canada to live is a process with many steps.

If you want to bring your Lithuania spouse or partner to live in Canada, you must then file a sponsorship application for them to become a permanent resident. If they would like to visit you in Canada while their application is in process, they must also apply for an Electronic Travel Authorization. For more information, please see our family sponsorship page and our eTA article.

 

Lithuanian Marriage Basic Requirements

Individuals wishing to get married in Lithuania need to fill out the required forms and submit them along with their passport, birth certificate, and required documents (listed below) to the Civil Registry office.

• If a Canadian citizen has never been married, he or she must have a “free to marry” certificate from Canada.  This document must have an Apostille attached to it.
• Divorced persons must present a certified copy of their divorce decree
• Widows and widowers must present a death certificate for the deceased spouse
• These documents must be translated into Lithuanian, and the signature of the translator must be notarized.
• At least one of the individuals to be married must be either a Lithuanian citizen, a resident of Lithuania, or have Lithuanian ancestry.
• Two Canadian citizens with no prior ties to Lithuania will likely not be able to meet the requirements to be married in Lithuania.
• The minimum age to marry is 18.
• No medical examination or statement is required.

 

​Procedure

• Once the above documents have been certified, they must be submitted, along with passports, to the Civil Registry (Marriage Palace).
• Applicants complete local forms and pay the fee for the service to the Civil Registry Office.
• A 30-day waiting period is required, after which the couple returns to the Registry to sign and receive the marriage certificate.
• The waiting period can be shortened only in exceptional circumstances.

 

Church Weddings

There is no bar to church weddings, but it is necessary to complete the civil procedure above in order to obtain the official marriage certificate.

 

Family Members

If your Lithuanian spouse has dependent children, this does not affect the Lithuanian Marriage document application.

If you have dependent children, they have no effect on the application to marry a Lithuanian citizen.

 

List of Lithuanian Consulates in Canada

Embassy of Lithuania in Ottawa

 

Calling Lithuania from Canada

011 – 370- Area Code – local number, where

• 011 is the exit code for Canada
• 370 is the country code for Lithuania

Area Codes of Lithuania (landlines only)

Alytus	315	Kelme	427	Radviliskis	422
Anyksciai	381	Klaipeda	464	Raseiniai	428
Birzai	450	Kretinga	445	Rokiskis	458
Druskininkai	313	Kursenai	41	Siauliai	41
Elektrenai	528	Lentvaris	528	Silute	441
Gargzdai	46	Marijampole	343	Taurage	446
Garliava	37	Mazeikiai	443	Telsiai	444
Ignalina	386	Moletai	383	Ukmerge	340
Jonava	349	Palanga	460	Utena	389
Joniskis	426	Panevezys	45	Varena	310
Jurbarkas	447	Pasvalys	451	Vilkaviskis	342
Kaunas	37	Plunge	448	Vilnius	5
Kedainiai	347	Prienai	319	Visaginas	386

 

Cellular Phones

In Lithuania, cell numbers begin with “6”.

 

Calling Canada from Lithuania

Dial 00 – 1 – area code – local number, where

• 00 is the international dialling code for most countries
• 1 is the country code for North America

List of Canadian Area Codes

Province	Code	Province	Code
Alberta	403 / 587 (southern Alberta) 587 / 780 (central and northern Alberta)	Nunavut	867
BC	236 / 250 / 778 (majority of BC) 236 / 604 / 778 (Metro Vancouver)	Ontario	226 / 519 (southwestern Ontario) 249 / 705 (northeastern Ontario) 289 / 365 / 905 (Greater Toronto Area) 343 / 613 (eastern Ontario) 416 / 647 (Toronto) 807 (northwestern Ontario)
Manitoba	204 / 431	PEI	782 / 902
New  Brunswick	506	Quebec	418 / 581 (eastern Quebec) 438 / 514 (Montreal) 450 / 579 (Greater Montreal) 819 / 873 (remainder of Quebec)
Newfoundland and Labrador	709	Saskatchewan	306 / 639
Northwest Territories	867	Yukon	867
Nova Scotia	782 / 902

 

Time Difference

Lithuanian is on Eastern European Time (GMT+2). Like most of Europe, Lithuania observes Daylight Saving Time over a slightly different time period than we do in Canada: for a week in March and another week in October the time difference is 1 hour less than in the table below. Saskatchewan does not participate in DST so in the summer the time difference is 1 hour greater.

Canadian Time Zone	# of Hours Lithuanian is Ahead
Pacific (BC, Yukon)	10 hours
Mountain (Alberta, western Nunvaut, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan)	9 hours
Central (Manitoba, Northwest Territories, central Nunavut, northwestern Ontario, Saskatchewan*)	8 hours
Eastern (most of Ontario, most of Quebec)	7 hours
Atlantic (Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI, eastern Quebec)	6 hours
Newfoundland	5.5 hours

 

Emergency Contact Information for Canadians in Lithuania

Embassy of Canada in Vilnius Business Centre 2000, Jogailos St. 4 7th Floor Vilnius 01116 Lithuania Telephone: 370 (5) 249-0950 Fax: 370 (5) 249-7865 Email: [email protected] Website: balticstates.gc.ca

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Emergency Numbers in Lithuania

• *112 – main
• *01 – fire
• *02 – police
• *03 – medical
• *04 – gas

 

The Government of Canada’s Travel Alerts for Lithuania

For travel alerts, click here

Sponsoring Your Lithuanian Spouse to Canada

The sponsorship process is lengthy and can be frustrating. To learn more about it, click the button below:

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