When a document is issued in a country, that has not acceded to the Hague Convention, the document issued abroad must be legalized not only at the institution of the local country, which is responsible for the legalization of the documents for their use abroad but also at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania or at the Lithuanian Embassy.
From 01.01.2024 applications for TRP require to have double legalization on the non-conviction certificates.
Starting with 18/01/2024 documents will be accepted only directly at the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (further – Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Therefore, documents which will have been presented via courier services or otherwise from the latter date (regardless the respective document send-out date), will neither be considered nor legalized accordingly.
Documents for legalization when presented via courier will be admitted at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs only in cases of their presentation via diplomatic representations and consular posts of the Republic of Lithuania as well when submitted by courts, prosecutor’s offices and pre-trial investigation bodies, as established by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania at the 30th October 2006 resolution No 1079 in regard of “The establishment of the guidance concerning the procedure of document legalization and approval certificate (Apostille)”, in points 10 and 11 thereof.
For more information please visit official website.
Countries whose citizens are not require to do double legalization on PCC – CLICK HERE.
If you cannot do legalization via Embassy of Lithuania, we can mediate for legalization at MOFA in Lithuania. Note that we mediate only for MOFA and not for other institutions if additional legalization before MOFA is needed.
Original PCC should be sent to us by this address – International Relations Department, Klaipėdos valstybinė kolegija, Jaunystės g. 1, LT-91274 Klaipėda, Lithuania. Before sending original PCC by courier, please send scan copy of it and MIGRIS application number by email to a.sinusaite@kvk.lt.
To be able to legalise applicants PCC at MOFA, applicants MIGRIS number must have the proper status in the MIGRIS system which prove that the documents are being reviewed in the Migration Department and a pre-assessment process has been completed – statuses, such as “Provided to the external service provider”, “Application accepted”, “A decision is made”, “Application examination suspended”.
Legalization is carried twice per month so that means, PCC might be legalized in ~two weeks after we receive original document.
Legalization at MOFA cost 20 EUR, the payment will have to be transferred to KVK account:
LT53 7300 0100 9464 9568
BIC: HABALT22
KLAIPĖDOS VALSTYBINĖ KOLEGIJA
NOTE: all documents issued in Arab language must be translated into Lithuanian language at any translation office in Lithuania. Simple translation into English language is rejected by MOFA. Translation into Lithuanian language must be legally connected with original Arabic document by notarized translation binding. English translation binded with Lithuanian translation is not accepted. KVK does not mediate for translations.
For more details on document requirements by countries please consult directly with MOFA
official website.