Embassies and consulates in Lithuania

Outside Vilnius, missions are found in Klaipėda (3) and Kaunas (2); most of them are consulates general, consulates and honorary consulates.

Lithuania belongs to the European Union and the Schengen area. Of the 198 passports in the visa data, 93 can enter visa-free and 105 need a visa from an embassy or consulate for Lithuania. As a Schengen state, Lithuania counts every short stay towards the shared limit of 90 days in any 180.

In fiscal year 2025 (October 2024 to September 2025) the United States issued 2,899 nonimmigrant visas to citizens of Lithuania, the 128th highest number of the 206 nationalities listed. Exchange visitor visas (J) made up 33%, work and treaty visas 19% and visitor visas 19%. That is 3% fewer than in fiscal year 2024 (2,974).

From October 2025 to February 2026, citizens of Lithuania received 799, 13% fewer than in the same months a year earlier.

For visitor visas (B1/B2) the State Department reports an adjusted refusal rate of 21.3% for citizens of Lithuania in fiscal year 2025 (fiscal year 2024: 21.0%).

Lithuania itself has 107 missions abroad, in 45 countries. Its largest networks are in Germany (11), Poland (8), France (7), Turkey (7) and Australia (6).

Where the embassies are

All 33 embassies are in the capital, Vilnius. The largest foreign networks in Lithuania are those of Belarus (2), Germany (2), Estonia (2), Norway (2) and Russia (2).

Travel advice for Lithuania

Foreign ministries’ advice on travel to Lithuania: the US State Department rates Lithuania at Level 1, exercise normal precautions (updated 27 April 2026), the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office does not advise against travel to Lithuania (updated 11 August 2026) and the German Foreign Office has no travel warning for Lithuania (updated 13 October 2026). The advice is aimed at each government’s own nationals.