Functions of consular officer
Functions of consular officer
Updated
2026-08-20
Consular officers can:
- issue a European Union Emergency Travel Document if you have lost your passport or other identity document abroad;
- issue the relevant certificates if you have lost your driving licence or vehicle registration certificate abroad;
- accept applications concerning Lithuanian citizenship;
- accept applications for the issue or replacement of a Lithuanian passport and identity card;
- accept declarations of residence from citizens who have left Lithuania for more than six months, if they have not already made such a declaration in Lithuania;
- accept applications from Lithuanian citizens to amend, correct or supplement civil status records, and to register in Lithuania civil status acts performed abroad;
- assist with obtaining criminal record (certificate of no criminal record) certificates;
- issue consular certificates provided for by law;
- perform certain notarial acts for Lithuanian citizens;
- legalise documents through consular legalisation procedures;
- provide information and issue permits concerning the transportation of a deceased person's remains to Lithuania;
- if you lose your money abroad, provide information on the quickest ways for your relatives in Lithuania to transfer money to you abroad;
- in exceptional cases, where the affected citizen has no other means of obtaining assistance, assist in obtaining financial assistance from the state budget, provided that the person receiving such assistance signs a written undertaking to repay it upon returning to Lithuania;
- where there is a justified need, meet with detained Lithuanian citizens and, at their request, visit them in places of detention;
- require that the rights of Lithuanian citizens arrested or convicted abroad be respected in accordance with the laws of that foreign country and international treaties;
- enable Lithuanian citizens to vote at diplomatic missions and consular offices during elections;
- issue Schengen and Lithuanian visas to foreign nationals.
Consular officers cannot:
- perform the functions of travel agents, translators or tour guides;
- provide funeral services;
- provide banking or postal services;
- assist with employment in foreign countries or with obtaining foreign visas, residence permits or work permits;
- provide accommodation or other living quarters;
- ensure better treatment in medical or detention facilities than that provided to citizens of the country concerned;
- lend or otherwise provide money from their personal funds or from the state budget, hire a lawyer, or pay hospital, hotel or other bills;
- act as your legal representative or defence counsel in court;
- influence or otherwise interfere with the work of law enforcement or other authorities of a foreign country.
