A police clearance certificate in Lithuania is officially a criminal record certificate: the pažyma apie teistumą, also called a teistumo pažyma or a certificate of no criminal record. People search as well for a criminal record check, a certificate of good conduct or a police certificate for Lithuania. Some older lists and lawyer pages call this service “Police Clearance Certificate / Criminal Record Check”. Despite the English name, the certificate is not issued by the police but drawn from the Register of Suspects, Accused and Convicts, kept by the Information Technology and Communications Department under the Ministry of the Interior. English-speaking lawyers in Lithuania help in two directions: obtaining a Lithuanian certificate, and preparing a foreign one for use in Lithuania.
Anyone with a Lithuanian electronic login, through online banking or an e-signature, can order the certificate on the state e-services gateway. Others apply in person, through a representative holding a power of attorney, or from abroad at a Lithuanian embassy or consulate, which issues a consular certificate. For use outside the EU, an apostille is added by a Lithuanian notary. The same department also takes requests from residents of Lithuania for a certificate from another EU country, through the EU's exchange of criminal records.
Residence permit applications generally include a criminal record certificate from the country where the applicant lived before coming to Lithuania. It is usually legalised or apostilled and translated into Lithuanian, unless a treaty between the two countries makes that unnecessary. The rules have changed more than once, so a lawyer confirms the current ones before anything is ordered: a certificate that is too old or lacks the right stamp can hold up the whole file.
Orders or collects the Lithuanian certificate, adds the apostille and translation, and checks that the version matches what the receiving body expects. For a permit, the lawyer explains which foreign certificate to obtain, reviews it when it arrives and arranges the translation; certified copies are covered under document witnessing and identity verification.
Yes. Without a Lithuanian electronic login the request is made in person, through a representative or through a consulate.
The receiving body decides which language it accepts. Within the EU a multilingual form may be enough; otherwise a sworn translation is added.
Not necessarily. What it shows depends on the register's entries and the purpose stated in the request. A different kind of enquiry is described under arrest warrant check.
There is no single answer: each authority sets its own limit. A lawyer checks it before ordering, so the certificate does not expire in the middle of an application.
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