Lithuania visa guide
The Lithuania Study & Research Visa is for study, research or an internship in Lithuania. Short stays of up to 90 days use a Schengen Type C visa; longer study requires a national long-stay visa or residence permit.
Beyond the standard Schengen documents, the embassy expects a certificate of admission or registration at an educational establishment in Lithuania, or a cover letter from the inviting institution.
Lifeset Overseas confirms whether your stay needs a short-stay visa or a residence permit and builds the file so your study or research purpose is clearly evidenced.
Lithuania: study, research and internship visa from India
Courses, research visits and internships of up to 90 days use the Schengen short-stay visa under the Embassy of Lithuania's India checklist (revised May 2026). Degree study needs a national (D) visa and then a temporary residence permit, both handled through Lithuania's MIGRIS electronic migration system after the university's mediation letter.
Documents for all applicants
- The Schengen visa application completed and signed through the EMigris portal.
- Two recent 35 × 45 mm colour photographs, white background, face covering at least 80 per cent of the frame.
- Passport issued within the last ten years, valid three months beyond the scheduled return, with at least two empty pages.
- The number of the MIGRIS invitation letter, electronically submitted by your host or institution, where you rely on it for accommodation or for proof of means of subsistence and return under Article 14 of the Visa Code.
- The purpose documents for study: the admission or registration certificate from the educational establishment, or the inviting company's letter for an internship, with travel medical insurance, transport and accommodation proof as for any Schengen application.
Official sources
- Migration Department, Lithuania, MIGRIS: https://www.migracija.lt/en
- VFS Global India, Lithuania: https://visa.vfsglobal.com/ind/en/ltu
Checked against the Lithuanian checklist for India (rev. May 2026) held in our Knowledge Base on 30 September 2026. Fees and rules change; the official page always prevails.
Verified figures for Lithuania
What a year in Lithuania costs — and what you must prove
- Public-university tuition, non-EU student, per year
- €3,600 – €9,000
- Funds the visa authority asks you to show
- €577 a month
English-taught courses: widely available. varies by university
Also budget a one-off EUR 1,153 on top of the monthly figure. Our verification found conflicting official sources here, so treat it as indicative and confirm with us.
Our verification pass could not settle every figure for Lithuania. Confirm the current amounts with us before you budget.
Read on the official pages below on 27 Aug 2026. Figures change every academic year — check them before you pay anything.
Where Lithuania stands among the 29 Schengen study countries
Computed from verified figures
On the lowest published public-university fee for non-EU students, Lithuania sits 19th of 26 Schengen countries (€3,600 a year at the floor, up to €9,000). The living-cost proof the residence permit asks for works out to about €577 a month, which ranks 8th-lowest of the 23 countries that publish a monthly or yearly figure. English-taught programmes are widely available — Lithuania is one of 18 Schengen countries where that is true, so the language of instruction is not the filter it is elsewhere. Our last verification pass could not settle every figure for this country, so treat the numbers above as a starting point and check the sources on the facts card before you budget.
Closest on tuition: Belgium and Greece. Compare all 29 side by side on Study in Europe.
