Lithuania to extend temporary protection of Ukrainian refugees until March 2025
Kyiv • UNN
Lithuania will extend temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees until March 2025, as the EU allows it to be extended for another year. The process of extending temporary residence permits starts next week.
Next week, the process of extending temporary residence permits for refugees from Ukraine. The temporary residence permit can be extended until March 2025. This was announced by the head of the Lithuanian Evelina Gudzinskaite, the head of the Lithuanian Migration Department, writes LRT, reports UNN.
A very large number of Ukrainians received temporary protection until March 4, 2024. As the permits are about to expire, it is time to think about their replacement. The EU has decided to extend temporary protection for another year, until March for another year, until March 2025. This means that all Ukrainians who have been granted temporary protection can extend their residence permit for another year
She noted that since the beginning of the war in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 Lithuania has issued 46,000 digital residence permits on the basis of temporary protection.
Next week we will announce that you can already start online applications for renewal of these permits and make an appointment with the Department of Migration. Every day we register new war refugees from Ukraine. Every day it is from 20 to 50 peopl
According to the Department of Migration, there are currently more than 85,000 Ukrainians currently live in Lithuania, making up the largest community of foreign nationals in the country. However, most Ukrainians who come to Lithuania do not tend to get used to life in country. According to E. Gudzinskaite, most of them link their future with Ukraine.
