Passports are prepared and printed by Indian authorities before being dispatched to the Embassy for further processing. The initiation of this process depends on the applicant submitting a duly completed Passport Application, along with all the necessary documents. Subsequently, the case is forwarded to authorities in India for review. Upon verification and approval of the provided information, the passport is printed and sent to the Embassy for onward dispatch.

Applicants must exercise caution to ensure accurate information in the application form, the submission of all necessary documents (including photocopies where applicable), and the provision of appropriate colour photographs. Photographs that do not meet the specified criteria will result in rejection, prompting the Embassy to request fresh photographs from the applicants. This, in turn, can cause delays in the printing of new passports in India.

 

2. Indian citizens living in Lithuania are advised to use the portal https://embassy.passportindia.gov.in/  for availing Passport Services. All the applications are required to be completed online. The General Procedures are as follows:

• Visit:  https://embassy.passportindia.gov.in
• Select the country - Lithuania
• Click on ‘Register’ - create User ID, login and fill the application form
• Take a printout of the application form
• Affix photo and sign at the designated places
• Submit the application form along with the relevant documents including requisite fee at the Embassy of India, Vilnius

3.  Passport-related Services:

• Re-issue of Passport after Final Expiry or in Case of Pages Exhausted
•  Re-issue of Passport of Minor (Less than 15 Years)
• Issue Birth Registration of a New-Born Baby with the Embassy within One Year from the Date of Birth and Issue of Passport
• Re-issue of Passport upon Loss or Damage of Existing Passport
• Change of Name (Surname/Middle Name) Following a Marriage of Indian Women in Their Passports
• Change of Name in the Passport (Normal Procedure)
• Minor Correction in Name and Splitting of Name into Given Name and Surname
• Emergency Certificate
• Police Clearance Certificate (PCC)

 

4.  Please read instructions carefully before you start the application process.

• A new Indian Passports are now normally issued with a validity of 10 years (except in the case of children up to the age of 15 years where it is issued for a validity of 5 years). Their re-issue thereafter involves the issuance of a new Passport. A new Passport needs to be obtained as the practice of handwritten endorsements in the existing Passport has been done away with.
• When new booklet is necessitated on account of change in basic particulars like name, appearance and when all pages have been exhausted.
• A new Passport can be issued one year before final expiry or on final expiry of any Passport issued for full validity of 10 years (5 years in the case of minors). Children’s names are no longer entered in their parent’s Passport.
• It is an offence under the Passports Act, 1967 to knowingly furnish false information or to suppress material information when applying for Passport Services.
• If you observe printing mistake in your newly issued Passport, please contact the Passport Counters immediately. If it is a mistake by the Passport Section, the correction (s) will be made immediately without charging any fee to correct the mistake. If the mistake in printing is due to wrong information filled by the applicant in the application form or due to any other reason ascribable to the applicant himself, a new Passport can be issued and the case will be processed as a fresh case with payment of all the relevant fees and by following the required processes.
• In all cases of re-issue of Passport applications (except in lost/stolen cases, where the prescribed procedure for new passport need to be followed) last held/expired passport in original needs to be submitted along with the duly filled-in application form and other required documents. Old Passports will be returned to the applicant (s) after cancellation along with the new Passport. Valid visas in the old Passport (s) are not cancelled and can be used ever after cancellation of Passport until the date of expiry of the visa.

• TATKAL SCHEME

Please Note : Embassy of India, Vilnius  has NO printing facility; the Passports are printed at Delhi. Hence applicants are informed that there is no facility to provide any Tatkal service and therefore applicants are advised to apply well within time to avoid any inconvenience. It takes minimum 21 working days for delivering the passports, provided all the documents submitted are in order.

• Before applying online, please read instruction given below:

 

• Indian citizens residing in Lithuania are required to apply for the services listed below only through the following link https://embassy.passportindia.gov.in
• Document required for Passport Issue/Renewal
• Application form completely filled-in with correct and mandatory details and sign and submit with supportive documents. Incomplete application or applications with incomplete details will be summarily rejected and no representation will be entertained in this regard
• The current or recently expired Passport having valid Visa or Residence Permit is required to be enclosed along with photocopies of pages containing detailed passport particulars, Visa page and the page containing observation (s), if any (photocopies should be self-attested by the applicant).
• Photographs (03): The face should be cantered within the frame. The photo should be coloured and the size 2-inch x 2 inch (51mm x 51 mm) [particular size of photograph is also indicated in the online passport application]. The photo should be clear and with a continuous-tone quality. The background should be a plain white or off-white.
• If the applicant is married and his/her spouse’s name is not entered in the passport, he/she should submit a self-attested photocopy of marriage certificate and self-attested photocopies of Passport of the applicant’s spouse (original Passport & marriage certificate to be shown at the time of submission of application) for adding spouse name in the new passport.
• For passports that expired for up to one year, a self-explanatory letter as to why the passport was not renewed in time needs to be submitted.
• Local Photo ID proof, Local Address proof or proof of valid stay in Lithuania
• Original Bank receipts of payment.
• Self-Addressed envelope if passports are required by Post.
• Provide permanent address proof (in India) if the address differs from the address printed on passport. Note: Usually Lithuanian address is not permitted on the Indian passport. However, in exceptional circumstances only when the applicant proves that he/she does not have any permanent address in India, the Embassy, if necessary, might ask for an affidavit from the applicant about him/her not having a permanent address in India.

• Change of name subsequent to marriage / remarriage / divorce / death of spouse etc.

 

• For change of name subsequent to marriage/ remarriage / divorce/ death of spouse etc., applicant will be required to apply for new Passport enclosing marriage certificate/death certificate/divorce decree, as the case may be, with the application
• In case of change of name following death of spouse, photocopy of death certificate of the spouse (Original to be shown at the time of submission of the application)
• Remarried applicants applying for change of name/change of spouse’s name will be required to produce the divorce decree (if the divorce decree is issued by the local Lithuanian Court, it should be attested by the Foreign Ministry Lithuania)/death certificate in respect of first spouse, marriage certificate from the Registrar of Marriages and photocopy of present spouse’s Passport (original passport to be shown at the time of submission of the application). If the divorce decree or marriage certificate is issued by authorities (country) other than Lithuanian authorities, it is to be attested by the Indian Mission/Post in that country.

• Change of name – other cases

 

• Applicants seeking to change first name or surname or both are required to place advertisements to that effect in a prominent newspaper of usual place of residence in Lithuania (English Version) and in a prominent daily newspaper of area of permanent address in India. Original clippings of these advertisements (newspaper page) along with a Sworn Affidavit in the prescribed format are required to be furnished with the application. Since change of name affects the most important factor in identifying a person, for complete/substantial name change an applicant should furnish a note justifying the reasons for complete/substantial name change.
• For addition/deletion of spouse’s name, applicant will be required to apply for new Passport enclosing marriage certificate/death certificate/divorce decree, as the case may be, with the application.

• Change of signature

For changing signature in the Passport, application for new Passport has to be made and the applicant must append his / her old signature along with new signature on the first & second page of the Passport application form.

• Change in appearance

If your appearance has changed significantly since your last Passport was made, you can apply for a fresh Passport with a recent photograph. A Sworn Affidavit and Documentation which prove that the local authorities have been informed of the substantial change in appearance (The applicant needs to submit Photo ID issued by local authorities of new appearance), one can apply for a renewed passport.

• Re-Issue of Passports or Emergency Certificates in lieu of damaged or lost Passports
• Process:

 Applicant has to fill up online form https://embassy.passportindia.gov.in, upload his/her picture and signatures, sign the printed form and paste photo, pay the appropriate fee in Bank and attach the original receipts and submit/send to us along with the existing passport and a copy of the first and last pages (to be signed) containing details and any other relevant page/documents. For any change in the existing entries in the passport (e.g. address) a proof is required to be attached with application.

• Applications for lost/damaged Passports must be submitted in person by the applicant and not sent by post. Application form completely filled in and signed.
• 3 (three) Passport size (2 inch x 2 inch or 51mm x 51mm) identical photographs showing frontal view of the face with white background; (two) additional photographs may be required in some cases where Police verification in India needs to be done.
• A Police Report regarding lost or stolen Passport.
• A photocopy of lost Passport/damaged Passport.

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